This list of jazz bassists includes performers of the

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

which developed in the 1970s, electric bass players. Charles Mingus 1976 cropped

The most influential

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

ists from the 1940s and 1950s include bassist Jimmy Blanton (1918–1942) (a member of the

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

band); Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960), who is considered by bassists and musicologists to be the first bebop bassist and the transitional link from the swing era to bebop. Ray Brown (1926–2002), known for backing a number of beboppers, including alto virtuoso

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

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Milt Hinton Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...

(1910–2000) and

George Duvivier George Duvivier (August 17, 1920 – July 11, 1985) was an American jazz double-bassist. Biography Duvivier was born in New York City, the son of Leon V. Duvivier and Ismay Blakely Duvivier. He attended the Conservatory of Music and Art, where ...

(1920–1985), who are the two most recorded bassists in jazz history, their respective careers spanning many eras and genres; a singular creative force was

Wilbur Ware Wilbur Bernard Ware (September 8, 1923 – September 9, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 674. Oxford University Press He was a regular bassist for t ...

(1923–1979) legendary bassist with Monk and others, hard bop bassist

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...

(born 1937); and

Paul Chambers Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. ...

(1935–1969), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet. Jaco pastorius 87

In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and ...

(1922–1979) and

free jazz Free jazz is an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during ...

and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden (1937–2014). In the post-1970s era of

jazz-rock fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyb ...

, the electric bass became an important jazz instrument; virtuoso Stanley Clarke (born 1951) played both the double bass and the electric bass. Fusion performer Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) contributed to the development of a new approach to the fretless electric bass, adding a creative use of harmonics and chords, both while a member of the band

Weather Report Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and vocali ...

and in his solo recordings. In the 1990s and 2000s, one of the new "young lions" for jazz bass was Christian McBride (born 1972). In mid to late 2000s, another new "young lion" for jazz bass emerged:

Miles Mosley Miles Mosley is an American musician, producer and composer from Hollywood, California. He is known for his vocal and bass skills, as well as his abilities as a composer, arranger and music producer. He is also a founding member of the West C ...

(born 1980) a member of the acclaimed Los Angeles collective, the West Coast Get Down. For double bass players in other styles of music, such as Blues and Folk, see the List of double bassists in popular music.

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* Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993) *

Placide Adams Placide Adams (August 30, 1929 – March 29, 2003) was an American jazz double bassist, who worked prolifically with a wide circle of New Orleans jazz stars over his 50-year career. He was the son of the New Orleans pianist Dolly Adams, and the ...

(1929–2003) *

Samuel Adams Samuel Adams ( – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and ...

(born 1985) *

Osama Afifi Osama Afifi has been a professional bassist since 1983. He has recorded and performed live with many artists such as U.S. and Canadian tours with Yanni during the "Reflections of Passion", "In Celebration of Life, Revolution in Sound", and "Dar ...

* Moses Allen (1907–1983) *

Vernon Alley Vernon Alley (May 26, 1915 – October 3, 2004) was an American jazz bassist. Early life Alley was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, and played football in high school and college. His brother, Eddie Alley, was a drummer; they played together o ...

(1915–2004) * Ben Allison (born 1966) *

Bjørn Alterhaug Bjørn Alterhaug (born 3 June 1945) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, arranger, composer and professor of music. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Alterhaug was born in Mo i Rana, Norway. He is one of the grand masters among European basspl ...

(born 1945) *

Hayes Alvis Hayes Alvis (May 1, 1907 – December 29, 1972) was an American jazz bassist and tuba player. Career Alvis began on drums but switched to tuba and bass after playing with Jelly Roll Morton in 1927–1928. He played tuba with Earl Hines from 192 ...

(1907–1972) *

Andreas Amundsen Andreas Amundsen (born 28 December 1980) is a Norwegian jazz bassist. Career Amundsen was born on the island of Senja, Norway. He attended the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2004–06), but did not graduate. He is distinguis ...

(born 1980) * Erik Amundsen (1937–2015) * Arild Andersen (born 1945) *

Thomas Winther Andersen Thomas Winther Andersen (born 29 April 1969) is a Norwegian-born, now Amsterdam-based jazz bassist, married to jazz singer Henriette Andersen. Career Winther Andersen was born in Oslo, Norway. He toured extensively in Europe and the USA with ...

(born 1969) * Reid Anderson (born 1970) *

Bjørnar Andresen Bjørnar Andresen (1 April 1945 – 2 October 2004) was a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass, guitar, banjo), known for his improvisational and multicultural musical expression in a variety of publications. Career Andresen established the f ...

(1945–2004) * Chuck Andrus (1928–1997) *

Roger Arntzen Roger Arntzen (born 3 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from playing in bands like In The Country, Ballrogg, Chrome Hill and Håvard Stubø Trio. He has also previously played within the band Østenfor Sol. Career Arntzen was bo ...

(born 1976) *

Jim Aton James G. Aton (1925 – September 16, 2008), best known as Jim Aton or Jimmy Aton, was an American jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist and composer. He worked with numerous notable artists including Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day and Bill Evans. He ...

(1925–2008) *

Edvard Askeland Edvard Askeland (born 10 December 1954) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from a series of album releases in various genres and for being regular in Dag Arnesens lineups in 1970-80, and within Cutting Edge. Career Askeland was born in Bergen ...

(born 1954) * Tine Asmundsen (born 1963)

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* Harry Babasin (1921–1988) * Roy Babbington (born 1940) *

Don Bagley Donald Neff Bagley (July 18, 1927 – July 26, 2012) was an American jazz bassist. Career Bagley was born on July 18, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received formal training on the double bass. He studied in Los Angeles and played in 1945 w ...

(1927–2012) * Steve Bailey (born 1960) * Victor Bailey (1960–2016) *

Fred Thelonious Baker Fred Thelonious Baker (born 4 June 1960) is an English guitarist and jazz bass guitarist from Tibshelf, Derbyshire. He is known for playing in Phil Miller's Canterbury scene band In Cahoots. Baker played the guitar until his mid-teens, at which ...

(born 1960) *

Tom Barney Tom Barney is an American bass guitarist. Career Barney first came to prominence in the late 1970s, when he appeared on different jazz albums by Turk Mauro and Walter Davis Jr., following to appear on records by such artists as Chaka Khan, Ju ...

Phil Bates Philip Bates (born 30 March 1953) is an English musician who has been a member of many notable bands, including Trickster and Quill, and was the lead guitarist, songwriter and joint lead vocalist for ELO Part II from 1993 through to 1999 and the ...

