10 Greatest FUNK Bass Players of All Time

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In today’s video I’m paying homage to the top ten funk bass players of all time. Featuring Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Bootsy, Stuart Zender and more! This is the definitive, 100% infallible list!…
Of course, we all know that isn't true. Any ‘Top Ten’ like this is a funk-fuelled bunfight, and I’ve inevitably included someone who you would never have chosen! So who are the greatest funk bass players of all time? Let me know in the comments and help me find out!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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@devinebass 4 года назад

LOL... ok, the Jamiroquai track (Stuart Zender) was in 1997 - NOT 1977 ;) ... Again - thanks for watching and the continued support of this channel, guys... it's because of you that I can keep creating content for all of my fellow bass-nerds out there. I salute you! :)

@honkytonkinson9787 4 года назад

Lol I began to wonder if they had been around before I was born and only made it big in the 90s. The. I saw the video and realized that’s not the 70s. Straight to the comment section...

@majorthelad1863 4 года назад

Victror wooten for part 2 please

@JustBrewing 4 года назад

Is that a Ken Smith your playing on?

@marianomontes2935 4 года назад

You should listen to an Argentinian band called Divididos, it has an amazing bass player called Diego Arnedo. And you should check out Javier Malosetti, another excellent Argentinian bass player.

@brendanoneill2499 4 года назад

Willie Weeks, Melvin Dunlap, Paul Jackson!!

@bobbyfikesmusicfun 4 года назад

Funky isn't just playing, it's a way of life and a personality. Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins have that. Larry Graham's instructional video from the 70s is so cool because of the way he is and it makes his playing even cooler

@danielfronc4304 4 года назад

Without a doubt!

@musicman4197 4 года назад

that's the nail on the head right there.

@chucku00 3 года назад

JW are fakin' the funk. Especially when they knock at your door.

@seanswinton6242 3 года назад

Agree. I met Bootsy Collins as a child. It was 2AM and my brother-in-law brought him by the house. He was fully dressed in full Bootsy regalia. I took a picture with him and a gold record.

@ejtaylor27 2 года назад

STANLEY CLARKE

@setaylw 4 года назад

Mark Adams with Slave, Aaron Mills with Cameo, Dontay Taylor with Sun, and of course Nathaniel Phillips with Pleasure and Victor Wooten!

@brianirving4738 4 года назад

MY FAVORITE MARK ADAMS BASSLINE!!!!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xSdKsbXny0M.html

@gregoryburton1241 3 года назад

Those Ohio boys know a thing or two about playing the Funk!

@kenhdog 3 года назад

Setaylw - You named some folks right there! My High School funk years. Glide? Oh my gosh... B. Irving - That Odyssey tune Sounds like a clone of Slave's Watching You... Personally Mark Adams on Slaves song Smokin' just gets me for some reason.

@gregharris5278 3 года назад

You almost nailed it ... Add Bernard Edwards and Bootsy Collins he played bass on almost all the P-funk albums...That Glide track from Pleasure was bassline heaven damn good choice.

@ceounicom 3 года назад

Ohio deserves more recognition

@charlesgreene9963 3 года назад

Mark Adams R.I.P. from SLAVE...One of the Funkiest Bassist's to walk the planet....of course💥

@stonedog23 3 года назад

Yes lawdy!!

@victorsaadiqabdulmuhammad7409 3 года назад

My favorite bassist, Mr. Mark Adams, The Hansolar made the bass “growl”!!!!

@norvelwhite3811 3 года назад

I concur

@kennycrockett8202 3 года назад

Mark Adams, created the slide thang on the bass

@chriswashington9739 4 года назад

Nathan East, Freddie Washington, Abe Laboriel, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Anthony Jackson should also be mentioned in this.

@crismaracana2824 3 года назад

That's right ....you also could include Richard Bona and Brazil's Alex Malheiros and Nico Assumpção

@davidsears9307 3 года назад

Yes sir. No doubt about it. I think all of this proves we really cannot name a top 10 and not leave out fabulous players.

@olondotson9894 3 года назад

. . . and Nathaniel Phillips of Pleasure.

@freein2339 3 года назад

Also Alfonso Johnson....

@IliaDem 2 года назад

It says" funk bassists", not "fusion bassists"

@MrKFNeverGiveUp 4 года назад

The Great Stanley Clarke has some seriously funky Bass lines too!

@ATthemusician 4 года назад

Primus/ Les Claypool's cover of Silly Putty is NASTY, the original is good but not as funky or fun to listen to.

@abshmusic 4 года назад

Stanley Clarke was almost like The Victor Wooten of his era. Wow, just incredible back then 🔥

@scantronbeats 4 года назад

Lopsy Lu is his funky jam for me that made me want to become a funk fusion player

@RaptureReady2025 4 года назад

That’s exactly right!! And Mark King needs to be mentioned too. Wtf is this limited to US only. Total BS 🤪

@19brittani 3 года назад

School days. Mic drop!!!

