This one goes out to all the musicians here on the org and all listeners too, what are your fav Jamerson bass lines?

These two:

Timmy84 said:

These two:

Do you think Berry Gordy ever listens to these songs and almost cries at how he id these guys?

Great thread...this one is one of my faves by James. But there are so many

Darling Dear

http://www.youtube.com/wa...D-iW51idC0

diamondpearl1 said:

Timmy84 said:

These two:

Do you think Berry Gordy ever listens to these songs and almost cries at how he id these guys?

Who knows?

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Also love the bass lick on "For Once In My Life"

http://www.youtube.com/wa...msB543zqSM

You can hear more James here:

Especially near the ending where every other instrument is mute (or played real low) except for him.

Timmy84 said:

You can hear more James here:

Especially near the ending where every other instrument is mute (or played real low) except for him.

Yep amazing stuff.

Great thread.

My fave bassline is My Girl.

NMuzakNSoul said:

Great thread...this one is one of my faves by James. But there are so many

Darling Dear

http://www.youtube.com/wa...D-iW51idC0

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diamondpearl1 said:

Actually, that's not Jamerson on bass, it's Bob Babbit

James played on a few JAckie Wilson cuts in the mid 60s also.

LoveIsTheMessage said:

diamondpearl1 said:

Actually, that's not Jamerson on bass, it's Bob Babbit

Here's Jamerson:

keepin it in the famlee

Shango said:

keepin it in the famlee

Is that his son they looks just alike.

mimi07 said:

Shango said:

keepin it in the famlee

Is that his son they looks just alike.

Yeah, iirc one of his few sons. One son in particular (James Jamerson Jr) is a session-musician as well. I remember him tourung in the late 80's with Chaka Khan.

First let me say that I just realized that I've always been a lover of Mr. Jamerson's bass playing before I actually knew his name. Most of those classic Motown records my older siblings had, that I loved, featured "Igor" on bass.

Here's a question for you guys either old enough to see The J5 live back in the day or have seen live concert footage of the brothers:

Was Jermaine Jackson able to recreate James Jamerson's style when they performed live?

On another note: Is it true that "A Real Bass Player" can make a fo strang sound like 6? I had an old bass player from a church tell me that years ago. What say you? He was saying that these new cats need the extra strings to do what the legends did with four.

Shango said:

keepin it in the famlee

James Jamerson, Jr.

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Musicslave said:

First let me say that I just realized that I've always been a lover of Mr. Jamerson's bass playing before I actually knew his name. Most of those classic Motown records my older siblings had, that I loved, featured "Igor" on bass.

Here's a question for you guys either old enough to see The J5 live back in the day or have seen live concert footage of the brothers:

Was Jermaine Jackson able to recreate James Jamerson's style when they performed live?

I'd say so (and no I'm not old enough to have seen it IN concert but I've listened to alot of his Bass playing) Jermaine is actually a great bassist. Not as good as Jamerson of course, but Jermaine being a fan of James himself was definitely influenced. Shame he's not doing too much with it.

Musicslave said:

On another note: Is it true that "A Real Bass Player" can make a fo strang sound like 6? I had an old bass player from a church tell me that years ago. What say you? He was saying that these new cats need the extra strings to do what the legends did with four.

That's very true. The music of Claypool, Johnson, Adams, Ndegeocello, Rhonda, Sheehan, Bootsy, Mosson, Verdine, Duck Dunn, Bruce, Clarke, Graham, Mingus, and Pastorius is a the proof of that lol

diamondpearl1 said:

Musicslave said:

On another note: Is it true that "A Real Bass Player" can make a fo strang sound like 6? I had an old bass player from a church tell me that years ago. What say you? He was saying that these new cats need the extra strings to do what the legends did with four.

That's very true. The music of Claypool, Johnson, Adams, Ndegeocello, Rhonda, Sheehan, Bootsy, Mosson, Verdine, Duck Dunn, Bruce, Clarke, Graham, Mingus, and Pastorius is a the proof of that lol

I thought so. Thanks!