SMV "Thunder Tour" Battles of Bass between Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten.

At the Rochester stop of the SMV "Thunder" Tour, all three bassists, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten trade riffs one-on-one with each other in separate jams and then combine to end the concert with Miller's "Grits". This is a spectacular, fun and special concert, don't miss it if the tour comes anywhere near your town. These clips are from the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival which is a nine days affair in June featuring the best in Jazz from around the globe.

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• Wooten
• Clarke
• Miller
• Victor Wooten
• Marcus Miller
• Stanley Clarke
• Bass
• Thunder
• SMV
• Rochester

[wackyruss]

All this trio needs is Les Claypool and Larry Graham. That would be one bass-slappin' quintet!

[JazzFestLover]

@wackyruss The Electric Bass Orchestra! Strap the pantheon's pillars together because the with all that rumble the old building might crumble.  And add Charnett Moffett to the stage for an irreverent but special treat.

[Rawk4Life]

3:25 - you won't see any rock guitarist pull that off live.

[Rawk4Life]

I love how Stanley Clarke is all like "you might be the best in the world Victor. But remember, I held that title while you were still in diapers."

[ARKfusion]

@MsBassLady2 I grew up around Nashville and in my later teens I went to see the Wooten Brothers play every Wednesday night. Victor wasn't there every time, but I assure you Victor is one of the best "groove" players you'll ever hear live. He can play with an ensemble just fine and in fact often takes them to a new level of creativity.

[andreking84]

@MsBassLady2 ok only a new player would talk like this all three of these guys are grammy award winning bass players,how many grammys do u have???lol not downing u are any thing but if these guys wanted to play triplet notes all thru the song the hell with it,lol by all means let the grammy award bass players do there thangs!LOL

[andreking84]

did u see the look on victors face,lol he was like wtf????lol got to love it

[MsBassLady2]

@4strings4me I agree with you. I am a FEMALE LEFTY, UP-SIDE DOWN player, and I LOVE THE FUNK, R&B, and POP. I really like ANYTHING that sounds good, but I'm sorry, I'm NOT into this style of playing!! This is "Showman Bass", it's not REALLY playing anything, it's just showing how fast you can hit strings and play notes..Not for me. I'm a GROOVE player, And I like PLAYING WITH OTHER MUSICIANS!! It's clear to me that these guys spend alot of time playing ALONE!!...

[kult13]

@awesomezebra like bp42357 just said, it's an Alembic Stanley Clarke Signature, they are still in business, but you have to wait a long time before getting a new model. Signed-a lucky Alembic owner

[rexardye]

@oneone1onezero0 LOL!!!

I guess in the last battle the first will always win, no matter whose speakers in the game ... lol

[bp42357]

@awesomezebra That is an Alembic bass. I believe it was custom made for Stanley but I'm not certain of that or whether they are still in business.Signed- an old school bass player.