Billy just took it to Mars and back that was awesome....not sure what planet Tony Levin found that 'instrument' on though haha! Sure is interesting though :)
my personal favourite (not regarding this video, just in general out of all the guys who were included in the video) is reggie washington! his sense of music and the choices of melodies/rythmn in his music is so dynamic and fulfilling. However, none of these guys can hold a candle next to victor wooten! I'm surprised John Myung wasn't included...sure he's in a total differ genre but he'd do great in this and honestly would have been a better choice than sheehan.
Its awesome to see bass players that have been so influencial in thier own styles come together and jam! All these guys have the upmost respect for each other, you can tell that. No one is trying to "outdo" each other. Its just a point of view! What an inspirational video. I hope to be up thier one day with the bass players of my generation!
i am really truly amazed by billy sheehan: how he can ACCOMPANY, other like 6 basses, being stable, not fucking up the bassline, providing solid ground, BUT cutting through the same time. and the sixtringer dudes... these guys ARE fucking insane!!!!!
Look, there's no such thing as 'better' or 'worse' in music -- it's all subjective. That said, my vote goes to either Billy Sheehan or Tony Levin. Both players are bringing a fresh perspective and approach to the Bass Guitar.
OK, Billy played a very straight major clasical style. Not to his discredit but this is a jazz tune and almost everyone did a jazz solo. Oteil is the man but my favorite in this group is Tony. I feel the non jazz players did well but Tony did not show what he can do here, neither did Billy.
@Recanon Sorry, Billy wasn't thinking out of the box, he was being Billy. I love him, please don't get me wrong but I was hoping to find the jazzy side of him here and it didn't happen. My guy here was mediocre at best but I know how good he can be. Some guys just don't play jazz, when I need that I will listen to Jeff and Jaco.
billy won, end of of story, who cares he doesnt know formal music theory? holdsworth doesnt know it and look , they have talent, and we have to study what they already know.
@yogsothoth2099 Couldn't agree more. Billy looks a bit out of place and almost worried sometimes but when it comes to the crunch natural ability takes over. I suffer from the same thing myself, no theory knowledge at all but I can play. Not as good as Billy though! Ha Ha!
ok tony levin its good but he sucked in this jam haha its just that it seems that he doesnt know the chapman stick that well ! u know hes like playing the same thing over and over billy was one of my first heroes now im more into jazz but i knew he will kick ass bad cause he plays a lot of bluessy stuf with mr big and they other jazz players were just playing inside the bebop rules i mean not all of em billy just played more relaxed in kinda hes area! so kick ass love ya!
I enjoyed every one of these bass players solos. I also think that the drummer did very well, considering he is surrounded by a bunch of amazing bass players. I wuld feel very intimidated.
@FinnishBassBoy I think you're underselling Billy a little. Scales, theory, etc who got the biggest cheers? His work with Niacin is pretty killler too. Dennis Chambers doesn't play with hacks. And if this was a rock show, he would have made every player there look stupid. For being a rock player I think he held his own just fine.
I know Sheehan have a awesome technique,but i would be afraid to play with Patitucci,this guy playing with corea,the guy knows a thousand technices and scales,a complete bassist,sheehan is a unidimensional bassist,does more or less the same things.
I also would take OUT some guys there and put
DAVE LA RUE
WOOTEN
STANLEY CLARKE
ADAM NITTI
CHICO GOMES(well,he is not american,but who knows)
@GabrielDhalaman2@FinnishBassBoy I think you're underselling Billy a little. Scales, theory, etc who got the biggest cheers? His work with Niacin is pretty killler too. Dennis Chambers doesn't play with hacks. And if this was a rock show, he would have made every player there look stupid. For be
Not a big Reggie Washington fan, but if we're making it a contest... he wins hands down. and woah, Tony Levin did nowhere as good as he usually would :(
@Scarface066 No man, Levin sucks, is a fact , it wasnt the best performance, i could say he was very very bad. Why if is the bass day he play a stick? All he play it wasnt sence.
