Wandering bassist

[Smokin' cowboys]

Hey, Ive wandered over from the Bass forum for some help, I apologise in advance if ive posted in the wrong section. Anyway im sure you get this all the time but i need some recommendations. Im looking for other groups/ artists similar to Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, John Patitucci... e.t.c

Any suggestions would be great, thanks.

[jpj]

Stanley Clarke and Jonas Hellborg.

[Smokin' cowboys]

Thanks. Any others ? By the way Im not just looking for similar bassists, just any related fusion.

[Schyma]

Tony Williams' Lifetime would be probably be the thing you're looking for (get Emergency (incredible drumming!!)) they have the same fiery approach to fusion as Weather Report and others do but if you want some really good fusion Bass, School Days by Stanley Clarke is always a great way to go.

It doesn't seem to be the type of Fusion you're looking for but Return to Forever by Chick Corea is outstanding and arguably the greatest Fusion album ever.

[Astralizer]

Ahmed Abdul-Malik, who worked for Monk's band in the late 50s-60s did a few amazing albums on his own with a cast of friends and other soloists which gracefully fuse jazz, blues, brazilian/bossa rhythms and West African/Arab music - and this was long before the advent of "world music". Two of them have been reisued on one cd album as "Jazz Sounds of Africa". Sensational, check out "African Bossa Nova" with Malik's wallking or meandering bass, Tommy Turrentine's joyous trumpet and the groovy samba percussion.

He's also a pillar of the band on the recently discovered Monk/Coltrane NYC recordings.

Also, Billy Cobham - drummer of course but his "Spectrum" album has great work from Lee Sklar on bass 8and prodigy Tommy Bolin, of all people, on guitar) in "Stratus" you'll find the sample that massive attack picked for "safe from Harm". I'm pretty new to Cobham's work on his own but he's always picking great bass players I feel.