Jazz Bassists - Definition and Overview

Noted jazz musicians who play string bass, electric bass, or both.

• Ben Allison
• Reid Anderson
• Don Bagley
• John Benitez
• Chuck Berghofer
• Charles Biddle
• Jimmy Blanton
• Wellman Braud, (1891-1966)
• Brian Bromberg
• Ray Brown
• Steve Brown
• Whit Browne
• Monty Budwig
• Alain Caron
• Ron Carter, (born 1937)
• Paul Chambers
• Stanley Clarke
• John Clayton
• Avishai Cohen
• Greg Cohen
• Scott Colley
• Todd Coolman
• Bill Crow
• Chris Dahlgren
• Dr. Art Davis
• Richard Davis
• Chuck Domanico
• Mark Dresser
• Kermit Driscoll
• Ray Drummond
• George Duvivier
• Pops Foster
• David Friesen
• Sylvain Gagnon
• Jimmy Garrison
• Bruce Gertz
• Dan Greenspan
• Larry Grenadier
• Drew Gress
• Eddie Gomez
• Roland Guerin
• Charlie Haden
• Stuart Hamm
• Percy Heath
• Mark Helias
• Milt Hinton
• Dave Holland
• Robert Hurst
• Dieter Ilg
• Chubby Jackson
• Eddie Jones
• Kyle Jones (1955- )
• Sam Jones
• Marc Johnson
• Bill Johnson, (1872-1972)
• John Kirby
• Teddy Kotick
• Scott LaFaro
• Steve LaSpina
• Jay Leonhart
• John Lockwood
• Curtis Lundy
• Michael Manring
• Cecil McBee
• Christian McBride
• Al McKibbon
• Mary Ann McSweeney
• Marcus Miller (born 1959)
• Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
• Red Mitchell
• Charnett Moffett
• Joe Mondragon
• Michael Moore
• Al Morgan
• Wilber Morris
• George Morrow
• George Mraz
• Bob Nieske
• Walter Page
• William Parker
• John Patitucci
• Gary Peacock
• Ugonna Okegwo
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• Oscar Pettiford
• Jaco Pastorius, (1951-1987)
• Tommy Potter
• Rufus Reid
• Eric Revis
• Steve Rodby
• Curly Russell
• Tony Scherr
• Ed Schuller
• Lynn Seaton
• Avery Sharpe
• Arvell Shaw
• Todd Sickafoose
• Andy Simpkins
• Carson Smith
• Ben Street
• Steve Swallow
• Harvie Swartz
• Stomu Takeishi
• Henri Texier
• Wayman Tisdale
• Hein Van de Geyn
• Reginald Veal
• Gerald Veasley
• Mads Vinding
• Leroy Vinnegar
• Miroslav Vitous
• Wilbur Ware
• Peter Washington
• Eberhard Weber
• Rodney Whitaker
• Buster Williams
• Gary Willis
• Ben Wolfe
• Marshall Wood
• Jimmy Woode
• Victor Lemonte Wooten
• Reggie Workman
• Eugene Wright
• Dave Young
• Mark Zubek

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