Well, I was simply making a reference to Billy Madison but I will correct you by saying that "Levin Sucks" is not fact, but your opinion. Although I could care less about Tony Levin, as I am not entirely a fan of his myself, what either of us can't understand within his playing can be understood by others which is why one cannot say he "sucks".
This was great. I was there that day and hadn't seen it since. Great clinic. All the players expressed themselves.You could feel the mutual love and respect in the room. Reggie was someone I had heard of but never heard till that day and he knocked me out with the Philly groove. Otiel I had seen w/ Allman's but this impressed me. Pomeroy the scholar, was beautiful. Sheehan put a great rock charge in the room. Patitucci's fine as ever, great MD. I play Stick due to Levin so I owe him so much. ✞
@svtrs1 Pues si pero cuando uno solo puede improvisar en rock es porque le falta idea en el fraseo y cuando improvisas asi en el jazz suena muy cuadrado todo, es 100 veces mas dificil improvisar como lo hace john o alguno de los demas que como lo hace Billy y en mi particular opinion un bajista que ya esta en ese nivel tien que saber improvisar en casi cualquier genero =), es por ello el porque de mi comment, un abrazo amigo y bendiciones!
i love how the guys with the 6 strings think there the shit "no offense to them there better than me" and then billy comes in with his 4 string Yamaha and kicks ass lol
@jlmolinareyes go suck a dick you punk. Billy it outside the box. All these guys sound the same and are all Jaco clones, whereas Billy is so unique and has his own thing going all the time.
@jlmolinareyes You can't even write a sentence correctly, so why the fuck should I listen to a dumb chimp like you? And yes, everyone up their sounds the same except Billy Sheehan. Billy makes all those guys look boring and are all clones of the school of Jaco Pastorious and if you can't see that, you're just fucking blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid.
@diamonddust22 just because he's different does not make him better. i'll take tasteful jazz soloing over memorized patterns incorporated into shredding any day
@lordcorn10 what do you think Jazz is? All of those Jaco clones sound the same, all of them. Billy came in and was totally unique and original and it's quite clear to see. Tony Levin sucked btw and that was clear to see too. Billy is one of the most unique bassists out there today. None of those other guys do anything unique except follow traditional same old stuff, nothing unique at all.
@bassplaya137 Well to me he was the one with the most out of the place tone. I know it is his signature tone but it wasn't very appropriate for the song they were playing.
@bassplaya137 ...he wowed you with wiggly fingers, shitty tone, and a lack of musically cohesive ideas or phrases? Sheehan has crazy talent...but that solo sucked. Patitucci played music. Sheehan played bass.
@bassplaya137 having a 6 string bass has nothing to do with being full of yourself or thinking you're better. The 2 extra strings give lower and higher tones in the inventory of note choices. They're great especially for playing solo. I honestly don't like sheehan that much...a bit too repetitive for me and relies way too much on tapping. His shreds were nice, but his tapping is over done in my opinion. Not hate, just my opinion. Though he brings a different element to the table...he's good.
@Karmisutra i agree; i had to buy a 6 string because a 4 string was limiting my creativity. some of my stuff demands the use of a low B, and i've come up with 4 additional songs that only work with a C string. i don't care much for sheehan myself. i like his tone in this vid, though.
This is a jazz standard with standard jazz changes- of course John is going to sound the most "comfortable" with it. Everyone played great, music is not a damn compettition- it is supposed to be FUN. Tony was slightly out of place here, but he is one of the most creative cats around so "Chapman Stick Guy" isn't his name, OK? LOL.
@shanesperling He's a great player, but I'm not sure that his style goes with this sort of jazz playing. You're right though, he sure did change things up a bit.
This is one of the greatest video series there ever was, I highly, highly recommend Dave Pomeroy's video as well as Billy Sheehan. This series it even better because that prune head Mike Rhoades wasn't invited!!!
billy looks a little out of place but i recon he was the best there. every one seems to be sticking to normal jazz tones but billy brings his own stuff into it which i love
you would think that (and correct me if im wrong) the guy that pretty much invented the chapman stick would be able to at least solo on a C minor blues
What alot of people seem to be missing here is that they are playing 'Mr PC', if they had a full band behind them then Sheehan's solo would have sounded aweful. It was a typical 'rock musician playing a rock solo with a couple of chromatic approaches thrown in to make it sound 'jazzy''. There's 'playing outside of the box' and then their's just playing it wrong.
