This list could be 6 pages long depending on what you listen to. I don't listen to metal so that whole section of the lists is lost on me. As we age and our tastes shift, our list changes. During my "pop jazz" phase I was exposed to names I never head before, like "Meat Man Meeks" in Mangione's band. Jean Luc Ponty had a new bass player each of the 3 times I saw him. All outstanding, but on the list of "greatest", no.

You can make a case for a lot of people I didn't name in those 6, as those 6 were just to get the party started. And thus far I have seen names I didn't know, went right to Wiki and read about them. Sting could be there, Paul McCartney, Abe Laboriel, Mark King, Lemmy... So many ways to be great. Great can mean "sitting in the pocket and not drawing attention from the star" (Flea does that), and great could mean exactly the opposite where the bass player gets a LOT of attention (Vic Wooten, John Entwistle).

Been a great, educational thread so far. Somewhat lacking country guys though. Mike Leech, Mike Rhodes... Lovin' this!

And this is a window into how the Bass Summit audience battles went.

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