Once heard an extended version of one of Chic's hits - could be Good Times or Le Freak - with some incredible fills by Bernard Edwards. Tasty, to say the least.

If anyone is still reading this thread...  I remember enjoying some nice lines from the group Sister Sledge.  Anyone remember??

Oh yes - uh, that's still Bernard Edwards on bass. Funk with finesse.

The fabulous Bernard Edwards, rest in peace.
 
I think I admire this stuff because it's technically not difficult, but the timing/feel is just so 'there' . . . Average White Band.  'Person to Person', 'Schoolboy Crush', really some of my favorites all 'round.
 
J o e y

Pointer Sisters Yes We Can Can Gets my vote. So simple and way so funky!

Stanley with Animal Logic, second CD and the tune is Another Place, if memory serves.  Great dissonance and cool funk.  He bends the D to get a *near* unison with the open G (once again, if memory serves) and it just sounds bad as hell...

Anthony Jackson's bass lines on the Naughty disc from Chaka Khan are some of the funkiest on the planet, especially Move Me No Mountain.
 
I got that new Michael McDonald record (Motown)today, I am not saying Funkiest Ever, but Nathan East is ripping on those old tunes. Definitely coming with the James Jamerson vibe. Thumbs way up

I've always thought of Nathan East as being one of the best all around players ever, he's sooooo solid.
 
I don't know the player's name and it's not at all funky, but the backline groove on Al Green's Together is superb.

Ahhhh, Nathan East.  One of my all time favorite bassists.  (Hint:  Look near upper horn)
 
 
 
 
Just to stay, umm on topic, my other favorite bassists are Stanley Clarke (who signed my Series I) and Louis Johnson (who signed my Series II, but it wiped off)  
 
Peace,  
 
James
 
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Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic (Boogie Mosson)
Dig In by the Pac-Keys
I Got The Feeling by James Brown
Atomic Dog
Don't know who play for the Pac Keys, but Dig In and Stone Fox (also by the Pac Keys) were my first bands jam numbers (they were new then), which means they would last about a half hour each; everybody soloed (at least once). I had always thought the title was 'Dig It', but the Internet says I'm wrong.  
As for the bassline in 'I've Got the Feeling'... I still use that in jammin'.
Atomic Dog...hey! What can I say, dog?

Euh ...James ...nice bass by the way ...what is it? Seems a nice match for your A's
 
Paul the bad one