Jameson vs. Kaye-who was the hottest session bassist?
Daniel S.:
Yeah, but Jamerson has such a distinct style. His bass playing is really powerful, like an earthquake. Carol Kaye seems to just blend into the background, I mean it seems hard to pick a song shows off the Carol Kaye sound. I mean what song really shows off the Carol Kaye sound? Maybe she wasn't given the type of material, like the Motown songs, that would allow her to show off.
Joshilyn Hoisington:
Didn't various people just mention songs that feature her sound? The Mission Impossible theme is her sound. Nobody else sounds like that.
Plus, you have to remember, Carol's sound quickly became ripped off by every producer on the west coast. She's not exaggerating that she put a lot of string bass players out of a lot of sessions, and almost single handedly started the decline of having two or three bass players on a session. Her playing showed producers they could have a nice low end as well as an attack.
Daniel S.:
I just downloaded the Mission Impossible TV theme and I have to say that isn't exactly virtuouso playing is it? Again, I'm not saying it's her fault because she has to stay in step with the song she's playing. It's not Motown. But are you trying to tell me that comes anywhere close to Jamerson? Maybe he had more of chance to show off and blast that song out into the stratosphere, but Paul McCartney considered Jamerson and Brian Wilson to be his big bass playing influences.
Joshilyn Hoisington:
I thought we were talking about sound, not "virtuosity," whatever that is. To me, the virtuosity that matters in this case is a virtuosity that both Carol and James had in spades; they were virtuosic at playing what other people wanted them to play. Until they get to face off in an afterlife bass chops showdown, that's really as far as you can go.
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Paul McCartney considered Jamerson and Brian Wilson to be his big bass playing influences.
I don't think Paul was too concerned with who actually played Brian's lines, and probably didn't know that Ray and Carol (uh, and Al) basically took over for Brian in 1963. Interesting too, that Brian considers Carol his biggest bass playing (and bassline writing) influence.
PMcC:
Find out who made the most money during their sessions, and you will find the 'hottest' session bassist....
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