(born 1931) *

Carles Benavent Carles Benavent (born 1 March 1954) is a Spanish flamenco and jazz bass player. Biography Benavent was born in the Poble Sec neighborhood in Barcelona. He started playing the bass when he was thirteen years old, attracted by blues and rock, J ...

(born 1954) *

Joe Benjamin Joseph Rupert Benjamin (November 4, 1919 – January 26, 1974) was an American jazz bassist. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Benjamin played with many jazz musicians in a variety of idioms. Early in his career he played in the big bands of Art ...

(1919–1974) * Max Bennett (1928–2018) *

Frode Berg Frode Berg (born 24 October 1971) is a Norwegian bassist known from the scenes of classical and contemporary music, jazz, pop and rock. As a jazz musician, he is known primarily for his performances with Helge Lien Trio, with Knut Aalefjær as t ...

(born 1971) * Chuck Berghofer (born 1937) * Dan Berglund (born 1963) *

Jeff Berlin Jeffrey Arthur Berlin (born January 17, 1953) is an American jazz fusion bassist. He first came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the band Bruford led by drummer Bill Bruford. Musical career Berlin was born on January 17, 1953, in Queen ...

(born 1953) * Artie Bernstein (1909–1964) * Keter Betts (1928–2005) *

Carlos Bica Carlos Bica is a Portuguese jazz bassist. Career Bica studied at the Academia dos Amadores de Musica in Lisbon and the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg. He was "Musician of the Year" in Portugal in 1998 and in 2016. For his album ''Matéria- ...

(born 1958) *

Charlie Biddle Charles Reed Biddle, (July 28, 1926 – February 5, 2003) was an American-Canadian jazz bassist. He lived most of his life in Montreal, organizing and performing in jazz music events. Early life and education Biddle was born and grew up in ...

(1926–2003) *

Alex Blake Alex Blake (born Alejandro Blake Fearon Jr.) is a jazz bass player. Biography Blake was born in Panama and moved to the United States at the age of 7, growing up in Brooklyn, NY. He began his career with Sun Ra in his band Arkestra. He became o ...

(born 1951) * Jimmy Blanton (1918–1942) * Svein Olav Blindheim (born 1954) *

Jesper Bodilsen Jesper Bodilsen (born 5 January 1970) is a Danish jazz double bassist. Biography Bodilsen was born in Haslev, Denmark. He was a student of Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Since the end of the 1990s he worked regularly with Ed Thigpen, with whom ...

(born 1970) *

Richard Bona Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Early life Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a y ...

(born 1967) *

Jimmy Bond Jimmy Bond is a fictional character in the American Fox television shows ''The Lone Gunmen'' and ''The X-Files'', two science fiction shows about government conspiracies to hide or deny the truth from the people. Portrayed by American actor ...

(1933–2012) * Walter Booker (1933–2006) * Arthur "Juinie" Booth (1948–2021) *

Nelson Boyd Nelson Boyd (February 6, 1928, Camden, New Jersey – October 1985Social security register of deaths.) was an American bebop jazz bassist. Biography He was born in Camden, New Jersey, and played in local orchestras in Philadelphia around 1945, an ...

(1928–1985) *

Ronnie Boykins Ronald Boykins (December 17, 1935 – April 20, 1980) was a jazz bassist and is best known for his work with pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, although he had played with such disparate musicians as Muddy Waters, Johnny Griffin, and Jimmy Witherspoon pri ...

(1935–1980) * Wellman Braud (1891–1966) * Ellen Brekken (born 1985) * Brian Bromberg (born 1960) * Harvey Brooks (born 1944) *

Baron Browne Baron Browne was an American bass guitarist. Career Born and raised in Georgia, USA, Baron Browne gravitated to music at a very early age, learning to play his uncle's drumset at 7 years old. As a teenager he dabbled in piano lessons and at age ...

* Cameron Brown (born 1945) *

Paul H. Brown Paul Brown "PB" (March 6, 1934 – May 6, 2016), was an American jazz bassist. He was the founder of the Monday Night Jazz Series in Hartford, Connecticut, which was recognized by the Library of Congress as the oldest and longest-running free fe ...

(1934–2016) * Ray Brown (1926–2002) * Steve Brown (1890–1965) *

Bunny Brunel Bernard "Bunny" Brunel is a French-American bass guitarist who has played with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter. He is a founding member of the jazz fusion band CAB and is involved in musical instrument design and film and tel ...

(born 1950) *

Monty Budwig Monte Rex Budwig (December 26, 1929 – March 9, 1992) was a West Coast jazz double bassist, professionally known as Monty Budwig. Early life Monte Rex Budwig was born in Pender, Nebraska, on December 26, 1929.His full birthname was Monte Rex Bu ...

(1926–1992) *

Tony Bunn Robert Anthony Bunn (born November 18, 1957) is an American bassist, composer, producer, and writer. Biography Tony Bunn was born into a musical family and began studying music in grade school. By the age of seventeen he was proficient on woo ...

(born 1957) * Oteil Burbridge (born 1964) * Dwayne Burno (1970–2013) * Lennie Bush (1927–2004) Clarke Wooten

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* Eddie Calhoun (1921–1993 *

Red Callender George Sylvester "Red" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was an American string bass and tuba player. He is perhaps best known as a jazz musician, but worked with an array of pop, rock and vocal acts as a member of The Wrecking Cre ...

(1916–1992) *

James Cammack James Alfred Conrad Cammack Jr. (born April 15, 1956) is an American jazz bassist from Cornwall, New York. Career For nearly thirty years, he played bass for Ahmad Jamal. His debut solo album, ''Both Sides of the Coin'', was released in 2012. Be ...

(born 1956) * Alain Caron (born 1955) *

Dave Carpenter Dave Carpenter (November 4, 1959 – June 24, 2008) was an American bass player. During his early professional career he played with jazz musicians Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman. During the late 1990s he was a touring member of t ...

(1959–2008) *

(born 1937) *

Edo Castro Edo Castro (born May 24, 1957) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography Born in San Francisco to mother Aida Saberi, Edo was an only child from Aida's first marriage. Later Aida remarried and had two more sons, Thomas & Ted Saberi. Edo ...

(born 1957) * Malcolm Cecil (1937–2021) *

Clive Chaman Clive Chaman (born 5 September 1949) is a UK-based bass guitarist and session musician, born in Trinidad and Tobago. After appearing on Ram John Holder's 1969 ''London Blues'' album, Chaman became a member of the second Jeff Beck Group in 1971 ...