@TheJAZ9 4 года назад

Mark King , Stanley Clarke, Wyzard (Mother’s Finest) , Wojtek Pilichowski, Rod Ellicott (Cold Blood), Aaron Mills (Cameo), Marshall Jones (Ohio Players), Doug Wimbish

@walteraaron1670 3 года назад

Could not believe you left Stanley Clarke off the list.

@aaronflorence3327 2 года назад

And Jaco

@i-496project9 2 года назад

Stanley Clarke is a jazz bass player not funk .

@setaylw 2 месяца назад

@@i-496project9 he is both

@Lee-pm8ol 3 года назад

Louis Johnson was amazing stomp really highlighted slap bass playing.

@krga94c 4 года назад

Larry Graham singing and playing that funky bass line at the same time without missing a lick - CLASSIC Larry! As a friend of mine, I got chance hear him mixing this one down at his home.

@sandrafranks7627 3 года назад

My words exactly

@Crichton51 4 года назад

Mark King was unique because he incorporated such a rythmic style while singing - bloody incredible!!

@steensuder115 4 года назад

Mark King is a lot of things and very good too, but funky?

@Crichton51 4 года назад

@@steensuder115 A lot of the early jazz-rock stuff was funkier.....to be able to sing at the same time as that stuff still is pretty unique in my book

@steensuder115 4 года назад

@@Crichton51 Definitely really cool ability... wish I could do that. Scott did however not call out the cool bass players but the funky ones... and yes; there will be a significant overlap :-D

@chrisparkin499 4 года назад

Mark KING probably deserves a place in part 2. He definitely grooves, inspired a lot of people like me to see bass as a cool instrument, and had great skill (and stamina) whilst singing at the same time. Percussion combined with melody combined with groove.

@akanlb845 4 года назад

@@steensuder115 don't think you know what funk truly is

@mateorincon3448 3 года назад

As a Jamiroquai fan, thanks for including Stuart Zender, such an underrated bassist!

@lovingwaters 3 года назад

Man, you ain't gotta a legitimate list without Stanley Clarke!

@paulbaker4422 3 года назад

We Supply!

@tomallen5837 3 года назад

I don't recall Stanley Clarke as being funk

@traviswalls3607 3 года назад

Or Victor Wooten.

@WaxDat8800 2 года назад

@@tomallen5837 👀

@cf4164 2 года назад

@@tomallen5837 Funk is its own reward Hot Fun Silly Putty We Supply I Wanna Play For You And plenty more.

@EmanualBAvery 4 года назад

Mark Leslie Adams of the 70's and 80's r&b band SLAVE.The song"Slide", "Just a touch of love", "Watching You" are some of the tracks from them that had a phenomenal bass line.

@quintinsimms2843 3 года назад

Feel my love, my favorite bass line period!

@dougsfavorites2578 3 года назад

Regi Hargis of Brick with Dazz

@clemmiebell1332 3 года назад

Funky Lady

@PaulBrown-fp6ug 3 года назад

Yep Mark Adams was DA BOMMMMBBBB!

@clubsndrumz 3 года назад

Charles Glenn of Motown group Ozone

@ActionJotaPe 4 года назад

Stuart Zender!!!!💖💖💖my biggest bass influence for sure, glad you gave him some well deserved recognition

@lifewithoutboundaries4304 4 года назад

Bernard Edward's still the filthiest bass line to this day 2020.

@thebigchief1503 3 года назад

What group was he in & what’s the name of that song

@byronmcgee6777 3 года назад

Chic

@lifewithoutboundaries4304 3 года назад

@@thebigchief1503 everybody dance by chic

@yousexymf 3 года назад

@@thebigchief1503 CHIC also checkout Good Times and I Want Your Love

@Captain_Rhodes 3 года назад

My favourite bernard edwards bassline is "cant stand to love you". its so good. most people dont know it. check it out

@TheRoykism 3 года назад

Bootsy and Larry! 💖💖💖 Louis Johnson❤Verdine❤

@albertarason4502 4 года назад

Joe Dart has really brought something to the table in the last 10 years. The licks he does and basslines are something to be mentioned!

@ktown0173 2 года назад

He's awesome and definitely one of my favorite bassists, but these are the legends on this list

@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Год назад

Joe is very talented and unique, not sure about a funk bassist what is that ?. Like actual funk ?

@albertarason4502 Год назад

@@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Funk is a genre that was popular for a while between jazz and disco music. So funk evolved from jazz, and then eventually funk evolved to disco.

@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Год назад

@@albertarason4502 Cool, yeah thanks I understood what funk is, but not sure how Scott defines funk bassist. Not many bassists actually fit this genre, though. Except ones in bands known for funk music, like Bootsy or someone. It would be hard to name 10 of them.

@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Год назад

@@albertarason4502 I guess it depends what Vulfpeck considers themselves, a funk band or a jam band. But they are not really a funk band, they are very jazzy too. I consider them jazz/funk/jam fusion.

