list of jazz bassists

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List of jazz bassists

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Jazz bassist Charles Mingus was also an influential bandleader and composer whose musicalinterests spanned from bebop to free jazz.

This list of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and

particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the 1970s, electric bass players.

The most influential jazz double bassists from the 1940s and 1950s include bassist Jimmy Blanton

(1918 –1942) (a member of the Duke Ellington 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; Milt Hinton (1910-2000) and George Duvivier (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 (1923 –1979) legendary bassist with

Monk and others, hard bop bassist Ron Carter (born 1937); and Paul Chambers (1935 –1969), a

member of the Miles Davis Quintet.

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 (1922 –1979) and free jazz and post-bop

bassist Charlie Haden (1937-2014).

In the post-1970s era of jazz-rock fusion, 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 and in his solo recordings.

In the 1990s and 2000s, one of the new "young lions" for jazz bass was Christian McBride (born

1972).


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Jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius was known for his expressive fretless electric bass playing.

For double bass players in other styles of music, such as Blues and Folk, see the List of double

bassists in popular music.

Contents :

Top 0 –9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Norwegian bassist Arild Andersen at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam July 14, 2007.

Andersen has played with Phil Woods, Dexter Gordon, Bill Frisell, Hampton Hawes, Johnny Grifin,

Sonny Rollins, Sheila Jordan, Don Cherry and Chick Corea.

Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927-1993)

Placide Adams (1929-2003)

Osama Afifi (active since 1983)

Moses Allen (1907-1983)

Vernon Alley (1915 –2004)

Ben Allison (born 1966)

Bjørn Alterhaug (born 1945)

Hayes Alvis (1907-1972)

Andreas Amundsen (born 1980)

Erik Amundsen (1937-2015)

Arild Andersen (born 1945)

Thomas Winther Andersen (born 1969)

Reid Anderson (born 1970)

Bjørnar Andresen (1945-2004)

James Anton

Roger Arntzen (born 1976)


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Jim Aton (1925-2008)

Edvard Askeland (born 1954)

Tine Asmundsen (born 1963)

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Ray Brown. In 2003, Brown was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. He played with

Oscar Peterson, Milton Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy

Wilson, Quincy Jones, among others.

Ron Carter, 2008.

His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history.

L to R: Bassists Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten together at the Stockholm Jazz Fest July 19, 2009

Harry Babasin (1921-1988)

Roy Babbington (born 1940)

Don Bagley (1927 –2012)

Victor Bailey (born 1960)

Fred Thelonious Baker (born 1960)

Tom Barney

Phil Bates (born 1931)

Carles Benavent (born 1954)

Joe Benjamin (1919 –1974)

Max Bennett (born 1928)

Frode Berg (born 1971)

Chuck Berghofer (born 1937)

Jeff Berlin (born 1953)


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Artie Bernstein (1909 –1964)

Keter Betts (1928 –2005)

Charlie Biddle (1926 –2003)

Jimmy Blanton (1918 –

1942)

Svein Olav Blindheim (born 1954)

Jesper Bodilsen (born 1970)

Richard Bona (born 1967)

Jimmy Bond

Walter Booker (1933 –2006)

Arthur "Juinie" Booth (born 1948)

Nelson Boyd (1928-1985)

Ronnie Boykins (1935-1980)

Wellman Braud (1891 –1966)

Ellen Brekken (born 1985)

Brian Bromberg (born 1960)

Harvey Brooks (born 1944)

Baron Browne(born 1955)

Cameron Brown (born 1945)

Ray Brown (1926 –2002)

Steve Brown (1890 –1965)

Bunny Brunel

Monty Budwig (1926-1992)

Tony Bunn (born 1957)

Oteil Burbridge (born 1964)

Lennie Bush (1927-2004)

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Alec Dankworth played with Mose Allison, Clark Terry, Mel Tormé, Anita O'Day, Peter King, Alan

Barnes, Van Morrison, Martin Taylor

Doug Watkins

Eddie Calhoun

Red Callender (1916 –1992)

James Cammack (born 1956)

Alain Caron (born 1955)

Ron Carter (born 1937)

Malcolm Cecil (born 1937)

Clive Chaman (first recording was on Ram John Holder's 1969 London Blues album)

Paul Chambers (1935 –1969)

Stanley Clarke (born 1951)

John Clayton (born 1952)

Jeff Clyne (1937 –2009)

Avishai Cohen (born 1970)

Greg Cohen (born 1953)

Ira Coleman (born 1956)

Scott Colley (born 1963)

Graham Collier (1937 –2011)

Joe Comfort (1917 –2008)

Todd Coolman (born 1954)

Curtis Counce (1926 –1963)

Anthony Cox (born 1954)