(born 1949)(first recording was on

Ram John Holder John Wesley Holder (born 1934), known professionally as Ram John Holder, is a Guyanese-British actor and musician, who began his professional career as a singer in New York City, before moving to England in 1962. He has performed on stage, i ...

's 1969 ''London Blues'' album) *

(1935–1969) * Stanley Clarke (born 1951) * John Clayton (born 1952) *

Jeff Clyne Jeffrey Ovid Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) was a British jazz bassist (playing both bass guitar and double bass). He worked with Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott in their group the Jazz Couriers for a year from 1958, and was part ...

(1937–2009) * Avishai Cohen (born 1970) * Greg Cohen (born 1953) *

Ira Coleman Ira Coleman (born April 29, 1956) is a French-American jazz bassist. Educated at the Berklee College of Music, he appears on four albums by Paris-based pianist Laurent de WildeCarr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby and Priestley, Brian''Rough Guide ...

(born 1956) * Scott Colley (born 1963) * Graham Collier (1937–2011) *

Joe Comfort Joe Comfort (July 18, 1917 – October 29, 1988) was an American jazz double bassist. Biography His mother was born in Mississippi and played the organ during black and white silent movies. His father, George Comfort from Natchez Mississippi tau ...

(1917–1988) *

Todd Coolman Todd Coolman (born July 14, 1954) is a jazz bassist and a retired tenured Professor of Music at the Jazz Studies Program in the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College in Westchester County, New York. He is also the former Artistic Director of ...

(born 1954) *

Curtis Counce Curtis Counce (January 23, 1926 – July 31, 1963) was an American hard bop and West Coast jazz double bassist. Biography Counce was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to California in 1945. He began recording in 1946 with Lester Young ...

(1926–1963) * Anthony Cox (born 1954) *

Bob Cranshaw Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...

(1932–2016) * Gary Crosby (born 1955) *

Israel Crosby Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 to ...

(1919–1962) * Bill Crow (born 1927)

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Lars Danielsson Lars Danielsson (born 5 September 1958) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer. Biography Danielsson was born in Smålandsstenar, and was educated at the Conservatory of music, music conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays doub ...

(born 1958) * Palle Danielsson (born 1946) * Alec Dankworth (born 1960) * Art Davis (1934–2007) * Kenny Davis (born 1961) *

Melvin Lee Davis Melvin Lee Davis is an American bass player, vocalist, keyboard player, producer, TV composer and engineer based in Orange County, California. He is the music director for Grammy-award winning artist Chaka Khan and has recorded with The Pointer ...

* Richard Davis (born 1930) *

Chuck Deardorf Chuck Deardorf (April 3, 1954 – October 9, 2022) was an American musician. He was best known for playing double bass and bass guitar with the Deardorf Peterson Group. He also headed the jazz department at the Cornish College of the Arts. Ea ...

(born 1954) *

Spanky DeBrest Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest (April 24, 1937 in Philadelphia – March 2, 1973 in Philadelphia) was an American jazz bassist. DeBrest played with Lee Morgan in his early years in Philadelphia. In 1957 he was a member of Ray Draper's Quintet, Jackie McL ...

(1937–1973) *

Santi Debriano Santi Wilson Debriano (born 1955 in Panama) is a jazz bassist. Debriano was raised in Brooklyn, having moved there with his family at age four. He studied composition at Union College in New York, then attended the New England Conservatory of Mus ...

(born 1955) * Riccardo Del Fra (born 1956) * Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson (born 1988) *

Brandi Disterheft Brandi Disterheft (born 1980) is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer. Biography Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Disterheft grew up in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia where she attended Handsworth Secondary School ...

(born 1980) *

Dominique Di Piazza Dominique Di Piazza, born in Lyon, France, in 1959, is an bass guitar, electric bass player. Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, Di Piazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed palm' technique of pick ...

(born 1959) *

Wayne Dockery Wayne Dockery (June 27, 1941 – June 11, 2018) was an American jazz double bassist who worked with George Benson, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Henderson, Hal Galper, Archie Shepp, Michael Brecker, and others. He appears on albums from at least 1971, al ...

(1941–2018) * Chuck Domanico (1944–2002) *

Leon Lee Dorsey Leon Lee Dorsey (born March 12, 1958) is an American jazz bassist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator known for his well-received debut for Landmark Records. He teaches at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Raised by a family plug ...

(born 1958) * Mark Dresser (born 1952) *

Kermit Driscoll James "Kermit" DriscollSmith, Steve"Driscoll, Kermit".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 December 2022. (born March 4, 1956) is an American jazz bassist. He is known for his long association with guitarist Bill Frisell. ...

(born 1956) *

Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...

(born 1946) *

Sébastien Dubé Sébastien Dubé (born 3 September 1966 in Québec, Canada) is an upright bassist known from several international classical orchestras and jazz ensembles. Career After picking up the upright bass, Dubé attended musical studies at the Conser ...

(born 1966) *

Trevor Dunn Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American composer, bass guitarist, and double bassist. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. While performing with Mr. Bungle, Dunn would dress similar to the ...

(born 1968) * Dominic Duval (c. 1944 – 2016) *

(1920–1985) * Mbizo Johnny Dyani (1945–1986)

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Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

(born 1955) * Kyle Eastwood (born 1988) *

Jimmy Earl James Christopher Earl (born 1957) is an American jazz bass guitarist who is a member of the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' band. Early life and education In 1957, James Christopher Earl was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to James and Sylvia Earl. He i ...

(born 1957) * Cleveland Eaton (1939–2020) *

Kai Eckhardt Kai Eckhardt (born 15 June 1961) is a German born musician and composer who plays bass, best known for his work with John McLaughlin, Vital Information, Torsten de Winkel, Billy Cobham and Garaj Mahal—a band he co-founded. Educated at the pres ...

(born 1961) *

Mark Egan Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States) is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elem ...

(born 1951) *

Johannes Eick Johannes Eick (born 22 April 1964) is a Norwegian bassist (double bass and electric bass guitar), the son of bassist and vibraphonist Jürgen Eick (b. 1937), and the older brother of musicians Trude Eick and Mathias Eick. In his youth he played ...

(born 1964) *

Mats Eilertsen Mats Eilertsen (born 4 March 1975) is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sve ...

(born 1975) *

Audun Ellingsen Audun Ellingsen (born 4 January 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Upright bass) known from collaborations within bands like "Sphinx" and with musicians like Frøy Aagre, Erlend Slettevoll and Gisle Torvik. Career Ellingsen was born in Ørsta ...

(born 1979) *

Audun Erlien Audun Erlien (born 22 February 1967 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (bass guitar, guitar and electronica), known from several albums in various genres. Career Erlien was raised in Tønsberg, Norway, and has been a mu ...