@benoitschwob3498 4 года назад

During a couple of minutes I feared you would forget Bernie Edwards. Man, that guy created "Good Times' bassline, which is one of the most beautiful basslines ever! ^^

@michaela.grimaldi6286 3 года назад

Thank you for picking Bernard & Verdine... personal favourites of mine. Maybe you could highlight another favourite of mine next time - Mark King of LEVEL 42. Thanks.

@jimmiesmith5811 4 года назад

Mark Adams one of the most underrated funk bass players of all time when you say slave the first thing you think of is Mark Adams

@musicman4197 4 года назад

I think of slide.

@kennethashcraft8664 3 года назад

Mark Adams? Yes indeed and he was very underrated.

@misstury606 3 года назад

I just commented on him. I don't know how he missed him.

@gclark8228 3 года назад

Exactly!

@a.m.armstrong8354 3 года назад

Just logged on this,no Mr Mark?!Also I don't recall Jamiroquai in '77.

@elijahgaskin5760 4 года назад

Nathaniel Phillips the bassist for the group Pleasure. Their song Glide from their Future Now album was the quote unqoute RITE OF PASSAGE for all young bassist back in the day

@henrythomas8273 4 года назад

Man Nathaniel Phillips played perhaps the greatest funk bassline ever with Glide! The techniques he used had Bass players in awe for years not to mention the way he syncopated his plucks it's soooooo good!

@MrWillyCC 4 года назад

Haha...I said the same thing! That whole Future Now album. D@mn!

@jaygoldenbass 4 года назад

We said, Brother!

@keithmcduffie7182 4 года назад

Hey Elijah Gaskin! What State Are You In? You Sound Like You're About My Age 55, Talking About In The Day! I'm In Inglewood, CA, Brother And YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! When That "Future Now" Album Came Out It Changed The Musical Landscape For Everybody!!! That Album Is A MASTERPIECE No Matter What Instrument You Play. The Live Music Scene Was Still Vibrant Back Then. My Brother Played In The Group MOTIVATION And He & I Used To Jam In Our Parents Garage And Musicians From The Neighborhood And Our High School Used To Drop In. Playing "Glide" Was, Like You Said, A MUST Or ELSE!!!!

@elijahgaskin5760 4 года назад

Keith I'm 56 years young & in the state of Pennslyvania

@EmanualBAvery 4 года назад

Mark King of Level 42 was not only a thumper style of a bass player but can slap the bass as well.Larry Graham was the leader of the thumping sound.He started and revolutionized the thumping sound while many others followed and came up with their own style and sound.The group Cameo had great bass players on their albums during the late 70's and 80's."Be yourself" and "On the one" is another.I can name almost as many bass players that are my favorites.

@joseandresgalarza531 4 года назад

So glad you have Rocco Prestia in this list, that guy is like my idol on Bass

@monkeymagic4600 4 года назад

Bernard Edwards and Louis Johnson are my favourites.

@lenardshaw6037 4 года назад

Yes,sir😊😉🔥

@othelloque85 3 года назад

Mine too. And Miller.

@melvinpruitt3907 3 года назад

Also Leqeint Duke Jobe from the band (Rose royce) just disgusting 4real 4real...

@melvinpruitt3907 3 года назад

Chuck Rainey on Aretha's (Rock Steady)

@meltonbunn113 4 года назад

Mark Adams from Slave. ..a beast

@jebemligashta 3 года назад

R.I.P. Francis Rocco Prestia, what a great player he was.

@jenniferjones7229 4 года назад

WOW! That was so much fun! I kept muttering under my breath (Verdine White Verdine White!) and BAM! last clip. It was SO good I got chills from head to toe. Many thanks for making this video!

@brianschoner3350 4 года назад

Excellent list as always, Scott. I feel like Mark King definitely deserves a place on this list - maybe something like "Almost There" or "Love Games" - but I'm not sure who I'd drop to make room. Was also pleased to see George Porter Jr. on the list - I just recently realized that he did the great, funky bass line on Tori Amos' "God" (and indeed the rest of that excellent album). It's not always easy to stay funky through odd, changing time signatures, but he lays down some beautiful work on that song.

@Markusewitz 4 года назад

Absolutely! Mark King was extremely influential in the 80's and the reason why many chose the bass as their instrument in the first place. Just like Flea in the 90's. I have no idea why he's not on the list...

@seanswinton6242 4 года назад

Brian Schoner Definitely! I would have definitely had Mark King on the list. Songs like Fashion Fever, Kouyate, True Believers, and Love Games are some of my favourites. I understand the limited number and that many bass players should have made this list. Really cool!

@ElUltimoEstoico 4 года назад

Yeah!! Almost there is the hardest bass line to play, and sing, at the same time like the King!!

@LouisL1963 4 года назад

Paul Turner, Mark King, Randy Hope-Taylor, Jerry Jemmott, Joe Hubbard, Yolanda Charles.

