I found this guy David Dyson whilst looking for some of Robert Gorden's playing.  
I've never heard of him before but he has a great funky style and a great sound from his bass. No idea what the bass it is tho but I can hear some stanley, Marcus, Victor and Mark King under his fingers.
 

 
 
Enjoy
Jazzyvee

Great solo and great player, I believe that's an MTD (Tobias) bass.
 
Thanks for the link JV, if you cats haven't watched this yet YOU NEED TO it's reAL good!
 
OO

Sounds good. You left out Louis Johnson.

I'm not too proud to admit that I have not listened to much of Louis Johnson's stuff.
 
Jazzyvee
 
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(Message edited by jazzyvee on August 25, 2009)

I'm not too proud to admit that I'm not very familiar with a lot of Louis Johnson's stuff.

For a while he played second bass behind Me'shell Ndegeocello...  a very, very fine player.
 
You may want to check out Billy Dickens, from Chicago, arguably amongst the finest players ever:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6WwtnJB9I&feature=related
 

 
And he's not just about slapping.  I was present at a clinic where Bill Dickens and Larry Coryell were presenting together, and they played Giant Steps.  Afterwards, Larry told the gathering that Bill's solo on Giant Steps was the best he had ever heard anyone play, on any instrument.
 
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Another Billy Dickens moment...
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gjdofeki8w&feature=related

Another Chicago Bass Player:  Richie Patterson.
 

 
With Miles, and with one of my favorite drummers, Ricky Wellman.

And then there is Jonas (Yo-Nus) Hellborg...
 

..... and now for something completely different

Thomas, Thomas, Thomas , , , ,

OH MY GOSH..... IS ALL I CAN SAY BASICVOO!
NOW I KNOW WHAT I AM WEARING AT THE NEXT ALEMBIC GATHERING!

Sept. 12 in Dallas John, and I'll bring a camera for sure. LOL
 
OO

It would have been better without all that slapping/popping.