Billy Sheehan is just being Billy Sheehan. He admitted he doesn't know what these jazz players know but he learns from them. But what made this special is that same fact. These jazz guys were all playing within a certain perimeter. Billy wasn't, he was just straight up jamming and having fun. That is why he kicked ass and got the most applause. The closest was one of my heroes John Pattitucci.
well said, Dave. Different styles and levels of dexterity are endlessly interesting, but music occurs to each person differently.
Generally speaking, musicians above a certain level are truly interested in advancing the collaborative effort and the fascinating (to me, anyway) results often achieved intellectually when people like you and the others you jammed with get together.
Left to right, it's Dave Pomeroy(me) Billy Sheehan, John Pattitucci, Otiel Burbridge, Reggie Washington and Tony Levin. It was a blast...I am always a little surprised that so many comments want to pick one guy over another. I can tell you that NONE of us were thinking that way, just diggin' each other. Peace to all, DP
@EarwaveMusic Thank you! It seems like every combo performance on youtube becomes a contest for a lot of the folks who comment. Awesome music played by all of you on a beautiful instrument.
I have to say Billy Sheehan really caught me by surprise- that solo floors me every time I hear it.
I respect Sheehan's skills, but his solo was so indulgent and not really that musical (compared to the others, anyway :P)
TheMartini1234 2 weeks ago
Pattitucci, the best
toretaso 2 weeks ago
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Astrixone 1 month ago
billy sheehan is the guy
atahan1533 1 month ago
i just died and gone to heaven.
bassstudent4life 1 month ago
Reggie Washington was pretty underrated here- nice walking bass too!
I like Billy Sheehan and respect his ability, just never been a big fan of his tone-it's just too overdriven for me.
lowend 2 months ago
HOW WOULD FLEA DO HERE
vatolococrip32 3 months ago
john pattitucci is a beast :3
GidsyWidsy 3 months ago
billy at 4:48
sonicshori 4 months ago 3
só as feras do baixo
gilvan740 4 months ago
Billy just took it to Mars and back that was awesome....not sure what planet Tony Levin found that 'instrument' on though haha! Sure is interesting though :)
markthode 4 months ago
haha xD Billy fucked them soooooo baaaaaad :D
dokcso 4 months ago
its a jazzy gang bang for my ears
Venomguitar 5 months ago
damn.... jaco could rape our ears if he was int that jam....
FunkyBassPlayer1 5 months ago
This is simply amazing. Thats quite a feat to organize so many basses together on one song.
JoeGibb 5 months ago
Tony Levin was so blown away by Sheehan's solo that he completely flubbed it
SteveUrkeI 5 months ago
i don't need a like button. i need a LOVE button!!!!
gmitter24 5 months ago
Why didn't victor wooten join???
86kouta 5 months ago
Sheran just fucking owned them silly!
06wraightm 5 months ago
sheran the best!!!
kollodysoul 5 months ago in playlist billy sheehan
Great bass playing, great drumming too, hahaha, the drummer musta feel like being Gang Bang by a bunch of Bassist :O
eisenyeo 5 months ago
that rug really ties the room together, doesn't it?
Mogens666 5 months ago
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CHECK CHICO GOMES OUT,PEOPLE...
revolutionary...on youtube,he is old himself
invented THE TRIPLE DOMINIUM for bass
GabrielDhalaman 6 months ago
Sheehan rips:)
dingbat1410 6 months ago
pattitucci and sheehan had the best solos
bassfreak74 6 months ago
scary to have too many guys like that together. the world could implode in itself!
wrona003 6 months ago
Bass orgy <3
ulkomaalaiskamaa 6 months ago
Now that's what I call a jam
lexusmaxus 6 months ago 2
@MrPecesco its a chapman stick
vinkingwarwick 7 months ago
I know, I know... I am a Mr. Big fan and all but, man, Billy Sheehan blows my mind every time.
jopmota 7 months ago
john myung would kick everybodys ass
SuperJodanse 7 months ago
billy just SHINE among them
yuenyen92 7 months ago
my personal favourite (not regarding this video, just in general out of all the guys who were included in the video) is reggie washington! his sense of music and the choices of melodies/rythmn in his music is so dynamic and fulfilling. However, none of these guys can hold a candle next to victor wooten! I'm surprised John Myung wasn't included...sure he's in a total differ genre but he'd do great in this and honestly would have been a better choice than sheehan.