@michaellyles8361 3 года назад

Scott - please look up “Lakeside Bassist Marvin Craig “

@Panvil 3 года назад

Good to see you're still in action Scott. You taught me bass about 7-8 ears ago. I traveled australia for 2 years, carrying a backpack, a 5 string yamaha, and a laptop. Watched your videos everywhere i went. Good times.

@TheMAXreturn 4 года назад

I have just read a few comments that mentioned Mark King or Stanley Clarke, but I would like to add Leon Sylvers (from Solar Record) and also Prince who was not just a good guitarist, composer, producer or whatever.

@billstephens5472 3 года назад

Prince was not a Bass Player

@mateensharrieff3400 3 года назад

@bill stephens "Lady Cab Driver" & "777-9311" says he was a great bass player.

@billstephens5472 3 года назад

@@mateensharrieff3400 Playing a Bass a few times does not make you a great Bass player, I am a musician!

@mateensharrieff3400 3 года назад

@@billstephens5472 since I'm not a musician, I will concede to you on this. I guess you're of the opinion that playing great bass doesn't necessarily make one a great bass player. (similar to Apollo Creed's line to Rocky Balboa in Rocky III) Lol. I get it.

@billstephens5472 3 года назад

@@mateensharrieff3400 Their is no consistency

@derrickjackson1490 4 года назад

You’ll have to mention Paul Jackson from herbie Hancock and the headhunters next time. 😃

@veedub95 4 года назад

I do not think Scott feels Funk has anything to do with Jazz. No Jaco or Stanley Clarke

@younicbic 4 года назад

Great bass lines indeed!

@TranquiloTrev 4 года назад

He is as funky as anyone else.

@benoitschwob3498 4 года назад

Oh yeah, I gonna put the Headhunters tonight. The very moment the bass enters on Watermelon Man is thrilling me each and every time I hear it.

@mikkibarker8671 3 года назад

@@veedub95 Stanley Clarke was UBER funky! ever see him LIVE? I did!

@TOPPJAZZ 4 года назад

Not sure how there can possibly be a best bass player list of any kind without Stanley Clark.

@rievans57 3 года назад

Stanley is bad, no doubt!

@posternuttbag 3 года назад

I don't really get the funk vibe with Clark.. bootsy should definitely be the 1# funk bassist.

@rievans57 3 года назад

@@posternuttbag from JB to Funkadelic to solo career Bootsy is the shit.

@jasonmcmurray7980 3 года назад

@@rievans57 Common sense

@rievans57 3 года назад

Ok if you look at classic songs, influence, and originality ya' gotta' put Bootsy at the top of the heap.

@tiosaintbanks 4 года назад

Hey Scott, Thanks for all the great bass videos of both women and men. Thanks for mentioning Larry Graham. However, what you didn't mention is the fact that, Larry Graham was the first one to bring the slap funk bass to the world. This came about when he was a young man playing at church, but there wasn't a drummer. So, he figured out a way to keep time in a way that could be felt, in addition to playing the bass line. The was before he was with Sly And The Family Stone. It's important to acknowledge to the world that he's the Godfather of this style of bass playing... Give that man his props!!

@marcuswarren1320 4 года назад

Mark Adams of Slave.

@emeathooks 4 года назад

No Mark King??!! Kudos to correctly including Bootsie and Zender, but a funk bass list without Mark King is like a hug without a squeeze.

@1qs4u 4 года назад

Absolutely

@ricoF71 3 года назад

Agreed!

@roiijamez33 3 года назад

Precisely! "Sun Goes Down"

@emeathooks 3 года назад

@@roiijamez33 Livin' it up.

@metubeross 3 года назад

For sho for sho!!

@ericgagne930 3 года назад

Thank you Scott for keeping me engaged in the "roots" of bass playing - so dig on the Funk and Groove. I am predominantly a Hard Rock Bassist but my beginnings were in fuck and groove style like Larry G, Bootsy, Marcus Miller, Andrew Gouche, Flea and the list goes on. Keep on sharing this stuff, freakin' killer! Love it!

@mv9787 3 года назад

Very good choices you made Scott. Great Scott!

@jtbrown51 4 года назад

Bootsy Collins, man... what a legend.

@armonepaiomar6243 4 года назад

Mark King of Level 42, Derrick Graves from Dexter Wansel's "Life on Mars" and Stanley Clark with Eumir Deodato's "Skyscrapers". Cheer!

@knucklevision 3 года назад

Derrick Graves! To this day I'm still trippin off his tracks 'Voyager' album! All Night Long, Voyager, and those unbelievable sections on Time Is The Teacher... glad someone mentioned him!

@jacobcourseymusic6414 2 года назад

Thundercat is one of my favorites of all time. His use of effects creates really unique bass tones that are really funky

@jamescunningham9910 4 года назад

Scott I am a new bass player and I have learned a ton about iconic bass players like Flea, Jaco and Larry Graham. One player you should review in the future is Wayman Tisdale. I guarantee you and your viewers will love it! Thanks again!