(born 1967) *

Oytun Ersan Oytun Ersan (born June 22, 1978) is a Turkish Cypriot bass guitarist and composer. He has worked and collaborated with a range of acclaimed artists including Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthal, Simon Phillips, Gary Husband, Mitchel Forman, Mike Miller ...

(born 1978) *

Julian Euell Julian Euell (May 23, 1929 – June 3, 2019) was an American jazz bassist. Euell first began playing bass in 1944, and served in the Army from 1945-47. He played with Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, and Art Taylor in 1947 but quit music from 1949 ...

(1929–2019)

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Charles Fambrough Charles Fambrough (August 25, 1950January 1, 2011) was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. Fambrough was a member of Art Blakey, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers during the early 1980s. Suffering from kidney fail ...

(1950–2011) *

Addison Farmer Addison Gerald Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 20, 1963, New York City) was an American jazz bassist. He was the twin brother of Art Farmer. Early life Farmer was born an hour after his twin brother, on August 21, 1928, ...

(1928–1963) *

Malachi Favors Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography "Favors's tendency to dissemble about his age was a well-known source of mirth to fellow musicians of his g ...

(1927–2004) *

Hadrien Feraud Hadrien Feraud (born August 16, 1984 in Paris) is a French jazz bassist. Biography Hadrien Feraud was born into a very musical family. His parents -- who are also musicians -- immersed him at a very young age in various musical environments: ro ...

(born 1984) *

Ric Fierabracci Ric Fierabracci is an American bassist who has toured and/or recorded with such artists as Frank Gambale, Chick Corea, Sir Tom Jones, Dave Weckl, Billy Cobham, Bradley Joseph, Shakira, Nancy Sinatra, Planet X, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, ...

(born 1963) * Brent Fischer (born 1964) *

Arnold Fishkind Arnold Fishkind, sometimes credited as Arnold Fishkin (born July 20, 1919 – September 6, 1999,) was an American jazz bassist who appeared on over 100 albums. Early life Fishkind was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and grew up in Freeport, Long ...

(1919–1999) * Trygve Waldemar Fiske (born 1987) *

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 23 September 1971 in Oppdal, Norway) is a Norwegian double bass, bassist active in the jazz and free jazz genres. (in Norwegian) Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Career Flaten played electric bass in local f ...

(born 1971) *

Joe Fonda Joe Fonda (born December 16, 1954) is an American jazz bassist. Career Fonda was born in Amsterdam, New York to parents who both played jazz. He played guitar as a youth but switched to bass guitar later. He studied bass at Berklee College of M ...

(born 1954) * Svein Folkvord (born 1967) *

Signe Førre Signe Elisabeth Lygre Førre (born 3 May 1994 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, upright bassist, and composer. Førre studies jazz at Voss Jazzskule. Her debut concert as band leader was at Vossajazz 2014 with Signe Førre Band. The lineup ...

(born 1994) *

Mo Foster Mo Foster (born Michael Ralph Foster, 22 December 1944) is an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Through a career spanning over half a century, Foster has toured, recorded, and perf ...

(born 1944) * Herbie Flowers (born 1938) * Pops Foster (1892–1969) *

Henry Franklin Henry "Skipper" Franklin (born Henry Carl Franklin on October 1, 1940) is an American jazz double bassist. Career Franklin played on Hugh Masekela's 1968 number one single, "Grazing in the Grass," as well as with Masekela's band at the Monte ...

(born 1940) *

David Friesen David Friesen (born May 6, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American jazz bassist. He plays double bass and electric upright bass. Career Friesen began playing bass while serving in the United States Army in Germany. He played with John Hand ...

(born 1942)

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Larry Gales Lawrence Bernard Gales (March 25, 1936 – September 12, 1995) was an American jazz double-bassist. Life Gales began playing bass at age 11, and attended the Manhattan School of Music in the late 1950s. In that decade and the beginning of th ...

(1936–1995) *

Renaud Garcia-Fons Renaud Garcia-Fons (born December 24, 1962) is a highly accomplished French upright-bass player and composer. Career Garcia-Fons started his musical studies at an early age. At five years old he picked up playing the piano, switched to classic ...

(born 1962) *

Juan Garcia-Herreros Juan Garcia-Herreros, also known as "The Snow Owl", is a Colombian bassist who plays a custom six-string electric contrabass guitar. History Juan Garcia-Herreros was born in Bogotá, Colombia. His first musical studies began with flute at the ...

(born 1977) *

Ed Garland Edward Bertram Garland (January 9, 1895 – January 22, 1980) was a New Orleans jazz string bass player. He was commonly known as Ed Garland, and sometimes Montudie Garland (a nickname he disliked). Biography Ed Garland was born in New Orlea ...

(1895–1980) *

Kåre Garnes Kåre Garnes (born 8 November 1954 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (Double bass, upright bass), known for his collaborations with Bergen jazz legends like Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Per Jørgensen, Olav Dale and O ...

(born 1954) *

Jimmy Garrison James Emory Garrison (March 3, 1934 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967. Career Garrison was raised in both Miami and Philadelphia where he l ...

(1934–1976) *

Matthew Garrison Matthew Justin Garrison (born June 2, 1970) is an American jazz bassist. Since 2011, he has run ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, New York, with Fortuna Sung. Described by ''the New York Times'' as "an electric bass virtuoso", he has toured with He ...

(born 1970) *

Vivien Garry Vivien Garry (1920 – December 1, 2008) was a jazz bassist. She led the Vivien Garry Quintet (which, on at least one date, included Edna Williams of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm on trumpet and Ginger Smock on violin) and the Vivien Ga ...

(died 2008) *

Leonard Gaskin Leonard Gaskin (August 25, 1920 – January 24, 2009) was an American jazz bassist born in New York City. Gaskin played on the early bebop scene at Minton's and Monroe's in New York in the early 1940s. In 1944 he took over Oscar Pettiford's ...

(1920–2009) *

Victor Gaskin Roderick Victor Gaskin (November 23, 1934 – July 14, 2012) was an American jazz bassist. Gaskin was born in The Bronx, New York and moved to Los Angeles in 1962. He started playing with Paul Horn and Red Mitchell and went on to become one of ...

(1934–2012 *

John Geggie John Geggie is an Ottawa-based Canadian bassist (double bass) who performs jazz with several Ottawa-based groups and performers.Terje Gewelt Terje Gewelt (born 8 June 1960) is a Norwegian jazz musician (Double bass, upright bass). Career Gewelt was born in Oslo and raised in Larvik, a small town on the southeastern coast of Norway. He started playing guitar at the age of 10, swit ...