Bob Cranshaw (born 1932)

Gary Crosby (born 1955)


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Israel Crosby (1919 –1962)

Bill Crow (born 1927)

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Lars Danielsson (born 1958)

Palle Danielsson (born 1946)

Alec Dankworth (born 1960)

Art Davis (1934 –2007)

Kenny Davis (born 1961)

Richard Davis (born 1930)

Chuck Deardorf (born 1954)

Spanky DeBrest (1937-1973)

Santi Debriano (born 1955)

Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson (born 1988)

Audun Erlien, Norwegian bass guitarist, known from collaborations vith Dhafer Youssef, Bendik

Hofseth, Ketil Bjørnstad, Nils Petter Molvær, Silje Nergaard and Karl Seglem

Brandi Disterheft

Dominique Di Piazza (born 1959)

Chuck Domanico (1944-2002)

Leon Lee Dorsey (born 1958)

Mark Dresser (born 1952)

Kermit Driscoll (born 1956)

Ray Drummond (born 1946)

Trevor Dunn (born 1968)

Dominic Duval (born 1945)

George Duvivier (1920-1985)


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Arnold Fishkind (1919-1999)

Trygve Waldemar Fiske (born 1987)

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (born 1971)

Joe Fonda (born 1954)

Svein Folkvord (born 1968)

Mo Foster

Herbie Flowers (born 1938)

Pops Foster (1892 –1969)

Henry Franklin (born 1940)

David Friesen (born 1942)

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Larry Gales (1936-1995)

Eddie Gómez perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977

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Renaud Garcia-Fons (born 1962)

Juan Garcia-Herreros

Ed Garland (1895 –1980)

Kåre Garnes (born 1954)

Jimmy Garrison (1933 –1976)

Matthew Garrison (born 1970)

Vivien Garry (c. 1922 –

2008)

Leonard Gaskin (1920-2009)

Victor Gaskin (born 1934)

John Geggie

Terje Gewelt (born 1960)


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Eddie Gibbs (1908-1994)

John Giblin

Steve Gilmore (born 1961)

Ole Amund Gjersvik (born 1963)

Lincoln Goines (born 1953)

Doc Goldberg

Eddie Gómez (born 1944)

Coleridge Goode (born 1914)

Dave Green (born 1942)

Larry Grenadier (born 1966)

Tony Grey (born 1975)

Henry Grimes (born 1935)

Duke Groner (1908-1992)

Finn Guttormsen (born 1968)

Ketil Gutvik (born 1972)

Barry Guy (born 1947)

Janek Gwizdala (born 1978)

Percy Heath in NYC, pictured here in June 1977. He played with the Modern Jazz Quartet and also

worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk.

Sigurd Hole at Vossajazz 2014, known for his work with artists like Jon Eberson, Karl Seglem, Gisle

Torvik, and within Eple Trio.

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Charlie Haden (1937-2014)

Bob Haggart (1914-1998)


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Al Hall (1915-1988)

Stuart Hamm (born 1960)

Aslak Hartberg (born 1975)

Jimmy Haslip (born 1951)

Michel Hatzigeorgiou

Tim Hauff (b. 1952)

Daryl Hayott

Nick Haywood

Percy Heath (1923-2005)

Spike Heatley (born 1933)

Mark Helias (born 1950)

Jonas Hellborg (born 1958)

Michael Henderson (born 1951)

Shifty Henry (1921-1958)

Svante Henryson (born 1963)

Milt Hinton (1910 –

2000)

Derrick Hodge (born 1979)

Colin Hodgkinson (born 1945)

Sigurd Hole (born 1981)

Dave Holland (born 1946)

Major Holley (1924-1990)

Scotty Holt

Fred Hopkins (1947-1999)

Jim Hughart (born 1936)

Spike Hughes (1908-1987)

Stig Hvalryg (born 1960)


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Peter Ind (born 1928)

Dennis Irwin (1951-2008)

Jeff Irwin (born 1977)

Chuck Israels (born 1936)

Carl Morten Iversen (born 1948)

David Izenzon (1932 –1979)

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Harald Johnsen with Tord Gustavsen Trio in 2007, known for this collaboration and work withartists like

Einar Iversen, Ditlef Eckhoff, Silje Nergaard, Frode Barth, Svein Olav Herstad, and within

Køhn/Johansen Sextet.