@keithmcduffie7182 4 года назад

Omitting MARK ADAMS Is An ABOMINATION!!! Nathaniel Phillips Work On Pleasure's "Future Now" Album ALONE Earns Him A Spot (I Know, Only 10) Plus, He Did Studio Work For Other Musicians! CORDELL "BOOGIE" MOSSON (Who Flea WORSHIPPED!!!) Work On "Electro Cuties" PHENOMENAL In Addition To All His Other Work.

@vellyvell33 4 года назад

You are absolutely right my man!

@gbkny1 3 года назад

@@vellyvell33 I gotta agree with the Mark Adams pick. I like Buddy Hankerson of Young and Co, SA Hall of Fame and Aurra.

@smitblow 3 года назад

True Dat. Mark Adams!!! YES!

@Spthomas47 3 года назад

Yet, Flea was there... I... I don't get it. Not saying he's bad, but top 10? Fookin el

@michaela.campbell3338 3 года назад

Couldn't agree more, bro, on leaving out Mark Adams. 🥺

@alanlewis950 4 года назад

James Lee Jamerson played on all the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. As a session musician, he played on twenty-three Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, as well as fifty-six R&B number one hits.

@ericscaffe8367 3 года назад

“The Hook” is one of the best of all time...but this is a funk bass opinion. All genre bassists, of course Jamerson is at the head of the class!

@spencermccormick1448 3 года назад

How you gonna miss Norwood Fisher of Fishbone he’s amazing

@troystansberry8332 4 года назад

Great list! Got all my faves! Are Jaco & Stanley not funky enough for this list?

@simonburgess6102 4 года назад

John Norwood Fisher of Fishbone. Bonin' in the Boneyard is a treat.

@djcoolcliff 4 года назад

Mark Adams from Slave!!!!!!!! Also the guy from Level 42. What’s his name? He killed that Starchild song they did back in the day!! Glide by Pleasure was pretty funky too!!!

@Matos007007 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mlzpuyjh3sE.html

@djcoolcliff 4 года назад

Matos007007 Mark King is name!!! This is a killer video! Thanks for sharing!!

@Matos007007 4 года назад

@@djcoolcliff yes Mark King. I invite you to see some other videos. He is a killer :-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E36CxniZZXw.html

@djcoolcliff 4 года назад

Matos007007 Thanks for sharing!!! Please check out my uncle Wah Wah Watson! He passed away 2 years ago and he was beast of a Motown session Rhythm Guitarist player all the way up until his passing! Pa Pa Was A Rolling Stone, Let’s Get it On, Car Wash and etc....

@Matos007007 4 года назад

@@djcoolcliff very cool guitarist with a very special style :-) . He played with a lot of celebrities 👏

@alainsuero65 3 года назад

What an awesome video, amazing bassists all and Earth Wind & Fire rule!

@andrewc6837 3 года назад

I seldom see Mark King from Level 42 on these lists of great Bass players...he is mind blowingly good!

@georgejeffries3566 2 года назад

Agreed, should be in the top 5

@strat0871 4 года назад

Louis Johnson: Not only that (slap and so). Listen carefully the whole bassline in MJ's "Don't stop 'til you get enough", such a lovely inventivity ! !

@McDoinky 4 года назад

Isn’t that a synth?

@tonybyrd651 4 года назад

Nope. 100 % Louis Johnson

@shaunpzn 4 года назад

Get On the Floor - MJ wrote the song around the bass groove!! Thunder Thumbs in all his glory!🙌🏽

@AviationKim81 4 года назад

Tony Byrd it ist Synth. Greg Phillingains once said in an interview that he played it on the record. Louis just dubbed some parts.

@strat0871 4 года назад

Obviously, synth dubbes only the main line, the real bass notes"around" are the very interesting clever parts from Louis.

@MrLaserprint 4 года назад

he pay not have the legendary status of the others on the list but I'd love to see some love for joe dart in part two!

@Ddauerwerbesendung 4 года назад

yeessss! i instantly thought of joe dart, when i saw the title of this video :D

@eliascorrea8573 4 года назад

I agree, to me personally the funkiest man alive riiight after pino paladino who's also not on this list

@honestbrute9216 4 года назад

Elias Martelo really..? He’s good, but I don’t know about that...

@dansaunders1655 4 года назад

In 30 years I reckon Jack and the boys'll've made Vulf a household name, and then Joe'll have enough experience and exposure to back that up. Right now he's an incredibly talented up-and-comer, but I wouldn't say he qualifies for the same status as, say, Pino or Jamerson. As you say, that's all down to time.

@HasanWarrior 4 года назад

Ollie King I have to agree with you. It’s sad to say but I literally just learned of him last month and was blown away.

@DiarrheaBubbles 2 года назад

4:50 Flea had this effect on a LOT of bassists. I didn't know I loved funk music until I saw Flea popping off on stage.

