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Jazz electric bassists

92 jazz musicians in the atlas play bass guitar, including Frank Zappa, Phil Collins, Serge Gainsbourg, Bobby McFerrin and Jaco Pastorius. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

Frank Zappa 1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993) Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Serge Gainsbourg 1928–1991 · French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and… Bobby McFerrin b. 1950 · American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950) Jaco Pastorius 1951–1987 · American jazz bassist (1951–1987) Esperanza Spalding b. 1984 · American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984) Jack Bruce 1943–2014 · British musician (1943–2014) Tony Levin b. 1946 · American rock bass player (born 1946) Stanley Clarke b. 1951 · American bassist, film composer and founding member of… Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Meshell Ndegeocello b. 1968 · American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968) Victor Wooten b. 1964 · American bass guitarist Nathan East b. 1955 · American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer… Jamie Cullum b. 1979 · English jazz singer and pianist Randy Jackson b. 1956 · American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur… Fred Frith b. 1949 · English musician, composer and improvisor (born 1949) Jan Akkerman b. 1946 · Dutch guitarist Richard Bona b. 1967 · Cameroon-born American musician, multi-instrumentalist and… Avishai Cohen b. 1970 · Israeli jazz bassist, composer, singer and arranger Paweł Mąciwoda b. 1967 · Polish bassist Arild Andersen b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Kyle Eastwood b. 1968 · American jazz bassist and composer Thundercat b. 1984 · American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1984) Anthony Jackson 1952–2025 · American electric bass guitar player, session musician… Bob Welch 1946–2012 · American musician (1945–2012) Pino Palladino b. 1957 · Welsh bassist Alphonso Johnson b. 1951 · American musician Trevor Dunn b. 1968 · American bassist Bill Dickens b. 1958 · American musician Carol Kaye b. 1935 · American bass guitarist Georg Wadenius 1945–2026 · Swedish musician (1945–2026) Aston Barrett 1946–2024 · Jamaican musician (1946–2024) Michael Henderson 1951–2022 · American musician (1951–2022) Victor Bailey 1960–2016 · American musician (1960–2016) Jamaaladeen Tacuma b. 1956 · American musician Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Chris Spedding b. 1944 · English rock and roll and jazz guitarist Jimmy Haslip b. 1951 · American electric bass player and record producer Masayoshi Takanaka b. 1953 · Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-) Pino Presti b. 1943 · Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record… Bill Lee 1928–2023 · American musician and composer (1928–2023) Alain Caron b. 1955 · Canadian bass player Tom Kennedy b. 1960 · American musician Colin Hodgkinson b. 1945 · British musician Will Lee b. 1952 · American bass guitarist Steve Rodby b. 1954 · American jazz musician Melvin Gibbs b. 1958 · American bassist Larry Klein b. 1959 · American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player Chuck Rainey b. 1940 · American bass guitar session musician Monk Montgomery 1921–1982 · American jazz bassist (1921–1982) Dominique Di Piazza b. 1959 · French jazz bassist Jerry Jemmott b. 1946 · American bassist Linda May Han Oh b. 1984 · Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer Rodney Jones b. 1956 · American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956… Jonas Hellborg b. 1958 · Swedish bassist Roy Babbington b. 1940 · British bassist Wilton Felder 1940–2015 · American musician (1940–2015) Louis Johnson 1955–2015 · American bass guitarist, songwriter (1955–2015) Phil Upchurch 1941–2025 · American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten b. 1971 · Norwegian jazz bassist Michael Manring b. 1960 · American musician Mo Foster 1944–2023 · British session musician, playing primarily jazz… James Genus b. 1966 · American musician Harvey Brooks b. 1944 · American bass guitarist Gerald Veasley b. 1955 · American musician Laurence Cottle b. 1953 · British composer and musician Patrick Scales b. 1965 · German musician Gene Perla b. 1940 · American musician Pekka Pohjola 1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008) Jan Erik Kongshaug 1944–2019 · Norwegian recording engineer (1944–2019) Alec Dankworth b. 1960 · English jazz bassist and composer Robert Bell b. 1950 · American musician, founder of Kool & the Gang Carles Benavent b. 1954 · Spanish musician Matt Garrison b. 1970 · American musician Finn Guttormsen b. 1968 · Norwegian musician Carmine Rojas b. 1953 · musician Paul Turner b. 1968 · English bass guitarist Brian Bromberg b. 1960 · American musician Günter Lenz 1938–2026 · German jazz musician Paul Jackson 1947–2021 · American musician (1947–2021) Stuart Zender b. 1974 · British bass guitarist Oleh Suk b. 1965 · Ukrainian musician Jamil Nasser 1932–2010 · American bassist (1932–2010) Malachi Favors 1927–2004 · American bassist (1927-2004) Bill MacCormick b. 1951 · British musician Ole Børud b. 1976 · Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record… Kinga Głyk b. 1997 · Polish jazz fusion bass guitarist Jackie Orszaczky 1948–2008 · Hungarian-Australian musician, record producer (1948-2008) Lindsay L. Cooper 1940–2001 · Scottish bassist (1940–2001) Dave Carpenter 1959–2008 · American bass player (1959–2008) Chuck Domanico 1944–2002 · American musician (1944–2002) Victor Conte 1950–2025 · American musician (1950–2025)