Karmisutra 7 months ago
@Karmisutra john myung is a robot not a human being ................ so dnt compare john with billy.
aakash1234ish 7 months ago
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billy sheehan had sex with your mother last night....
eatadapoopoo69 8 months ago
i swear i thought the dud at 1:50 was Dave Chapelle
tonidh94 8 months ago 2
Its awesome to see bass players that have been so influencial in thier own styles come together and jam! All these guys have the upmost respect for each other, you can tell that. No one is trying to "outdo" each other. Its just a point of view! What an inspirational video. I hope to be up thier one day with the bass players of my generation!
That drummer is SO lucky! :)
LWhitebass 8 months ago
omg tony levin, dissapointment.
facedspaced 8 months ago 2
I really enjoy how each guys here has worked out their own style!
I loved all of the solo's cause you could hear each guy has a distinct tone....some more than others :)
ElliotTheMoose4 8 months ago
falta victor wooten y pastorious y listo°!!! heaven!
bangbangbass 9 months ago
i am really truly amazed by billy sheehan: how he can ACCOMPANY, other like 6 basses, being stable, not fucking up the bassline, providing solid ground, BUT cutting through the same time. and the sixtringer dudes... these guys ARE fucking insane!!!!!
vzsozs 9 months ago
una verdadera orjia bajistica
bnrdmonkey 9 months ago
the guy on the left, you wouldnt know he plays jazz would you
deege10 9 months ago
1:53 is that snoop dog
beanerthemanful 9 months ago 2
@beanerthemanful Are you blind?
hojima 9 months ago
Look, there's no such thing as 'better' or 'worse' in music -- it's all subjective. That said, my vote goes to either Billy Sheehan or Tony Levin. Both players are bringing a fresh perspective and approach to the Bass Guitar.
TMRonin85 9 months ago
i was watching some bass video and lead me to this vid. and i realize. nothing can beat Billy Sheehan.
ugie88 9 months ago
sheehan did the guitar solo :)
jlmolinareyes 9 months ago
Needs more bass... Turn up the bass! Only kidding.. Lots of great playing on this vid!
StarBlues100 9 months ago
Les Claypool would smoke them all ayway
TopTenCrew 10 months ago
@TopTenCrew claypool could have serious lesson with sheehan or patitucci
GabrielDhalaman 10 months ago
@GabrielDhalaman
Thats funny.
None of these guys can play like he can. Not even close.
Geddy Lee would also smoke these guys away.
TopTenCrew 10 months ago
this video needs sean malone
Mastafly7 10 months ago
Where did Pattitucci even find such an ugly shirt? Well...he can play bass anyway
nikklazz 10 months ago
The intro is like an Eric Johnson song :)
ShalomQCCircle 10 months ago
I love how Billys sound is sooo different from everybody else's...you can here it so clearly that it's him playing
nikklazz 10 months ago
ok billy killed that solo., It was so refreshing.
lEMGl 10 months ago
OK, Billy played a very straight major clasical style. Not to his discredit but this is a jazz tune and almost everyone did a jazz solo. Oteil is the man but my favorite in this group is Tony. I feel the non jazz players did well but Tony did not show what he can do here, neither did Billy.
Malzarin 10 months ago
@Malzarin Just because it's a jazz tune doesn't mean you should play a jazz solo. Thinking out of the box shows creativity.
Recanon 10 months ago 20
@Recanon Sorry, Billy wasn't thinking out of the box, he was being Billy. I love him, please don't get me wrong but I was hoping to find the jazzy side of him here and it didn't happen. My guy here was mediocre at best but I know how good he can be. Some guys just don't play jazz, when I need that I will listen to Jeff and Jaco.