@spacesex710 2 года назад

His bass line on Backwoods is insane

@jordanscott4066 3 года назад

Leon sylvers defintely deserves a place on the list, he had such a unique style, which are usually 16th lines disguised as 8th note lines which make for some tasty licks. He just strikes that perfect balance between rhythm and melody. He has his well known ones like 'And the beat goes on' and the shalamar stuff but some golden ones to check out are: Carrie Lucas show me where you're coming from Freda Payne In motion Dynasty Does that ring a bell

@mateorincon3448 4 года назад

Finally someone who gives recognition to an extremely underrated bass player, Stuart Zender. Jamiroquai is one of my favorite groups of all time and part of their amazing sound is thanks to their bass player Stuart Zender which is not longer playing with them but you cannot forget the work they did in the 90s with Zender. Nevertheless, their current bass player, Paul Turner, is pretty killer too and should be featured in your next part 2 video.

@robinkoutakis7020 4 года назад

Bernard Edwards Louis Johnson Larry Graham James Jamerson Robert Bell

@bravan49 3 года назад

Hey Scott, great list. I would add Mark King to the list. Thanks again😀

@tommytorreson2 3 года назад

The Band Slave's Mark Adams Bass playing style was unique and funky. No one at the time was playing like Mark Adams and when you heard something new on the radio you knew it was Slave and Mark laying down the Funky Beat.

@FunkyDigo 4 года назад

Stuart Zender!!! One my all time favorites. MonoNeon should be on part 2.

@toneslotohnz4540 4 года назад

Some love for late great Marvin Isley... The Pride, Climbin' Up The Ladder, Livin' In The Life... that album alone (Go For Your Guns) is a masterclass on "the pocket" - what it is, where it is, and how never to leave it.

@RadiantJasmin 3 года назад

YES! I’ve been listening to those songs a lot lately and he needs to get more props!

@michaledavissr.4661 3 года назад

Marvin Isley is THE TRUTH .

@jsamc 3 года назад

@@michaledavissr.4661 was, he dead RIP complications from diabetes

@michaledavissr.4661 3 года назад

@@jsamc Song lives forever.

@stannote8312 3 года назад

Let's keep it real: I love the Isley 3+3 immensely, but you're referring to songs more than the bass work on them. There are lots of great bass players that simply didn't fit this list (Wilton Felder, Bob Babbit, etc). With all due respect, Marvin Isley is one of them.

@superaimeeolivia 4 года назад

Son of Otis, Dexter Redding "The Awakening", can't stop lovin (and playin) this track.

@moisesnefras5624 2 года назад

Excellent obseevation and analysis dude🎸👍🎤🎵🎶😄there are indeed dozems of talented bassist out there

@honestbrute9216 4 года назад

Scott...come on, man....no Willie Weeks..? Mark Adams..? Chuck Rainey...? Rock Jones..? Freddie Washington..? David Hood..? Byron Miller..? JAMES FREAKING JAMERSON..!!? How do these guys get left out of the TOP 10..!?

@jimmiesmith5811 4 года назад

yeah man you struck some nerves with this list right here they the real deal i don't know where he got his list from

@rientsdijkstra4266 3 года назад

only 10 people go into a top 10...have to make some personal choices... By the way: Larry Graham, Bootsie Collins and Louis Johnson are pretty much the inventors of funk-bass as it is..

@guzzopinc1646 3 года назад

i was waiting for jamerson to be #1...

@SkammLykelee 3 года назад

@@guzzopinc1646 Jamerson is legendary, but not "funk" bass.

@Ernasto 3 года назад

@@SkammLykelee Well, he was one of the legendary FUNK Brothers.. But I get ya

@blast_the_beat 4 года назад

What about Joe Dart? He may not have had as long or have the status of the guys on this list but he's an amazing player

@swisscourthustle 4 года назад

So I only just come across Vulfpeck today believe it or not (I don’t know why it’s taken me so long) and man I can’t agree with you more. A pure funk talent right there.

@nique21nue 4 года назад

OMG he forgot about Joe O_o !!

@kaleptoz 4 года назад

Joe is good but there’s so many bass players that can play like him or if not, even better. He is not a bass pioneer like any of the guys on this list, nor does he even come close. I’m a big Vulfpeck fan but I have to keep it real

@nique21nue 4 года назад

@@kaleptoz you may have a point there. Cheers mate

@swisscourthustle 4 года назад

kaleptoz .. You are right, while pretty talented, this is a pretty exclusive list full of innovators.

@nessav7258 3 года назад

I love your enthusiasm Scott, clearly you're still in love with the bass.

@thage7729 3 года назад

I would humbly add Stanley Clarke (School Daze), Victor Wooten (Intro/Amazing Grace) and one I personally consider to be my Bass God: Jaco Pastorius (Teen Town)

@michaela.campbell3338 3 года назад

Funk ain't a matter of speed, and speed will NEVER be Funk!

@booneh 4 года назад

When I think funk bassists, I think of Billy Bass Nelson, Boogie Mosson, and Lucky Scott.