(born 1960) * Eddie Gibbs (1908–1994) * John Giblin (born 1952) * Steve Gilmore (born 1961) *

Ole Amund Gjersvik Ole Amund Gjersvik (born 10 December 1963) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the m ...

(born 1963) *

Lincoln Goines Lincoln Goines (born 1953) is a double bassist and bass guitarist from Oakland, California. Biography A mainstay of the New York City jazz/Latin/studio scene since the early 1980s and noted for his versatility and fluid style, Goines' extensive ...

(born 1953) *

Doc Goldberg Edward "Doc" Goldberg is a jazz bassist. He played in the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Will Bradley Trio, alongside Freddie Slack on piano and Ray McKinley on drums. Before that, he played in George Hall George Hall may refer to: People The ...

* Eddie Gómez (born 1944) * Coleridge Goode (1914–2015) * Calum Gourlay (born 1986) *

Sebastian Gramss Sebastian Gramss is a German double bassist, cellist, and composer of jazz and contemporary music. He received the Echo award for double bass in 2013 and 2018. Biography Gramss studied double bass at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Hochsch ...

(born 1966) * Dave Green (born 1942) * Larry Grenadier (born 1966) *

Drew Gress Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area. Biography Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late 1 ...

(born 1959) *

Tony Grey Tony Grey (born March 25, 1975, in Newcastle, England) is an English bass player, composer, producer, author and award winning music educator; Grey studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and graduated receiving the "Outstanding Performer ...

(born 1975) * Henry Grimes (1935–2020) *

Duke Groner Edward "Duke" Groner (March 24, 1908 – November 7, 1992)Kenan Heise, "Chicago jazzman Duke Groner, 84," ''Chicago Tribune'', November 10, 1992, page 8.Heise, Kenan, "Obituaries: Chicago Jazzman Duke Groner, 84," ''Chicago Tribune'', November 10 ...

(1908–1992) *

Finn Guttormsen Finn Guttormsen (born 16 July 1968 in Mosjøen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass), known for his dedicated contributions to the Farmers Market and recently to the Silje Nergaard Band, and musicians like Trygve Seim, Øyvind Br� ...

(born 1968) *

Ketil Gutvik Ketil Gutvik (born 4 July 1972 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) known on the Oslo's jazz scene since 1992. Career Gutvik is a graduate of "The Trondheim Kommunale Musikkskole" (1987–92) and the Norwegian Academy of ...

(born 1972) * Barry Guy (born 1947) *

Janek Gwizdala Janek Gwizdala (born 19 November 1978) is an English jazz bassist. Biography Gwizdala initially preferred drums, but switched to bass guitar after hearing Laurence Cottle. Gwizdala later moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music. Rec ...

(born 1978) Percy Heath

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* Charlie Haden (1937–2014) *

Bob Haggart Robert Sherwood Haggart (March 13, 1914 – December 2, 1998) was an American dixieland jazz double bass player, composer, and arranger. Although he is associated with dixieland, he was one of the finest rhythm bassists of the Swing Era. Music c ...

(1914–1998) *

Al Hall Al Hall may refer to: *Al Hall (baseball) (died 1885), 19th-century baseball player *Al Hall (musician) Alfred Wesley Hall (March 18, 1915 – January 18, 1988) was an American jazz bassist. Biography Hall grew up in Philadelphia, where he pla ...

(1915–1988) * Stuart Hamm (born 1960) *

Aslak Hartberg Aslak Rakli Hartberg alias Alis (born 1 May 1975 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian rapper and bass player, and was the leading figure in the Norwegian hip hop band Klovner i Kamp. He is the brother of cartoonist Flu Hartberg. Education Hartbe ...

(born 1975) *

Jimmy Haslip James Robert Haslip (born December 31, 1951) is an American bass guitarist who was a founding member of the jazz fusion group the Yellowjackets, which he left in 2012. He was also an early user of the five-string electric bass. Early life and ...

(born 1951) *

Michel Hatzigeorgiou Michel Hatzigeorgiou (born 1961) is a Belgian bass guitarist. He was born in Belgium from Greek parents. He started playing bouzouki at the age of 9, then switched to electric guitar at 11 and finally to electric bass at 14. He could have or shou ...

(born 1961) *

Tim Hauff Timothy Andrew Hauff (born 1952) is an American jazz double bassist, electric bassist and educator. Early years Hauff was born into a musical family in Sioux City and raised in the small nearby community of Merrill. Hauff's brother and a sister ...

(born 1952) *

Nick Haywood Nick Haywood is an Australian jazz double bassist, composer, and music educator in Melbourne. He has worked with Don Burrows, Dale Barlow, Paul Grabowsky, Bernie McGann, and James Morrison, and with many international jazz musicians, includin ...

(born 1961) *

Percy Heath Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout ...

(1923–2005) *

Spike Heatley Brian John Heatley (17 February 1933 – 10 November 2021), better known as Spike Heatley, was a British jazz double bassist. Early life Heatley was born in Muswell Hill, North London in February 1933. Career He appeared with Vic Ash's sextet ...

(1933–2021) *

Mark Helias Mark Helias (born October 1, 1950) is an American double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He started playing the double bass at the age of 20, and studied with Homer Mensch at Rutgers University from 1971 to 1974, then ...

(born 1950) * Jonas Hellborg (born 1958) * Michael Henderson (born 1951) *

Shifty Henry John Willie "Shifty" Henry (4 October 1921 – 30 November 1958) was an American musician, most noted as a double bass and bass guitar player, and blues songwriter. He also played flute, violin, viola, saxophone, and oboe and was in demand as a se ...

(1921–1958) *

Svante Henryson Svante Henryson (born 22 October 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a composer, cellist, bass guitarist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock. Biography Childhood and studies Svante Henryson grew up in Umeå in northe ...

(born 1963) *

(1910–2000) * Derrick Hodge (born 1979) *

Colin Hodgkinson Colin Hodgkinson (born 14 October 1945, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is a British rock, jazz and blues bassist, who has been active since the 1960s. Career Hodgkinson played in several bands, but was even more prolific as a sessio ...

(born 1945) *

Sigurd Hole Sigurd Hole (born 13 July 1981) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) from Rendalen living in Oslo. Biography Sigurd Hole was born in Elverum, Norway, and has worked in jazz ensembles and presetented content related to Norwegian folk mu ...

