#1 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Key Track: Bring it on Home
This album choice needs little explaining. Led Zeppelin was my first CD, the first tracks I ever memorized on an instrument, and generally my favorite.
#2 In the Slot - Tower of Power
Key Tracks: Ebony Jam, In the Slot
Tower of Power picked up in Chicago with their full horn section and outrageously syncopated grooves. Rocco Prestia is one of my earliest memorable bass influences, and his work with Dave Garibaldi on drums is delicious.
#3 Jaco - Jaco Pastorius
Key Tracks: (Used to Be A) Cha Cha, Portrait of Tracy
So few bass players can match Jaco's beautiful, expressive nature and his incredible talent. He really brought the bass guitar to the front of the band and changed its role in music permanently.
Key Track: Bring it on Home
This album choice needs little explaining. Led Zeppelin was my first CD, the first tracks I ever memorized on an instrument, and generally my favorite.
#2 In the Slot - Tower of Power
Key Tracks: Ebony Jam, In the Slot
Tower of Power picked up in Chicago with their full horn section and outrageously syncopated grooves. Rocco Prestia is one of my earliest memorable bass influences, and his work with Dave Garibaldi on drums is delicious.
#3 Jaco - Jaco Pastorius
Key Tracks: (Used to Be A) Cha Cha, Portrait of Tracy
So few bass players can match Jaco's beautiful, expressive nature and his incredible talent. He really brought the bass guitar to the front of the band and changed its role in music permanently.