Ali Jackson (died 1987)

Alvin Jackson

Anthony Jackson (born 1952)

Chubby Jackson (1918 –2003)

Paul Jackson (born 1947)

Michael Janisch (born 1979)

Harald Johnsen (1970-2011)

Alphonso Johnson (born 1951)

Bill Johnson (1872 –1972)

Gordon Johnson (born 1952)

Marc Johnson (born 1953)

Darryl Jones (born 1961)

Isham Jones (1894-1956)


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Percy Jones (born 1947)

Sam Jones (1924-1981)

Anders Jormin (born 1957)

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Larry Klein played with Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson,

Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, and Dianne Reeves

Olaf Kamfjord (born 1962)

Konrad Kaspersen (born 1948)

Red Kelly (born 1927)

Tom Kennedy (born 1960)

James King (born 1942)

Mark King (born 1958)

John Kirby (1908 –1952)

Andy Kirk (1898-1992)

Bjørn Kjellemyr (born 1950)

Larry Klein (born 1956)

Rob Kohler (born 1963)

Kristin Korb

Teddy Kotick (1928 –1986)

Peter Kowald (1944-2002)

Ashley Kozak (c. 1930-2008)

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Abraham Laboriel (born 1947)


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Abraham Laboriel played with Donald Fagen, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Stevie Wonder, Barbra

Streisand, Al Jarreau, Billy Cobham, Ray Charles, Madonna, Paul Simon, Keith Green, Quincy Jones,

Lalo Schifrin

Scott LaFaro (1936 –1961)

Bireli Lagrene (born 1966)

Rick Laird (born 1941)

Tim Landers (born 1957)

Jim Lanigan (1902 –1983)

Chris Laurence (born 1949)

James Leary (born 1946)

Ray Leatherwood (1914-1996)

Jay Leonhart (born 1940)

Jennifer Jane Leitham (born 1953)

Jack Lesberg (1920-2005)

Herbie Lewis (1941-2007)

Julius Lind (born 1977)

Wilbur Little (1928-1987)

Joe Long (born 1941)

Israel "Cachao" López (1918-2008)

Orlando "Cachaito" López (1933-2009)

Al Lucas (1916-1983)

Curtis Lundy (born 1955)

Brian Lawrence (born 1976)

Marcus Miller worked with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Frank

Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Grover Washington Jr....

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Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard within Monkey Plot at Vossajazz 2014, also known from work with

artists like Mats Gustafsson,

Christian Skår Winther, Anja Lauvdal and Heida Mobeck.

Bob Magnusson (born 1947)

Michael Manring (born 1960)

Wendell Marshall (1920-2002)

Ron Mathewson (born 1944)

Cecil McBee (born 1935)

Christian McBride (born 1972)

Ron McClure (born 1941)

Al McKibbon(1919-2005)

Wendell Marshall (1920 –2002)

Per Mathisen (born 1969)

Sondre Meisfjord (born 1975)

Chucho Merchán (born 1952)

Jymie Merritt (born 1926)

Pierre Michelot (1928 –2005)

Big Miller (Clarence Horatius Miller) (1922-1992)

Harry Miller (1941-1983)

Marcus Miller (born 1959)

Charles Mingus (1922 –1979)

Red Mitchell (1927 –1992)

Whitey Mitchell (1932-2009)

Guro Skumsnes Moe (born 1983)

Charnett Moffett (born 1967)


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Joe Mondragon (1920 –1987)

Glen Moore (born 1941)

Michael Moore (born 1940)

Al Morgan (1920-2011)

Peck Morrison (1919-1988)

George Morrow (1925-1992)

John Mosher (1928-1998)

George Mraz (born 1944)

Jo Berger Myhre (born 1984)

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John Patitucci, who plays both electric bass and double bass at a virtuoso level, has worked with

Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman,

Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, and Tony Williams

Buell Neidlinger (born 1936)

Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (born 1989)

Rune Nergaard (born 1983)

Steve Novosel (born 1940)

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Jordan O'Connor (born 1972)

Ugonna Okegwo (born 1962)

Eivind Opsvik (born 1973)

Patrick O'Hearn (born 1954)

John Ore (born 1933)

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Pino Palladino has played with Roy Hargrove, Steve Gadd, Tony Bennett, Manu Katché

Bassist/arranger Pino Presti has worked with Gerry Mulligan, Quincy Jones, Astor Piazzolla,

Stéphane Grappelli, Aldemaro Romero

Walter Page (1900 –1957)

Pino Palladino (born 1957)

Truck Parham (1911 –2002)

William Parker (born 1952)

Jaco Pastorius (1951 –1987)

Johnny Pate (born 1923)

John Patitucci (born 1959)

Mario Pavone (born 1939)

Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (1888-1968)

Gary Peacock (born 1935)

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946 –2005)

Aladár Pege (1939-2006)

Gene Perla (born 1940)

Oscar Pettiford (1922 –1960)

Barre Phillips (born 1934)

Martin Pizzarelli

Lonnie Plaxico (born 1960)

Terry Plumeri (born 1945)

Robert Popwell (born 1946)