(born 1981) * Dave Holland (born 1946) * Major Holley (1924–1990) * Scotty Holt * Fred Hopkins (1947–1999) * Jim Hughart (born 1936) *

Spike Hughes Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British musician, composer and arranger involved in the worlds of classical music and jazz. He has been called Britain's earliest jazz composer. Later in his career, he ...

(1908–1987) *

Stig Hvalryg Stig Hvalryg (born 15 July 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from several orchestras and recordings, and a profile on the Oslo Jazz scene in recent years. Career He plays within Bodil Niska Quartet, "Ri ...

(born 1960)

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Dieter Ilg Dieter Josef Ilg (born September 30, 1961 in Offenburg) is a German jazz double-bassist. He worked early in his career with Joe Viera in the early 1980s, then with Randy Brecker, the WDR Big Band, Bennie Wallace, Albert Mangelsdorff, Wolfgang D ...

(born 1961) *

Peter Ind Peter Ind (20 July 1928 – 20 August 2021) was a British jazz double bassist and record producer. Early life Ind was born in Middlesex. His father was a builder. Ind began to learn the violin at the age of eight and played in his school orches ...

(1928–2021) * Dennis Irwin (1951–2008) *

Itzam Cano Itzam Cano (born in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican jazz double bassist. He studied ethnomusicology at the Escuela Nacional de Música from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He studied electric bass and contrabass and the ...

Jeff Irwin Jeff Irwin (born September 12, 1977) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Griffin House, Cerys Matthews, Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken, Mat Kearney, Taylor Sorensen & the Trigger Code, and Counting Crows. E ...

(born 1977) * Chuck Israels (born 1936) *

Carl Morten Iversen Carl Morten Iversen (born 1 May 1948) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), and the son of jazz violinist Arild Iversen (1920–65). He is known from numerous recordings and has long been central to the Oslo Jazz scene. Career Iversen ...

(born 1948) * David Izenzon (1932–1979)

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* Ali Jackson (died 1987) * Alvin Jackson * Anthony Jackson (born 1952) * Chubby Jackson (1918–2003) * Paul Jackson (1947–2021) *

Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive and television presenter, perhaps best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bas ...

(1956) *

Kristian B. Jacobsen Kristian Breivik Jacobsen (born 17 January 1992 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian bassist. Biography Jacobsen studied music at Norwegian Academy of Music (2012–2013) before joining the jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Techn ...

(born 1992) * Michael Janisch (born 1979) * Neil Jason *

Harald Johnsen Harald Gill Johnsen (19 March 1970 – 24 July 2011) was a Norwegian jazz double bassist, known for his contributions in bands like Køhn/Johansen Sextet and Tord Gustavsen Trio, and a series of recordings with such as Sonny Simmons, Sigurd ...

(1970–2011) *

Alphonso Johnson Alphonso Johnson (born February 2, 1951) is an American jazz bassist active since the early 1970s. Johnson was a member of the jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1973 to 1975, and has performed and recorded with numerous high-profile rock and ...

(born 1951) * Bill Johnson (1872–1972) * Gordon Johnson (born 1952) * Louis Johnson (1955–2015) *

Marc Johnson Marc Johnson may refer to: Musicians *Marc Johnson (musician) (born 1953), American jazz musician * Marc Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper known as Johnson *Marc Johnson, cello player with the Vermeer Quartet *Marc Johnson, member of the ...

(born 1953) * Darryl Jones (born 1961) *

Isham Jones Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Career Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jones ...

(1894–1956) * Percy Jones (born 1947) * Sam Jones (1924–1981) *

José José José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (17 February 1948 – 28 September 2019), known professionally as José José, was a Mexican singer and actor. Born into a family of musicians, José began his musical career in his early teens playing guitar and sin ...

(1948–2019) * Anders Jormin (born 1957) *

Hans Otto Jung Hans Otto Jung (17 September 1920 – 22 April 2009) was a German viticulturist, jazz musician and patron of music. In the 1940s, he played as a pianist in the Hotclub Combo, which he cofounded with Emil Mangelsdorff and others. In 1987, he was a ...

(1920–2009)

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Olaf Kamfjord Olaf Kamfjord (born December 8, 1962 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (double bass and guitar bass) and composer, known from co-operations within bands like "Ab und Zu", "Herrene i haven", "Out To Lunch" and "Roy Nikolaisen Qua ...

(born 1962) *

Konrad Kaspersen Konrad Kaspersen (born 1 March 1948 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass). Career Kaspersen contributed in Kurt Samuelsen's band, including Henning Gravrok, Kjell Bartholsen and Thorgeir Stubø in the late 70's an ...

(born 1948) *

Red Kelly Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly (July 9, 1927 – May 2, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He was also a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto-area riding of York West from 1962 to 1965, during which time he also ...

(1927–2019) *

Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to: Politics *Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21 *Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ...

(born 1960) * James King (1942–2012) * Gary King (1947–2003) * Mark King (born 1958) * John Kirby (1908–1952) * Andy Kirk (1898–1992) * Bjørn Kjellemyr (born 1950) *

Larry Klein Larry Klein (born March 17, 1956) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby ...

(born 1956) * Rob Kohler (born 1963) *

Kristin Korb Kristin Korb is an American jazz double bassist and vocalist. Biography Korb studied at Eastern Montana College and the University of California, San Diego. She also studied with Ray Brown, with whom she made her recording debut, released in ...

Teddy Kotick Teddy Kotick (born Theodore John Kotick; June 4, 1928 – April 17, 1986) was an American jazz bassist, who appeared as a sideman with many of the leading figures of the 1940s and 1950s, including Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Horace Sil ...

(1928–1986) * Peter Kowald (1944–2002) *

Ashley Kozak Ashley Kozak (c.1930 – 2008) was a British jazz bassist, record producer and artists' manager, best known as having been Donovan's manager. After working, and recording, with Tony Crombie and His Orchestra in 1954, together with leading UK-based ...

(c. 1930 – 2008)

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* Abraham Laboriel (born 1947) *

Scott LaFaro Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 – July 6, 1961) was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of accompaniment rather than playing ...

(1936–1961) *

Tim Landers Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American bassist best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Landers is a session musician and was a membe ...

(born 1956) *

Rick Laird Richard Quentin Laird (February 5, 1941 – July 4, 2021) was an Irish musician, photographer, teacher, and author best known as the bassist and a founding member of the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra, with which he performed from 1971 to ...

(1941–2021) *

Jim Lanigan Jim Lanigan (January 30, 1902 - April 9, 1983) was an American jazz bassist and tubist. Lanigan learned piano and violin as a child, and played piano and drums in the Austin Community Academy High School, Austin High School Blue Friars before sp ...