@robjpooleiv6985 4 года назад

Thank You!!! Rodney skeet Curtis,Lige Curry,Jeff Bunn

@reno145 4 года назад

I have come to realize there is a vast difference between a funk (music style) bass player and a funky (playing style) bass player.

@rievans57 3 года назад

Well said and so accurate.

@colinadgie6043 3 года назад

Great topic! Enjoyed very much. But what about Mark King?

@stonedog23 3 года назад

That was incredible, I feel almost intoxicated from all that funk. Louis is probably my favorite. Those Brother Johnson bass lines and Michael Jackson’s Get On The Floor, incredible. And I’m a huge fan of Marshall “Rock” Jones of the Ohio Players.

@bassventurafretdetective8899 4 года назад

Love how you threw Stuart Zender in there. He and Paul Turner are just so damn good.

@kellyvibert7861 4 года назад

Mark Adams - Slave. Top funk player and worth a mention if only for the tone used.

@robertwalker6248 3 года назад

What happened to Willie weeks?

@robertwalker6248 3 года назад

Where does he fit in?

@jesperhjland2205 3 года назад

Scott - I simply just love your skills and complete and contagious love for all things bass - thanks for sharing and making RU-vid a better place to be :-)

@lincoln3x7 3 года назад

Love all of these! Thunder thumbs is my personal favorite but man Verdine was killing it in... funk slayer!

@joeghacker 4 года назад

Such great players. Bootsy Collins, Bernard Edwards, Verdine White, and Flea will forever be strongly influential to me.

@degeest5571 4 года назад

Prince and Eric EQ Davis from Confunkshun - monsters

@timothybaronauthorized8914 4 года назад

Actually it's Eric "EQ" Young. He's my Funk Brother.

@lenardshaw6037 4 года назад

Yes sir 👌💪👍🔥 Mr Eric eq young ,wow ♥️ it 😉🔥 str8t heat not to mention prince

@timothyboles2521 3 года назад

Prince is a pure beast...

@gbkny1 3 года назад

@@timothyboles2521 I like whoever played Bass on 777-9311, either him or Terry Lewis. But whichever one it was killed it.

@MetaFootballTV 3 года назад

Yeah, I said Prince, too 💪💪

@mitchellweiner4990 3 года назад

Nice to see Tower of Power here. My family and Emilio Castillo’s used to be friends! I’ve seen them twice live and they’re brilliant!

@DuffTV 3 года назад

Great video, thanks Scott

@Funkclone 4 года назад

Very informative. But a whoooooole lot of funk bass players were not mentioned: Mark Adams (Slave) Aaron Mills and Michael Burnett (Cameo) Steve Washington (Slave, Aurra) Jerry Livingston (Rick James, Mary Jane Girls) Oscar Alston (Rick James, Stone City Band) Terry Lewis (The Time, Flyte Tyme Productions) Raphael Saadiq (Tony Toni Tone, Solo) Prince Andre' Cymone Brown Mark Robert Bell (Kool & The Gang) Jara Harris (Slapbak) Lonnie Marshall (Weapon Of Choice) Billie Bass Nelson (Parliament Funkadelic) Marshall Jones (Ohio Players) Cordell Mosson (Parliament Funkadelic) Junie Morrison (Parliament Funkadelic, Solo) Robert Wilson (The Gap Band) Michael Wiley (the Dazz Band) Sonny Thompson (Prince, The NPG) Doug Wimbish (played on many early rap songs, Living Color) Charles Glenn (Ozone, Teena Marie) Allen McGrier (Teena Marie, Rick James) James Alexander (Bar Kays) Thundercat Mono Neon And I know I am missing more names, but I think this list is long enough for now. These are all TOP Funk bass players. I hope this helps for the future...

@conniedunn2629 3 года назад

Make a list with those on it

@Fa_Q2483 3 года назад

Nate Phillips (Pleasure)

@pleasend 4 года назад

Bernard Edwards is the GOAT

@JustK009 4 года назад

Will Ellis 🎯

@danielfronc4304 4 года назад

Seriously, the great Larry Graham, the inventor of bass thumping and plucking who can lay down the heaviest of funk bass lines is not the funk bass GOAT? I don't think so.

@pleasend 4 года назад

@@danielfronc4304 didn't realise it was a competition😂

@bernardtalbert6729 4 года назад

Great funk bass players for true funk bands that actually had hits ... Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang), Janice Marie Johnson (Taste of Honey), Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Roger and Zapp Troutman (Zapp), Marshall Jones (Ohio Players), Marvin Craig (Lakeside). Should mention Prince and Rick James both played bass on their own records but used other bass players for live concerts. Top 5 funk bass players ranked in order: 1. Bootsy Collins 2. Larry Graham 3. Bernard Edwards 4. Verdin White 5. Louis Johnson

@davidsears9307 4 года назад

Consider Victor Wooten, Willie Weeks, James Jamerson, Stanley Clarke

@dubovaya 3 года назад

Definitely james Jamerson

@ryanlowery2888 3 года назад

I love Victor Wooten

@davidlarsson9897 3 года назад

Joe dart

@SkammLykelee 3 года назад

Oh yeah! Willie Weeks, can't forget him.

