Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!bellcore!petrus!scherzo!allegra!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!tellab1!etan From: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Eberhard Weber Message-ID: <683@tellab1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 13:36:13 EST Article-I.D.: tellab1.683 Posted: Mon Nov 4 13:36:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 08:18:11 EST References: <111@osu-cgrg.UUCP> <252@mit-eddie.UUCP> <191@cdstar.UUCP> Reply-To: etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) Distribution: net Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 37 Summary: >> Yeah! Eberhard Weber is *the* greatest bass player. And there can be >> *no* argument! > >Great! Let's argue! Eberhard is the best upright acoustic bass player, >but Stanley Clarke... Oh Shit! Let's not argue! There is no "greatest bass player". You will think this if you've only heard one or two great bass players. After you hear enough of them, however, you'll find that it's impossible to name just one. Just off the top of my head, have you heard: Jimmy Johnson Jimmy Haslip Jaco Pastorius Marc Johnson Dave Holland David Freisen Jeff Berlin Eddie Gomez Jerry Peek Andy West Steve Swallow Bunny Brunel Ray Brown Ron Carter Fernando Saunders Anthony Jackson Randy Jackson Niels Henning-Oersted Pedersen (sp?) Bill Dickens Charles Mingus ...and many more that I've forgotten or wasn't aware of. Don't say X is the greatest if you haven't heard all of the above. -etan into this discussion is the best electric/acoustic fusion bassist. If you >ever have the opportunity to see Stanley live, please go. Another >nomination for world's greatest bass player is Jack Bruce. Alas, has >anyone ever found a way to fairly compare apples, oranges and melons?? > > > > J Quillard @ Cambridge Digital Systems > ..{wjh12,talcott}!cdstar!star