Malzarin 10 months ago
@Recanon In this case it most likely shows a limitation of personal style.
hojima 9 months ago
oh yeah and i agree billy owned haha.
janiecethebeast 10 months ago
how can that stage hold that much ego. lmao
janiecethebeast 10 months ago 15
billy won, end of of story, who cares he doesnt know formal music theory? holdsworth doesnt know it and look , they have talent, and we have to study what they already know.
yogsothoth2099 10 months ago
@yogsothoth2099 Couldn't agree more. Billy looks a bit out of place and almost worried sometimes but when it comes to the crunch natural ability takes over. I suffer from the same thing myself, no theory knowledge at all but I can play. Not as good as Billy though! Ha Ha!
Peepsonbass 10 months ago
this is overkill hahahah too much power on stage.
yogsothoth2099 10 months ago
did you hear that death metal blast beat at 5:14 ... 0_o he came to light, fucking metal head spy in jazz community
TheYaroslav1988 10 months ago 3
ok tony levin its good but he sucked in this jam haha its just that it seems that he doesnt know the chapman stick that well ! u know hes like playing the same thing over and over billy was one of my first heroes now im more into jazz but i knew he will kick ass bad cause he plays a lot of bluessy stuf with mr big and they other jazz players were just playing inside the bebop rules i mean not all of em billy just played more relaxed in kinda hes area! so kick ass love ya!
jazzmelodicminor77 10 months ago
billy stinXXX
lordcorn10 10 months ago
Damn it Billy... That really busted my jimmies.
fraghunter67 11 months ago
billy GTFO!
YklausK 11 months ago
billy was cool! for a 'non-jazz' guy, he came up with very cool stuff! and tony also!!
alonzoscragg 11 months ago
I enjoyed every one of these bass players solos. I also think that the drummer did very well, considering he is surrounded by a bunch of amazing bass players. I wuld feel very intimidated.
FinnishBassBoy 11 months ago
@FinnishBassBoy I think you're underselling Billy a little. Scales, theory, etc who got the biggest cheers? His work with Niacin is pretty killler too. Dennis Chambers doesn't play with hacks. And if this was a rock show, he would have made every player there look stupid. For being a rock player I think he held his own just fine.
shanesperling 11 months ago
I know Sheehan have a awesome technique,but i would be afraid to play with Patitucci,this guy playing with corea,the guy knows a thousand technices and scales,a complete bassist,sheehan is a unidimensional bassist,does more or less the same things.
I also would take OUT some guys there and put
DAVE LA RUE
WOOTEN
STANLEY CLARKE
ADAM NITTI
CHICO GOMES(well,he is not american,but who knows)
and the fucking ANTHONY JACKOSN!
GabrielDhalaman2 11 months ago
@GabrielDhalaman2 @FinnishBassBoy I think you're underselling Billy a little. Scales, theory, etc who got the biggest cheers? His work with Niacin is pretty killler too. Dennis Chambers doesn't play with hacks. And if this was a rock show, he would have made every player there look stupid. For be
shanesperling 11 months ago
I am mostly a jazz man and I know the soloing wasn't a competition, but that guy Billy Sheehan killed it!
GITTZA 11 months ago 2
sweet playing Dave
MrDiamondWillow 1 year ago
billy pwned them.
tetsusixx 1 year ago
Meeting of the gods
Bassmash 1 year ago
I bet that drummer feels lonely!
zaretix 1 year ago 2
Dave your tone is just amazing!
Martiluk1 1 year ago
Wow, Billy!
MattyBassK 1 year ago
Not a big Reggie Washington fan, but if we're making it a contest... he wins hands down. and woah, Tony Levin did nowhere as good as he usually would :(
Emm1Twe4kz 1 year ago
look at that head shake , haha
SYMO1000 1 year ago
that's a lot of frustrated guitarists!
skezness 1 year ago
Tony Levin sucks.
fUnKRaPp 1 year ago
@fUnKRaPp
You know somethin'? YOOU SUCK!
