earlier on today, I was listening to ‘Straight From The Heart’ by Patrice Rushen – a truly remarkable funk record, which features, amongst other great tracks, Forget Me Nots. The whole record is a repository of amazing bass playing, and is truly essential listening for bassists. Which got me thinking about essential listening for bassist, so here are 5 essential bass albums (not neccesarily the top 5, but 5 nontheless) –
- Straight From The Heart – Patrice Rushen (Freddie Washington on bass)
- Hejira – Joni Mitchell (Jaco Pastorius and Max Bennett on bass)
- What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye (James Jamerson on bass)
- Michael Manring – Thonk (Michael on bass)
- Secret World Live – Peter Gabriel (Tony Levin on bass)
….we’ll take it as read that all three of my albums should be in the list, but I’d hate to blow my own trumpet.. :o)
and while you’re here, check out some really good lyrics.
Soundtrack – KD Lang, ‘Ingenue’; Price, ‘Sing O The Times’; Patrice Rushen, ‘Straight From The Heart’; me, ‘Not Dancing For Chicken’ and ‘And Nothing But The Bass’.