Non-tubist influences, anyone?

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Chuck(G) wrote:Amazing :shock: that no classical bassists made it to the list thus far, say Gary Karr and Edgar Meyer, or even Serge Koussevitzky.

I guess this goes toward the theory that tuba players don't really want to think of themselves as basses.
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Interesting observation. I have never thought about it that way as I usually like the other approach....when playing bass, I envision myself as a tuba player.

Although if you want a "classical" :wink: bassist how about...
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I guarantee I'll be back to right some wrongs here; I KNOW I'm leaving out some significant ones. But here's my first cut:
Additions in RED
  • WC Handy
    Scott Joplin
    Eubie Blake
    Louis Armstrong
    Jack Teagarden
    Tommy Dorsey
    Glen Miller
    Harry James
    The Count (Basie)
    The Duke (Ellington)
    The King (Nat King Cole)
    The Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin)
    Ella F
    Lou Rawls
    Ray Charles
    Sarah Vaughn
    Charles Mingus
    Thad Jones
    Lionel Hampton
    Slide Hampton
    B.B. King
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    George Benson
    Stevie Wonder
    Stanley Clark
    Chic Corea
    Maynard Ferguson
    Bill Watrous
    Don Ellis
    Joe Ely
    Whoever played bass-bone for all those old Sinatra recordings (probably a lot o' George Roberts?)
    Itzhak Perlman

    Bing Crosby
    Roger Whitacre
    Robert Goulet
    Roy Orbison
    Marty Robbins
    BJ Thomas
    Karen Carpenter
    Neil Diamond
    Jimmy Buffett
    Jim Reeves
    Glen Campbell
    Willie Nelson
    George Jones
    James Pankow (Trombone for Chicago)
    Steve Perry (Journey)
    Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
    Don Henley (Eagles)
    Alison Krauss
    John Williams
    Jerry Goldsmith
    Jay Lerner**
    Fredrick Lowe
    Richard Rogers
    Oscar Hammerstein**
    Anthony Lloyd Weber
    Bryan Duncan (Christian)
    Stephen Curtis Chapman (Christian)
    Keith Green (Christian)
    Wintley Phipps (Christian)
** I realized after posting this that some people might think that these librettists (that means that guys that wrote the words, for those of you in publik skools) don't belong; but I argue that the words, in their cases, are so integral to the phrasing of the music that they have, in fact, been significant influences.
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Joe Baker wrote:Joe Baker, who reminds the reader of this list that when one describes another person's tastes, the word isn't "weird" but "eclectic" ;) .
"Comprehensive" works too, as does "multi-faceted" ... :D
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Kevin Hendrick wrote:
Joe Baker wrote:... "weird" ... "eclectic" ;) .
... "multi-faceted" ... :D
A short attention span will do that to -- oh, you should see the bird on the tree outside.
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o and steve.......y ray allen!
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Verdine White,
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Matt Higgins wrote: Image
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:arrow: Anyone else see a resemblance? :?:
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And Vaclav Nelhybel was the spitting image of Ted Knight!
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Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-96)

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Ted Knight [Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka] (1923-86)
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...and to think that no one mentioned any of these folks:

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