Scarface066 1 year ago
@Scarface066 No man, Levin sucks, is a fact , it wasnt the best performance, i could say he was very very bad. Why if is the bass day he play a stick? All he play it wasnt sence.
marcelino0s 1 year ago
@marcelino0s
Well, I was simply making a reference to Billy Madison but I will correct you by saying that "Levin Sucks" is not fact, but your opinion. Although I could care less about Tony Levin, as I am not entirely a fan of his myself, what either of us can't understand within his playing can be understood by others which is why one cannot say he "sucks".
Scarface066 1 year ago
@Scarface066 Sometimes the easy way its say "he is a misunderstood"
marcelino0s 1 year ago
@marcelino0s levin dosent suck, this just isint what he does. he plays the stick like a bass, not a solo instrument.
WyattTheGuitarist 11 months ago
@WyattTheGuitarist Levin is Killer!!
shanesperling 11 months ago
@shanesperling i agree. lol. ive copped a lot of his stick licks xD
WyattTheGuitarist 11 months ago
John Pattitucci is John Petrucci of the bass???
k0stil 1 year ago
Now to try my hand at being a dick: 10 people don't know why some of those guitars only have 4 strings.
spynae 1 year ago
sheean rocks!
photovlog 1 year ago
LMAo LMAo Billy was like "im not here" and then when his time came he turned the damn place upside down xD
BOnEhEAdD 1 year ago
@BOnEhEAdD
Totally!!!!!
huskybones 1 year ago
sheehan tightest solo just awesome
Teebraxton 1 year ago
i think all these players have truly mastered the art of knowing when to play, when not to, and what to play.
SICKKKK
blammerator 1 year ago
when i die,flying to heaven, i will hear this!
izzionbass 1 year ago
Only good, I should say excellent bass players could produce such a harmonious jam
konstantinoskal 1 year ago
This was great. I was there that day and hadn't seen it since. Great clinic. All the players expressed themselves.You could feel the mutual love and respect in the room. Reggie was someone I had heard of but never heard till that day and he knocked me out with the Philly groove. Otiel I had seen w/ Allman's but this impressed me. Pomeroy the scholar, was beautiful. Sheehan put a great rock charge in the room. Patitucci's fine as ever, great MD. I play Stick due to Levin so I owe him so much. ✞
PeteBeggs 1 year ago
Excelente Ejecución
pcgmigueld 1 year ago
Bill just took all those schooled kids back to school. He doesn't even read music and his playing speaks for it self.
somedguy 1 year ago
billy is great!!
whiteshirtable 1 year ago
Man Pttitucci has grown so much as a player since this
chewyflea 1 year ago
OMG!!! you guys are all sick but I love Billy Sheehan... and that Chapman Stick is pretty sweet man
JazzBass420 1 year ago
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JazzBass420 1 year ago
Hmm.. Levin might just have played the weirdest solo I have heard. I wonder if that was intentional or not.
Warsel 1 year ago
Outstanding and...inspiring. Many thanks mr Pomeroy
konstantinoskal 1 year ago
A billy le falta groove , atasca mucho y no nadamas se trata de atascar, tony estuvo horrible tambien, los demas muy bien!! en especial john
davidstar23 1 year ago
@davidstar23
svtrs1 1 year ago
@davidstar23 pues el estilo de Billy es Rock And Roll y lo toco a su estilo, asi como levin que es mas alternativo
svtrs1 1 year ago
@svtrs1 Pues si pero cuando uno solo puede improvisar en rock es porque le falta idea en el fraseo y cuando improvisas asi en el jazz suena muy cuadrado todo, es 100 veces mas dificil improvisar como lo hace john o alguno de los demas que como lo hace Billy y en mi particular opinion un bajista que ya esta en ese nivel tien que saber improvisar en casi cualquier genero =), es por ello el porque de mi comment, un abrazo amigo y bendiciones!
davidstar23 1 year ago
@davidstar23 buen punto, es que es como comparar manzanas con peras pero tienes razon
svtrs1 1 year ago
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Or if you inserted Cliff Burton into the video all the other musician's would immediatly become obsolete
SupraCelica98 1 year ago
Billy rock'd!
John it's simply amazing!
