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Originally Posted by boo boo
Well I'm not just talking about fusion players and I'm pretty sure you're underestimating the originality of some great jazz bassists.
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"Originality" and "bassist" weren't words that were really used in the same sentence before Jaco and Stanley came around. Even Mingus built his reputation more on being a composer/arranger than on being an upright bass player. Sure there were the greats: Ron Carter, Scott Lafaro, Charlie Hayden, Dave Holland, Paul Chambers, and even Mingus, but there reputations were built on being able to keep up with the fast pasted chord progressions of the bebop and post-bop era, and not really there creative output.