Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why?

Gobs of great bassist out there. Crazy 4 beefed up the list pretty good w/ the last post, Here are a few more:
Jannik Top- Zeul vibrato pioneer (and king)/Magma
Keith Macksoud-Present/5uu's (sorta takes up where Top left off)
Pad Conca-Blast/Otolithen
Fred Hopkins-Air/Craig Harris/Karl Berger... made lots of real good rubbery acoustic bass sounds.
Calvin Hill-Max Roach (Pictures in a Frame is a good start)
Mark Helias-Huge resume, his solo discs are all good
Mario Pavone-Thomas Chapin/also a great composer, also lots of excellent solo releases.
Miroslav Vitous- Weather Report...The discs w/ Rypdal & Dejohnette are great.
Stomu Takeshi-Another big resume, Erik Friedlander Topaz is a good one.
Fred Baker-Phil Miller/Pip Pyle (was incredible at the prog festival in Seattle last Aug.)
Mark Dresser-Huge high quality output, try Sakoto Fuji, Bell the Cat.
Glen Moore-Oregon/his Nude Bass Descending disc is one of his best.
Stuart Leibig-Nels Cline/Bone Structure, try Bone Structure or his Pomegranite disc.
Dave Willey-Thinking Plague/Hamster Theatre, (super talented hard working composer & multi instrumentalist)
Alphonso Johnson-Weather Report/Allan Holdsworth (King Crimson blew it by not picking him up when he auditioned),try his 1st two solo discs or A.H. Velvet Darkness.
Hellmut Hattler- A big part of what made KRAAN so damn great, try Wiederhoren or Live 74 (or go to Nearfest on 6/29)
Jamaladeen Tacuma-Ornette Coleman, some of the solo discs are spotty, Mirakle w/ Derek Bailey is good.
Melvin Gibbs-Ronald Shannon Jackson/Rollins Band/Harriet Tubman (H.T. Prototype is a smoker).
Fima Ephron-Lost Tribe/Dave Fiuczynski (his solo disc aint' bad either)
Mick Karn-Japan/Mark Isham, the Polytown disc is my favorite thing he's done
Eberhard Weber-This guy should have been listed 5 times already, Following Morning and Colors of Chloe are essential.
Hugh Hopper-Soft Machine/StomuYamashta, cool fuzz bass pioneer
Kato Hideki- He's on tons of recordings, but Bass Army really kicks arse.
Chihiro S.-Lacrymosa Kind of like the best Pohjola but a little darker and intricate.
Kent Kessler-Vandermark 5/NRG Ensemble (NRG Calling All Mothers is a good starter)
Skuli Sverrison-Holdsworth/Mo Boma/Jim Black (try Jim Black Alasnoaxis)
Gerald Veasley (I think alot of his stuff is generic swill, but what he does on Odean Pope's Out For a Walk is a work of hurculean glandular genius.
Wilbo Wright-UI (get the Two Sided Sharpie for big deluxe slabs of e.bass)
Jean Jaques Avenel-Steve Lacy (the Lacy/Roswell Rudd, Monk's Dream is a helluva' good score)
Rob Nieske (his 3 disc is packed w/ carefully arranged improvised/composed mid sized ensemble works that really hold up)
Sasaki Hisashi-Ruins, seeing this guy live dwarfs most live bass player experiences, HUGE vocabulary and he has his rig down cold.
Billy Swann-Muffins, another twisted fuzz bass king.
Kermit Driscoll-Bill Frisell/New and Used/Mahavishnu Project, (can't go wrong w/ New and Used, if yer' into challenging, interesting and obviously for the most part premeditated stuff.
Trevor Dunn-Mr. Bungle/Jettison Slinky/Zorn, his Trio Convulsant disc is an amazing volcanic ripper (kind of like an Ornette version of Bozzio's Blacklight Syndrome).

Duane: Your postings are very hipological. Thanks for reminding me of Mirslov! Here's a couple more: Bob Crenshaw, who is on so many Blue Note recordings. Doug Watkins, a contemporary of Paul Chambers. Herbie Lewis, Frank Tusa, Mel Graves, and Larry Grennadier--all S.F. cats. There's also Neils Ostred Henning Pederson, who had monster chops. Gary Mapp played a lot with Monk. One of Wynton Marsalis' best bass players was Robert Hurst. You know, I can't believe I haven't mentioned Percy Heath and George Duvier! What's wrong with me??? I'm sure that I can think of a lot more, too. I gotta tell ya, I just love that instrument!

Aston 'Family Man' Barret from Bob Marley and the Wailers. His playing impressed me to the point of buying up 'Songs of Freedom' song book, where i learnt couple of dozen (most favorite) songs and never picked the bass (Fender Fretless P-Bass circa '71/ Messa Boogie 400) again! I also liked Rufus Reid's playalong books!

EL, I LOVE "The Evolving Basist!" It's a classic. It's how I learned to make bass lines!

Crazy, I have "TEB" somewhere? I worked with Simandle. Hours of scale and fret work. One of the best books for bass. Even though written in 1800's for upright/bow, you can use it with electric bass! I did it, and regret quiting.