Tony Levin and his stick just suck... -.-"
SamakiBass 1 year ago
dewa semua nehhh . wah
bebyslap 1 year ago
i love how the guys with the 6 strings think there the shit "no offense to them there better than me" and then billy comes in with his 4 string Yamaha and kicks ass lol
bassplaya137 1 year ago 19
@bassplaya137 if your talking about their body language. thats called "feeling it" [the music]
nothing about "thinking their the shit"
kangkongnilaga 10 months ago
@bassplaya137 i dont believe that, sheehan doesnt have half talen of any of these guy trully belevie me
jlmolinareyes 9 months ago
@jlmolinareyes go suck a dick you punk. Billy it outside the box. All these guys sound the same and are all Jaco clones, whereas Billy is so unique and has his own thing going all the time.
diamonddust22 9 months ago
@diamonddust22 nobody is jaco clon, bitch. sheehan suck dicks, its the emotionless bassist i ve heard.
jlmolinareyes 9 months ago
@jlmolinareyes You can't even write a sentence correctly, so why the fuck should I listen to a dumb chimp like you? And yes, everyone up their sounds the same except Billy Sheehan. Billy makes all those guys look boring and are all clones of the school of Jaco Pastorious and if you can't see that, you're just fucking blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid.
diamonddust22 9 months ago
@diamonddust22 just because he's different does not make him better. i'll take tasteful jazz soloing over memorized patterns incorporated into shredding any day
lordcorn10 9 months ago
@lordcorn10 what do you think Jazz is? All of those Jaco clones sound the same, all of them. Billy came in and was totally unique and original and it's quite clear to see. Tony Levin sucked btw and that was clear to see too. Billy is one of the most unique bassists out there today. None of those other guys do anything unique except follow traditional same old stuff, nothing unique at all.
diamonddust22 9 months ago
@bassplaya137 Well to me he was the one with the most out of the place tone. I know it is his signature tone but it wasn't very appropriate for the song they were playing.
clefdefa 9 months ago
@clefdefa Fuck up, cunt.
s4ngu1ne 7 months ago
@bassplaya137 ...he wowed you with wiggly fingers, shitty tone, and a lack of musically cohesive ideas or phrases? Sheehan has crazy talent...but that solo sucked. Patitucci played music. Sheehan played bass.
pzcato 9 months ago
@bassplaya137 having a 6 string bass has nothing to do with being full of yourself or thinking you're better. The 2 extra strings give lower and higher tones in the inventory of note choices. They're great especially for playing solo. I honestly don't like sheehan that much...a bit too repetitive for me and relies way too much on tapping. His shreds were nice, but his tapping is over done in my opinion. Not hate, just my opinion. Though he brings a different element to the table...he's good.
Karmisutra 7 months ago
@Karmisutra i agree; i had to buy a 6 string because a 4 string was limiting my creativity. some of my stuff demands the use of a low B, and i've come up with 4 additional songs that only work with a C string. i don't care much for sheehan myself. i like his tone in this vid, though.
frankenbat 7 months ago
What are these basses?
hugopereira14 1 year ago
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jerseyanimall 1 year ago
hehe billy sheehan. that made my day
alka1987 1 year ago 2
This is a jazz standard with standard jazz changes- of course John is going to sound the most "comfortable" with it. Everyone played great, music is not a damn compettition- it is supposed to be FUN. Tony was slightly out of place here, but he is one of the most creative cats around so "Chapman Stick Guy" isn't his name, OK? LOL.
DarkeningSkies1 1 year ago 2
tabs please! ha ha ha, just joking!
pumberdog 1 year ago
otiel is one of my hero's his work with jimmy herring and aquarium rescue unit blows my mind ive seen him in nashville many times.
chrisharper78 1 year ago
Did anyone else notice Sheehan quote Dave Pomroy in his solo?
bassbybrock 1 year ago
god Sheehan is so obnoxious.
RedBarchetta47 1 year ago
@RedBarchetta47 People went nuts for him.. He beat a bunch of jazz guys at their own game... Love him or hate him, he did
shanesperling 11 months ago
@shanesperling He's a great player, but I'm not sure that his style goes with this sort of jazz playing. You're right though, he sure did change things up a bit.