Tommy Potter (1918-1988)

Pino Presti (born 1943)

Rocco Prestia (born 1951)


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Jodi Proznick

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John Simmons played with Roy Eldridge, Benny Goodman, Cootie Williams, Louis Armstrong, DukeEllington, Erroll Garner, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Benny Carter,

Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk

Chuck Rainey (born 1940)

Steinar Raknes (born 1975)

Gene Ramey (1913 –1984)

Gary Raynor

Rufus Reid (born 1944)

Marius Reksjø (born 1973)

Eric Revis (born 1967)

Sage Reynolds (born c. 1978)

Jim Richardson (born 1941)

Georg Riedel (born 1934)

Steve Rodby (born 1954)

Gabe Rosales (born 1978)

Howard Rumsey (born 1917)

Daryl Runswick (born 1946)

Curly Russell (1917-1986)

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Esperanza Spalding(born October 18, 1984)[1] is an American jazz bassist, cellist and singer, who

draws upon many genres in her own compositions. She has won four Grammy Awards, including

the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Grammy Awards,[2] making her the first jazz

artist to win the award.[3][4]


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Jon Rune Strøm with Paal Nilssen-Love at Large Unit in 2015. Strøm is known from collaborations

with the likes of Kjersti Stubø and Frode Gjerstad.

Christian Meaas Svendsen with Ayumi Tanaka Trio at Nattjazz 2015, also known as part of Andrea

Kvintett, Duplex and Mopti.

Igor Saavedra (born 1966)

Eddie Safranski (1918-1974)

Ole Marius Sandberg (born 1975)

Patrick Scales (born 1965)

Tony Scherr

Lynn Seaton (born 1957)

Karl E. H. Seigfried (born 1973)

Clarence Seay (born 1957)

Alan Silva (born 1939)

Avery Sharpe (born 1954)

Arvell Shaw (1923 –2002)

Todd Sickafoose

John Simmons (1918-1979)

Andy Simpkins (1932-1999)

Len Skeat (born 1937)

Audun Skorgen (born 1967)

Baard Slagsvold (born 1963)

Carson Smith (1931 –97)

Putter Smith (born 1941)

Teddy Smith (1932 –1979)


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Esperanza Spalding (born 1984)

Victor Sproles (born 1927)

Neal Starkey

Leroy "Slam" Stewart (1914 –

1987)

Øyvind Storesund (born 1975)

Ben Street

Jon Rune Strøm (born 1985)

Ted Sturgis

Ike Sturm (born 1978)

Christian Meaas Svendsen (born 1988)

Steve Swallow (born 1940)

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Magne Thormodsæter in Bergen 2014, known for his work with artists like Terje Rypdal, Karin

Krog,

John Surman, Ståle Storløkken, Paolo Vinaccia, and within Bergen Big Band.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born 1956)

Carl Frederick Tandberg (1910-1988)

Ares Tavolazzi (born 1948)

Billy Taylor (1906 –1986)

Henri Texier (born 1945)

Danny Thompson (born 1940)

Don Thompson

Magne Thormodsæter (born 1973)

Wayman Tisdale (1964 –2009)

Brian Torff (born 1954)


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Frank Tusa (born 1947)

Bjørnar Kaldefoss Tveite (born 1987)

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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)

Mads Vinding (born 1948)

Leroy Vinnegar (1928-1999)

Miroslav Vitous (born 1947)

Louis Vola (1902-1990)

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Ellen Andrea Wang (born 1986)

Ellen Andrea Wang live in 2013. Wang is known from collaborations with pianist Dag Arnesen,Norwegian Song 3 (2010), within the band Pixel, Reminder (2012) and We Are All Small Pixels

(2013), as soloartist Diving (2014) and as recipient of the 2015 Kongsberg Jazz Award.

(Photo by Tore Pettersen)

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Wilbur Ware (1923-1979)

Butch Warren (1939-2013)

Rob Wasserman (1934 –1962)

Hank Wayland (1906 –1983)

Eberhard Weber (born 1940)

Andrew White (born 1942. Also sax, oboe)


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Chris White (born 1936)

Tal Wilkenfeld (born 1986)

Buster Williams (born 1942)

Gary Willis (born 1957)

Quinn Wilson (1908 –1978)

Chris Wood (born 1969)

Jimmy Woode (1926-2005)

Victor Lemonte Wooten (born 1964)

Reggie Workman (born 1937)

Eugene Wright (born 1923)

Herman Wright

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Walt Yoder (1914-1978)

Eldee Young (1936-2007)

Z[edit]

Per Zanussi (born 1977)

Chester Zardis, nickname: "Bear" or "Little Bear" (1900-1990)

Stuart Zender (born 1974)

See also[edit]

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