"Wimbish Jam" - Berklee Bass Summit II - ft. Wimbish, Gwizdala, Willis, Wooten, Patitucci, & Bailey 

Some say they’re still there to this day hoping to finish the song

Jezus christ, Garry Willis is just an absolute beast. Unfazed, graceful.

Gary Willis is the most underrated bass playing great of all time.

Gary has that perfect fusion of jazz and funk. What a monster.

When Doug started soloing, everybody else just seemed confused as to how this crazy rocker had infiltrated the ranks of these jazzers. Awesome players, all of them. Great jam.

Victor Wooten's playing is so grooving and rhythmically inventive. I love it.

We are so blessed somebody recorded this session thank you

Maybe Gary Willis's bass is the cheapest among all other players in this stage, but his skill make him rock this jam session. He is the master behind the gun.

Gary Willis absolutely dominated this!

J. Patitucci plays so musical and is so advanced harmonically. A real musician. That's why all the cats book him.

Holy shit, this is unreal. That's practically every single one of my all-time bass heroes sharing one stage.

Gary the heck Willis givin' lessons...

Very interesting, I love hearing all their different voices/styles together. And I want to work with this drummer. Mad respect to all. WOW

Wasn't a single phrase that Gary wasn't killin'. He is the Bach of Bass.

Gary Willis, what a beast!!

For those like me who didn't know, here are the players, left to right: 1. John Patitucci 2. Victor Wooten 3. Steve Bailey 4. Doug Wimbush 5. Gary Willis 6. Janek Gwizdala Then the dude on drums.

Wow, unique! It doesn't matter who gives the lesson to anyone ... Or whether there are lessons at all ... The fun is great! Some of the Olympian Gods - and have fun with us! Thanks for shooting it, uploading it here and sharing it with us!

agree to willis dominance, its what bass is about. Loved the video. Great players

at around 12:30 low range funk stuff by Willis, then Gwizdala solo, so good...

Gary Willis put it out there..

Gary willis, just amazing. All time bass masters. Tnx

I jammed along through the whole 21 minutes!! Awesome playing!!!

My favourite video of all time. Awesome

Thanks for posting this. Incredible musicians. You really see their personalities. Enjoyed that Gary Willis ventured into the bass register of his instrument for his later solos and the Victor put such a premium on laying down a rhythm throughout otherwise we might have forgotten this was a bass summit! (That's not a dig on the others, just special admiration for those two.)

Note to myself: 2:53 - 3:49 - 5:04 - 13:05 - 14:02 - 14:32 - 15:31

Loved Janek's tone and phrasings. Patitucci and Willis as usual keep their jazz flow tight. And ofcourse I expected nothing lesser from the other giants.

Stringed instruments, short scale, long scale, 4 string, 5,6 - string, effect pedals gives more keyboard feeling and space carpet, everybody had said something with a notes played.

So much F'ing talent and technique in one room. Late to the party, but THANKS for uploading this!

In my opinion Gary Willis is the best player there!

Amazing Gary Willis !!!!

Todos increíbles, pero Patitucci es mi favorito! Ese fraseoooo, OMG!

Gery Willis E IL MAESTRO ASSOLUTO, GUSTO ELEGANZA E PASSIONE... IS A BIG BASSIST

I loved those sounds Wimbush got out of his bass pedals. Its amazing to see so many great players in one place. I see alot of comments on gary willis and i noticed he stayed in the bass register more than the others that probably was part of his appeal to others besides being a wonderful player. It was also nice that this didnt turn into a slap bass hyper fest.

Victor Wooten is the man on bass!!! But they all really good!

Gary is a MONSTER!!!!!!!!!

Viaje con cada uno en sus grooves❤ Facinante!!!!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

The absolute essence of love. Proof that there is a God

Constellation... a beautiful group of stars!!!

a work of the gods!!! reals good ambiance created!!

Everyone in that lineup continues to push the expectation of bass guitar

What a beautiful group !

Gwizdala: oh shit, why my turn is after the Gary Willis?

Mr.G.Willis les dio una lección de rithm groove y musicalidad!

