Good Bassists? Jazz too?

I have recently been more interested in bassists like Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller. I have been looking for others or bands with more emphasis on the bass. I am not looking for rock bands like primus or RHCP.

The faster pace the better. I am a metal fan and a fast tempo classical/romantic fan so speed is something that gets to me. Someone that is going to use the bass like a guitar is boring caues i would rather just see a guitarist do that

I concur with Lakota R, Stanley Clark has put out a new CD. Listen to Stanley during his time with Return To Forever, amazing.

Female bassist, Tal Wilkenfeld, played with Jeff Beck in the Crossroads 2007 Concert tribute to Eric Clapton. Check out Tal's My Space:

http://www.myspace.com/talwilkenfeld

Just saw Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen, Hot Tuna concert.

Try Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin & Wood.

Reid Anderson of The Bad Plus.

Rick Laird of the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

No matter how you cut it, Flea, of RHCP is still a great bassist.

Try Charlie Haden.

Happy listening.

Joco Pastorius

Stu Hamm

Stanley Clarke....but victor wooten is a very good bass player to look at.. Stanley Clark is all bass solo songs..and now that he is in his 50s he plays classic standup and its amazing

Geddy Lee

Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Percy Heath, Oscar Pettiford, Wilbur Ware, Rufus Reed, and Henry Grimes.

Try Bill Evans dates at the Village Vanguard from the late 1950s and check out Scott Lafaro.

Arguably the greatest jazz bassist of all time Ray Brown is absolutely incredible. Recordings of his trio (with Ray Brown, Gene Harris, and Jeff Hamilton-- the one with Benny Green is good too) are essential for any library. I especially recommend a CD by them called "Summer Wind - Live at the Loa" --one of my favorite recordings of all time. Also check out the Oscar Peterson Trio's "We Get Requests" with Ray on bass. Ray Brown can play fast and he sounds great (I also recommend Christian McBride if you just want fast stuff--he's one of Ray's "disciples" but he does have his own unique style) but Ray brings a new meaning to the slower tempos as well. "Live at the Loa" encompasses a lot of different ways he can play and it is just a wonderful recording.

If you want more funky jazz, then I highly recommend listening to Jaco Pastorius. He's considered one of the originators and innovators of punk jazz and is also a good one to know.

Actually, for your purposes, I might recommend Christian McBride the most because he definitely plays bass like a bass, but he always has some amazing licks and revolutionary ideas.

Hope this helps.

Dude. Check out Michael Manring. He is the most amazing solo bassist I have ever heard. Yes, even better than Wooten.

But Jaco Pastorius is really the father of the style of bass that Wooten and Miller play, so you should definitely get familiar with his playing, it is the really awesome. Get his album called Jaco Pastorius.

I'm assuming you know about Bela Fleck and the Flecktones? Victor Wooten is the bassist.

Listen to some of Charles Mingus albums,this is one that comes to mind for me that i liked.I guess they don't put to much emphasis on bass but you may find some inspirational.

Jaco Pastorius-Ron Carter-Jimmy Blanton-Stanley Clarke-Ralph Armstrong-Bernard Edwards-Louis Johnson-Randy Jackson.