RedBarchetta47 11 months ago
Billy Sheean is a monster!!!
colamesta 1 year ago
Chapman stick guy don't belong there
cskarch 1 year ago
is this available on dvd or something?? what is it called
spazman288 1 year ago
@spazman288 ya, bass day 97 new york highlights. i own it, prettymuch every guy on the stage does a Q&A. cracking.
alinack69 1 year ago
I just became your biggest fan!
BassmrDK 1 year ago
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sheehan ruins everything.
YklausK 1 year ago
Most original is Tony xDDD
TheMalstrem 1 year ago
if you are a bassist and you play jazz and funk you are a master they are the two most dificult thing on the bass LONG LIVE FLEA!!!!
thecheckmate100 1 year ago
This is one of the greatest video series there ever was, I highly, highly recommend Dave Pomeroy's video as well as Billy Sheehan. This series it even better because that prune head Mike Rhoades wasn't invited!!!
Rheems1 1 year ago
billy looks a little out of place but i recon he was the best there. every one seems to be sticking to normal jazz tones but billy brings his own stuff into it which i love
RQBassist 1 year ago 3
awesome
BottiNez 1 year ago
the guy with the fretless at the left is the better one for me, what's his name?
funkrock94 1 year ago
@funkrock94 dave pomeroy.
alinack69 1 year ago
haha Billiy realy wasnt half bad at all.
4stringFanatico 1 year ago 19
20 bucks says all these guys are ripped out of their skulls :D
MansonFreak 1 year ago
billy rocked it
spinner1208 1 year ago 3
you would think that (and correct me if im wrong) the guy that pretty much invented the chapman stick would be able to at least solo on a C minor blues
coolcolbass 1 year ago
2:07 ---- john patitucci "SHHH....Dynamics, pls..." .hehe
cheeseerox 1 year ago
Incredible!!! wow! inspiring!
manny1406eb 1 year ago
What alot of people seem to be missing here is that they are playing 'Mr PC', if they had a full band behind them then Sheehan's solo would have sounded aweful. It was a typical 'rock musician playing a rock solo with a couple of chromatic approaches thrown in to make it sound 'jazzy''. There's 'playing outside of the box' and then their's just playing it wrong.
TheButterBaron 1 year ago
@TheButterBaron Someone who gets it >_>
itachi456789 1 year ago
What greater way to end the bass day jam than with a drum solo?
stantobob 1 year ago
Billy Sheehan is just being Billy Sheehan. He admitted he doesn't know what these jazz players know but he learns from them. But what made this special is that same fact. These jazz guys were all playing within a certain perimeter. Billy wasn't, he was just straight up jamming and having fun. That is why he kicked ass and got the most applause. The closest was one of my heroes John Pattitucci.
jerseyanimall 1 year ago 6
4:43 Patittucci puts a face of vomiting, when Sheehan made his solo ... :(
dinoantimental 1 year ago
Sheehan Rules!
Gillhullian 1 year ago 3
Man you looked really into it, I love it.
thinears 1 year ago
well said, Dave. Different styles and levels of dexterity are endlessly interesting, but music occurs to each person differently.
Generally speaking, musicians above a certain level are truly interested in advancing the collaborative effort and the fascinating (to me, anyway) results often achieved intellectually when people like you and the others you jammed with get together.
walkerwarbler 1 year ago
Left to right, it's Dave Pomeroy(me) Billy Sheehan, John Pattitucci, Otiel Burbridge, Reggie Washington and Tony Levin. It was a blast...I am always a little surprised that so many comments want to pick one guy over another. I can tell you that NONE of us were thinking that way, just diggin' each other. Peace to all, DP
EarwaveMusic 1 year ago 37
@EarwaveMusic Thank you! It seems like every combo performance on youtube becomes a contest for a lot of the folks who comment. Awesome music played by all of you on a beautiful instrument.
I have to say Billy Sheehan really caught me by surprise- that solo floors me every time I hear it.
mikeyspoon 1 year ago
@EarwaveMusic Just want to say, you can groove it hard. Thanks for uploading some inspirational material for rank amateurs as myself to aspire to.
SilenceOfTheLozenge 1 year ago