Gary Willis!!!

gary.. you killer man

janek just letting it cook

School's Out......Willis is the new Dean. That's Mr. Willis to you all.

12:35 Willis rocks it.

Wooten has nothing to prove. Keeps the flow

I am digging this bass jam

The gear packed in that room is worth more than the building itself... Gives me massive GAS

Great post! Thank you. Great playing all around.

What a surprise !! But goes smoothly and awesome

Did they ever start it !?! Lift music for the down elevators of the HGTTG building on Ursa Minor Beta.

amazing,wonderfullll,i love Bass, amei só fera ,porra tocam demais parabéns

Mind completely blown!!!

The amount of serious base faces in this video is priceless

DOUG WIMBISH, HENDRIX OF THE BASS

Gary Willis GOAT!!!!!!

oh boy a room full of bass players. What do you want to talk about?

Anyone know the name of this music? Sounds very familiar to me. But do not know the name

Sounds like Gwizdala wanted to be Pat Metheny for one night. 8:50 He's using something that sounds a lot like Pat's old Roland. He even threw in some Metheny-like articulations.

Back when Janek was just a padawan, now he's a master.

i want Doug on my team, Yea!

Why? proof that too much of a good thing isnt always good

Wimbish WITH FX!!!!

Willis 💯

stage left seem like they got it. Doug's jam and Gwiz and Willis knew what to do with it. Willis masters the traditional approach with jazz and r&b stuff, Gwiz is the medium between Gary an Doug - fx on then off. the shortening of time between solos was nice- had to be on their toes. Victor told John "it's in F" - gotta hand it to Doug for challenging them to find stuff not in E Dorian- even if you don't dig his outside the box style. ♫ ♥

from left to right: patitucci wooten bailey wimbish willis gwizdala

Janek you beast

Feel like raggae basslines by wooten.for me

tuner broke?

I see here all of them did not give their best, each of them. Reason why is they are great to let breath the playable and musical energy in order to flow. It was a pleasure anyway to listen to..... Despite I see opinions here about who was the "dominant" or the "best" I do not think there was any as such. They all super super bass players. I can say some is more close to my taste and feeling. Music is not about rank.... when you see these guys expressing their unquestionable and natural talent.

Let's see some rufus philpot,john alderete,billy sheehan,John myung there

Awesome!

Great Lesson!

awesome shit... were is the music? )))) what happened with guys?...)))) world is running down.

Wooten and Patitucci

3:48 11:04 13:34 15:00

Victor Wooten is the GOAT, no need to try and even debate that.

Willis might rocked that thing but wooten drove it home

Gary Willis...

JOHNNY !

Listen to Learn! Not to Judge!

Who knew you could get flute sounds out of a bass??!?!?!

Sick!

The aliens have landed! So good.

one of the most awkward jams

Steal something from All of em and go get your own gig. Damn

Que bien me lo he pasado

gary willis le maitre!!!!!

I think Gary takes it. Amazing how he manages to imply the melody of the song with all of his ripping. Was very technical but he stuck to the music. Victor is just moving to watch. He moves to what he is playing. He plays with emotion. Steve was just a bad a#s. He was holding back the whole time and giving others a chance. But when he did rip it up he almost stole the show but stopped too soon. He was the most melodic though. There was a guitar player in the jam and that was Doug. Now he stole the show for sure. Good showmanship for the arena. John was jazzing it up heavily, playing out mostly. I can almost hear Chick's music. If Gary stuck to the music , John walked out the door. And there is a keyboard player in the group, Janek. Had his intense moments. But the whole time I was waiting for him to switch off the pedal. He did and that was his shining moment. All very good players. All different. Great jam. Now if they could just get Jeff B. in there somehow.

“Sounds” to me that Wimbish just went down that road that Stanley Clarke chose not to go down, decades ago. Listen with your heart, not with your mind, peeps.

12:35 - 😮😮😮

Jaco would of killed the lot of them

Gary Willis....

12:35 AAAAAAA 💥

The Mosquito is out of tune !!! Just kidding 😅 great stuff I really enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing

Janek killed it!!!

doug is like wtf just happened?