(1902–1983) *

Dominic Lash Dominic Lash (born 18 January 1980 in Cambridge, England) is a Bristol based double bassist and film theorist. He was formerly a central figure in the musicians' collective Oxford Improvisers. Important long-term musical collaborators include An ...

(born 1980) * Chris Laurence (born 1949) * James Leary (1946–2021) *

Ray Leatherwood Ray Leatherwood (April 24, 1914 – January 29, 1996) was an American jazz double-bassist and session musician. Leatherwood's career began in territory bands around Texas, including the Mustang Band. Late in the 1930s he worked with Joe Venuti, a ...

(1914–1996) * Jay Leonhart (born 1940) * Jennifer Jane Leitham (born 1953) *

Jack Lesberg Jack Lesberg (February 14, 1920 – September 17, 2005) was an American jazz double-bassist. Lesberg performed with many famous jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Jack Teagarden, Sarah Vaughan and Benny Goodman, with whom he ...

(1920–2005) *

Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (February 17, 1941 – May 18, 2007) was an American jazz double bassist. He played or recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, Tete Mo ...

(1941–2007) *

Julius Lind Julius Lind (born 13 September 1977) is a Norwegian jazz and rock bassist. Career Lind took his education at the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonsevatorium, and play within the bands "The Gin and tonic youth", "Ape club", "Action&Tension&S ...

(born 1977) *

Wilbur Little Wilbur "Doc" Little (March 5, 1928 – May 4, 1987) was an American jazz bassist known for playing hard bop and post-bop. Little originally played piano, but switched to double bass after serving in the military. In 1949 he moved to Washington, ...

(1928–1987) *

Joe Long Joseph Louis LaBracio (September 5, 1932 – April 21, 2021), known professionally as Joe Long, was an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for the Four Seasons. Life and career Long was a classically trained musician who studi ...

(1941–2021) *

Israel "Cachao" López Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao ( ), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). T ...

(1918–2008) * Orlando "Cachaíto" López (1933–2009) * Al Lucas (1912–1983) * Curtis Lundy (born 1955) *

Brian Lawrence Brian Michael Lawrence (born May 14, 1976) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets. He is currently the pitching coach of the South Bend Cub ...

(born 1976)

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Bob Magnusson Bob Magnusson (born February 24, 1947 in New York) is an American jazz bassist. Career Magnusson studied French horn for 12 years before switching to bass in 1967. He toured with Buddy Rich's Orchestra in 1968 and played with the San Diego Sympho ...

(born 1947) * Michael Manring (born 1960) *

Wendell Marshall Wendell Marshall (October 24, 1920 – February 6, 2002) was an American jazz double-bassist. Marshall was Jimmy Blanton's cousin. He studied at Lincoln University, then served in the Army during World War II. Following his discharge, he perfor ...

(1920–2002) *

Ron Mathewson Rognvald Andrew Mathewson (19 February 1944 – 3 December 2020) was a British jazz double bassist and bass guitarist. During his career, Mathewson performed with Ronnie Scott, but also recorded with Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Joan Armatrading, ...

(1944–2020) *

Per Mathisen Per Mathisen (born 7 October 1969) is a Norwegian jazz bassist and composer who has worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen, Gary Thomas, Bill Bruford, Alex Acuña, Gary Husband, Ralph Peterson, Nguyen Le and Terje Rypdal. He is married t ...

(born 1969) *

Cecil McBee Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums. Biography Early life and career McBee was born in Tu ...

(born 1935) * Christian McBride (born 1972) *

Ron McClure Ron McClure (born November 22, 1941) is an American jazz bassist. Early life McClure was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass. McClure studied privately with Joseph I ...

(born 1941) *

Andy McKee Andy McKee (born April 4, 1979, in Topeka, Kansas) is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released six studio albums, two extended plays, and one live album to date. A number of YouTube videos featuring McKee's highly-technical guitar ...

(born 1953) * Al McKibbon (1919–2005) *

Sondre Meisfjord Sondre Meisfjord (born 18 March 1975 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian folk and jazz musician (double bass and cello), and composer, raised in Frei, Nordmøre, known from bands like Come Shine, Flukt, Gjermund Larsen Trio. Career Meisfjord a ...

(born 1975) *

Chucho Merchán Jesús Alfredo Merchán (born December 24, 1952)), known professionally as Chucho Merchán, is a session jazz and rock bassist and guitarist. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1980. He has performed with Nucle ...

(born 1952) * Jymie Merritt (1926–2020) * Björn Meyer (born 1965) * Pierre Michelot (1928–2005) *

Big Miller Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presente ...

(Clarence Horatius Miller) (1922–1992) * Harry Miller (1941–1983) *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

(born 1959) *

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Red Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Biography Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ba ...

(1927–1992) *

Whitey Mitchell Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 16, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and television writer/producer. He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. Life and career Mitchell was the brother of bassist Red Mitchell. He began on ...

(1932–2009) * Guro Skumsnes Moe (born 1983) *

Charnett Moffett Charnett Moffett (June 10, 1967 – April 11, 2022) was an American jazz bassist. Moffett began playing bass in the family band, touring the Far East in 1975 at the age of eight. In the mid-1980s, he played with Wynton Marsalis and Branford Ma ...

(born 1967) *

Joe Mondragon Joe Mondragon (February 2, 1920 – July 1987) was an American jazz bassist. Early life Mondragon was born in Antonito, Colorado, and raised in the Española Valley region of New Mexico. Mondragon was of Apache and Hispanic origin. Career ...

(1920–1987) * Monk Montgomery (1921–1982) * Glen Moore (born 1941) *

Michael Moore Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ' ...

(born 1945) *

Al Morgan Al Morgan (January 16, 1920 – March 3, 2011) was an American producer of ''The Today Show'' during the 1960s, and a novelist best known for his trenchant look at media personalities, ''The Great Man'' (Dutton, 1955), which reviewers compared ...

(1920–2011) * Thomas Morgan (born 1981) * Peck Morrison (1919–1988) * George Morrow (1925–1992) * John Mosher (1928–1998) *

(born 1980) * George Mraz (1944–2021) *

Jo Berger Myhre Jo Berger Myhre (born 29 May 1984 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegian upright bassist, known from performing with the likes of Splashgirl, Blokk 5, Ingrid Olava, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet and Finland: Grydeland/ Qvenild/ Hau ...

(born 1984)

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Buell Neidlinger Buell Neidlinger (March 2, 1936 – March 16, 2018) was an American cellist and double bassist. He has worked with a variety of pop and jazz performers, prominently with iconoclastic pianist Cecil Taylor in the 1950s and '60s. Biography Neidling ...