@RobinhoGabriel1 3 года назад

Victor Wooten is in a much higher class for the title of this video!

@checkmate545 4 года назад

Scott, are we twin brothers? Every move with head, hand or body is exactly what I do. Especially when you picked out the horn sections. Every song I listen to, I pick out every instrument, every beat etc. Love your channel 👏 👏 👏 👏

@Paul70 4 года назад

Mark Adams of Slave. Stanley Clarke Nathaniel Phillips of Pleasure. Marshall Jones of The Ohio Players. Are missing!!

@gregoryphillips6375 3 года назад

Thumbs up 👍

@jkwf1 4 года назад

I guess the definition of funk is a bit flexible, but I have to agree with the other guys who mentioned Mark Adams of Slave for true funk bass lines. Check out the title track of the Stone Jam album. That entire album is a funk bass master class!

@knucklevision 3 года назад

Damn near every song on "The Concept"

@michaela.campbell3338 3 года назад

You KNOW IT, Bro!🤪👊🏾

@kevteop 3 года назад

I remember being in my teens in the early '90s and trying out a bass in a music shop in Luton just to kill time before my national express bus back up north (my girlfriend was at uni there) and the guy saying oh you'll get a lot of work you sound like Stuart Zender, and I gave him a big list of who Stuart Zender was listening to! :-)

@richard_n 3 года назад

Big props for including Flea. If you do an second 10, you have to include Prince. He was incredible on bass.

@JoeDakota 4 года назад

Mark King Stanley Clarke Nathan Watts Nathan East

@RaptureReady2025 4 года назад

Joe D exactly! I said the same thing in my comment and then started reading the other comments and this is overwhelming 🤬🤬🤬

@michaela.campbell3338 3 года назад

We're talking FUNK not speed!

@lonelyman1967 4 года назад

There's 2 underrated funky bass players you need to check out. 1 the late Mark Adams from the funk band Slave. And Leon SylversIII. The stuff he wrote and produced and played on for Solar Records during the late 70s and early 80s.

@jimmiesmith5811 4 года назад

yeah mark don't the recognition he deserves and Leon bass was the backbone of solar records in the late 70s and early 80s

@SkammLykelee 3 года назад

People are coming on here and naming great bass players, *but many do not play FUNK at all.* That's what this video is about. FUNK.

@sheiladavis6523 3 года назад

Roland Very well said 👏and👏 February 23,2021

@MrMillions69 3 года назад

He missed les claypool

@pachuca60 3 года назад

Flea is not a funk bassist, although he can play funk!

@pachuca60 3 года назад

He missed Wayman Tisdale! He missed a lot of Funk bassist!

@pachuca60 3 года назад

There's no way you can put Flea on this list and leave out Level 42's Mark King!

@hectorhernandez9924 3 года назад

Thanks for including Rocco, may he rest in peace.

@MackDonald 4 года назад

Can't argue with this list but Scott, at some point you really need to recognize Mark Adams from Slave and Aaron Mills from Cameo.

@blazesimpson8830 4 года назад

Yep he got a bunch of mediocre bass players like Flea on every list, he is not even funk. Terry Lewis of the Time would destroy half of these guys easy.

@rastaman1017 4 года назад

Nate Philips is responsible for one of the baddest bass lines ever Glide

@brianirving4738 4 года назад

Mark Adams from the band Slave, his nastiest bassline is here!!!!!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xSdKsbXny0M.html

@brianirving4738 4 года назад

@@blazesimpson8830 yeah, flea may thump, but he's not funk

@stannote8312 3 года назад

@@rastaman1017 Hell yes. How he didn't make it on this list and a couple others did, I'll never know. Oh, wait, I think I know....

@leobassii 4 года назад

Long live the Funk ! Thank you for sharing the Bass inspiration SBL Family Love it! 😎👊

@geminiguy2001 4 года назад

All good picks for the best funk bass players. But I was really expecting Nathaniel Phillips as being the #1 pick. His bass line in "Glide" with the band Pleasure is extraordinary.

@biglou7316 3 года назад

Nathaniel Phillips - Pleasure Mark Adams -Slave Although they were trained in Jazz When Jamerson and Anthony Jackson wanted to funk there was nobody better

@timothybaronauthorized8914 4 года назад

Mark " Hansolor" Adams of Slave!!!

@slimyelow 4 года назад

Wyzard from Mother's Finest

@paulussantosociwidjaja4781 3 года назад

Always love your channel, Scott - even though so pretty long hardly playing the bass for ages. Hahahaha

@juanmanu9652 3 года назад

Excellent video , thanks !!! For me it has to be Verdine White and Stuart Zender who just pip it !!! Ive seen them both live along with some of the others here too. It's really a tough one to call as they are all top drawer bass players.