(1936–2018) *

Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (born 20 November 1989 in Tranby, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass & bass guitar), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Mummu, Ronja and Ich Bin N!ntendo. Career Nergaard is a graduate of the Departmen ...

(born 1989) *

Rune Nergaard Rune Nergaard (born 26 May 1983 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from bands like Bushman's Revenge, Marvel Machine, Scent of Soil, and Team Hegdal. Career Nergaard was educated on the jazz program at Tron ...

(born 1983) *

Steve Novosel Steven (Steve) Novosel (born 1940) is an American professional jazz bassist and educator whose 40-plus year career has spanned numerous genre, from traditional jazz to swing, bebop, mainstream and avant garde. Early life and musical development ...

(born 1940)

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Jordan O'Connor Jordan O'Connor (born November 20, 1972, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician (electric and double bass), composer and audio engineer. He is signed to Candyrat Records and also works through his own production company The Breath and is co ...

(born 1972) *Patrick O'Hearn (born 1954) *Linda Oh (born 1984) *Ugonna Okegwo (born 1962) *Darek Oleszkiewicz (born 1963) *Eivind Opsvik (born 1973) *John Ore (1933–2014)

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*Walter Page (1900–1957) *Caterina Palazzi (born 1982) *Pino Palladino (born 1957) *Truck Parham (1911–2002) *William Parker (musician), William Parker (born 1952) * Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) *Johnny Pate (born 1923) *John Patitucci (born 1959) *Mario Pavone (1940–2021) *Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (1888–1969) *Gary Peacock (1935–2020) *Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005) *Aladár Pege (1939–2006) *Ralph Peña (musician), Ralph Peña (1927–1969) *Gene Perla (born 1940) * Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960) *Barre Phillips (born 1934) *Martin Pizzarelli (born 1963) *Lonnie Plaxico (born 1960) *Terry Plumeri (1944–2016) *Robert Popwell (1950–2017) *Tommy Potter (1918–1988) *Pino Presti (born 1943) *Rocco Prestia (1951–2020) *Jodi Proznick (born 1975)

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*Chuck Rainey (born 1940) *Steinar Raknes (born 1975) *Gene Ramey (1913–1984) *Nat Reeves (born 1955) *Rufus Reid (born 1944) *Marius Reksjø (born 1973) *Eric Revis (born 1967) *Jim Richardson (musician), Jim Richardson (born 1941) *Georg Riedel (Swedish jazz musician), Georg Riedel (born 1934) *Steve Rodby (born 1954) *Reuben Rogers (born 1974) *Gabe Rosales (born 1978) *Howard Rumsey (1917–2015) *Daryl Runswick (born 1946) *Curley Russell (1917–1986)

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Nobel Peace Price Concert 2009 Esperanza Spalding1

*Harvie S (born 1948) *Igor Saavedra (born 1966) *Eddie Safranski (1918–1974) *Ole Marius Sandberg (born 1975) *Fernando Saunders (born 1957) *Tony Saunders (bassist), Tony Saunders *Patrick Scales (born 1965) *Tony Scherr *Lynn Seaton (born 1957) *Clarence Seay (born 1957) *Karl E. H. Seigfried (born 1973) *Pat Senatore (born 1935) *Avery Sharpe (born 1954) *Arvell Shaw (1923–2002) *Todd Sickafoose (born 1974) *Alan Silva (born 1939) *John Simmons (musician), John Simmons (1918–1979) *Andy Simpkins (1932–1999) *Len Skeat (1937–2021) *Audun Skorgen (born 1967) *Baard Slagsvold (born 1963) *Carson Smith (musician), Carson Smith (1931–1997) *Putter Smith (born 1941) *Rhonda Smith *Teddy Smith (1932–1979) *Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) *Victor Sproles (1927–2005) *Neal Starkey *Slam Stewart, Leroy "Slam" Stewart (1914–1987) *Øyvind Storesund (born 1975) *Ben Street *Jon Rune Strøm (born 1985) *Neil Stubenhaus (born 1953) *Ted Sturgis (1913–1995) *Ike Sturm (born 1978) *Christian Meaas Svendsen (born 1988) *Neil Swainson (born 1955) *Steve Swallow (born 1940)

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* Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born 1956) * Carl Frederick Tandberg (1910–1988) * Sandra Riley Tang (born 1990) * Ares Tavolazzi (born 1948) * Billy Taylor (jazz bassist), Billy Taylor (1906–1986) * Dylan Taylor (bassist), Dylan Taylor (born 1960) * Henri Texier (born 1945) * Kostas Theodorou (born 1965) * Danny Thompson (born 1939) * Don Thompson (musician), Don Thompson (born 1940) * Magne Thormodsæter (born 1973) * Wayman Tisdale (1964–2009) * Jannick Top (born 1947) * Brian Torff (born 1954) * Frank Tusa (born 1947) * Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite (born 1987) * Tyler Joseph (born 1988)

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*Sigurd Ulveseth (born 1953) *Phil Upchurch (born 1941)

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*Ole Morten Vågan (born 1979) *Hein van de Geyn (born 1956) *Terje Venaas (born 1947) *Mads Vinding (born 1948) *Leroy Vinnegar (1928–1999) *Miroslav Vitouš, Miroslav Vitous (born 1947) *Louis Vola (1902–1990)

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*Ellen Andrea Wang (born 1986) Ellen Wiki

(1923–1979) *Butch Warren (1939–2013) *Peter Washington (born 1964) *Rob Wasserman (1952–2016) *Doug Watkins (1934–1962) *Hank Wayland (1906–1983) *Eberhard Weber (born 1940) *Rodney Whitaker (born 1968) *Andrew White (saxophonist), Andrew White (also sax, oboe) (1942–2020) *Chris White (bassist), Chris White (1936−2014) *Tal Wilkenfeld (born 1986) *Buster Williams (born 1942) *David "Happy" Williams (born 1946) *Gary Willis (born 1957) *Quinn Wilson (1908–1978) *Ben Wolfe (born 1962) *Chris Wood (jazz musician), Chris Wood (born 1969) *Jimmy Woode (1926–2005) *Victor Wooten, Victor Lemonte Wooten (born 1964) *Reggie Workman (born 1937) *Eugene Wright (1923–2020) *Herman Wright (born 1932)

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*Walt Yoder (1914–1978) *Eldee Young (1936–2007)

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*Per Zanussi (born 1977) *Chester Zardis, nickname: "Bear" or "Little Bear" (1900–1990) *Stuart Zender (born 1974)

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