Jazz bassists

Charles Mingus 1922–1979 · American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader… James Last 1929–2015 · German musician (1929-2015) Esperanza Spalding b. 1984 · American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984) Jack Bruce 1943–2014 · British musician (1943–2014) Charlie Haden 1937–2014 · American musician and educator (1937–2014) Tony Levin b. 1946 · American rock bass player (born 1946) Ray Brown 1926–2002 · American jazz musician (1926–2002) Stanley Clarke b. 1951 · American bassist, film composer and founding member of… Ron Carter b. 1937 · American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937) Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Helge Schneider b. 1955 · German entertainer Cachao 1918–2008 · Cuban double bassist and composer (1918–2008) Miroslav Vitouš b. 1947 · Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 1946–2005 · Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005) Nathan East b. 1955 · American jazz, R&B and rock bassist, guitarist and singer… Dave Holland b. 1946 · British jazz musician Percy Heath 1923–2005 · American musician (1923–2005) Paul Chambers 1935–1969 · American jazz double bassist (1935–1969) John Patitucci b. 1959 · American jazz bassist and composer Eberhard Weber b. 1940 · German musician Avishai Cohen b. 1970 · Israeli jazz bassist, composer, singer and arranger Arild Andersen b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Georg Riedel 1934–2024 · Czech-Swedish jazz musician; double bass player and composer Oscar Pettiford 1922–1960 · American musician (1922–1960) Gary Peacock 1935–2020 · American jazz double-bassist Red Mitchell 1927–1992 · American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet… Kyle Eastwood b. 1968 · American jazz bassist and composer Bill Daily 1927–2018 · American actor and writer (1927-2018) Christian McBride b. 1972 · American jazz bassist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Garrison 1934–1976 · American double bassist (1934-1976) Richard Davis 1930–2023 · American double-bassist (1930-2023) Eddie Gomez b. 1944 · Puerto Rican bassist Gavin Bryars b. 1943 · English composer and double bassist Reggie Workman b. 1937 · American double-bassist SL Scott LaFaro 1936–1961 · American bassist (1936–1961) Trevor Dunn b. 1968 · American bassist Eugene Wright 1923–2020 · American jazz musician (1923–2020) George Mraz 1944–2021 · Czech jazz bassist (1944–2021) Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) Milt Hinton 1910–2000 · American musician and photographer (1910-2000) David Goloschekin b. 1944 · Soviet and Russian musician and composer Buster Williams b. 1942 · American musician Lars Danielsson b. 1958 · Swedish jazz musician Barry Guy b. 1947 · British composer and jazz musician (born 1947) Dorothy Ashby 1932–1986 · American jazz harpist (1932-1986) SJ Sam Jones 1924–1981 · American double bassist and cellist (1924-1981) Tommy Potter 1918–1988 · American jazz double bassist (1918–1988) Franco Cerri 1926–2021 · Italian musician (1926–2021) Barre Phillips 1934–2024 · American bassist (1934–2024) Red Callender 1916–1992 · American string bass and tuba player, member of The… Cecil McBee b. 1935 · American bassist Curley Russell 1917–1986 · American jazz musician (1917–1986) JB Jimmy Blanton 1918–1942 · American musician (1918–1942) Aladár Pege 1939–2006 · Hungarian jazz musician (1939–2006) Al McKibbon 1919–2005 · American musician (1919–2005) Henry Grimes 1935–2020 · American musician (1935–2020) Cleveland Eaton 1939–2020 · American musician Slam Stewart 1914–1987 · American musician (1914–1987) Renaud Garcia-Fons b. 1962 · French upright-bassist and composer John Levy 1912–2012 · American musician (1912-2012) Bjørn Alterhaug b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician BL Bill Lee 1928–2023 · American musician and composer (1928–2023) EB Elek Bacsik 1926–1993 · Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of… AD Art Davis 1934–2007 · American double-bassist Chubby Jackson 1918–2003 · American musician (1918–2003) Tom Kennedy b. 1960 · American musician Bill Crow b. 1927 · American bassist Steve Rodby b. 1954 · American jazz musician MJ Marc Johnson b. 1953 · American jazz bass player, composer and band leader Larry Grenadier b. 1966 · American bassist Charnett Moffett 1967–2022 · American jazz bassist (1967–2022) CF Charles Fambrough 1950–2011 · American jazz bassist, composer and producer (1950–2011) Anders Jormin b. 1957 · Swedish double-bassist Monk Montgomery 1921–1982 · American jazz bassist (1921–1982) Max Bennett 1928–2018 · American Jazz bassist (1928–2018) Glen Moore b. 1941 · American jazz musician Chuck Israels b. 1936 · American jazz musician Ron McClure b. 1941 · American jazz bassist Henri Texier b. 1945 · French musician Joëlle Léandre b. 1951 · French double bassist, vocalist and composer John Clayton b. 1952 · American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and… Reid Anderson b. 1970 · American musician; bassist, composer Omer Avital b. 1971 · Israeli musician Pops Foster 1892–1969 · American musician (1892–1969) Jimmy Woode 1929–2005 · American bassist (1929–2005) Dan Berglund b. 1963 · Swedish double-bass player and jazz musician Butch Warren 1939–2013 · American musician (1939-2013) Linda May Han Oh b. 1984 · Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer Roy Babbington b. 1940 · British bassist Bob Haggart 1914–1998 · American double bass player, composer, and arranger… Steve Davis 1929–1987 · Jazz bassist Mathias Eick b. 1979 · Norwegian musician (born 1979) WW Wilbur Ware 1923–1979 · American jazz musician (1923-1979) William Parker b. 1952 · American jazz musician Louis Johnson 1955–2015 · American bass guitarist, songwriter (1955–2015) Joe Shulman 1923–1957 · American musician (1923–1957) Palle Danielsson 1946–2024 · Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer… Ellen Andrea Wang b. 1986 · Norwegian musician Chris Minh Doky b. 1969 · Vietnamese-Danish jazz bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten b. 1971 · Norwegian jazz bassist Michel Benita b. 1954 · French musician Jymie Merritt 1926–2020 · American bassist (1926–2020) Victor Gaskin 1934–2012 · American bassist (1934-2012) Hugo Rasmussen 1941–2015 · Danish musician (1941–2015) LV Leroy Vinnegar 1928–1999 · American jazz bassist (1928–1999) Putter Smith b. 1941 · American jazz bassist, recording artist, music teacher… Orlando "Cachaíto" López 1933–2009 · Cuban musician (1933–2009) James Genus b. 1966 · American musician George Duvivier 1920–1985 · American musician (1920–1985) WM Wendell Marshall 1920–2002 · American jazz musician; double bassist (1920–2002) DW Doug Watkins 1934–1962 · American jazz double bassist (1934-1962) DL Didier Levallet b. 1944 · French musician Mads Vinding b. 1948 · Danish jazz musician John Jorgenson b. 1956 · American musician Walter Booker 1933–2006 · American jazz double-bassist Bob Cranshaw 1932–2016 · American musician (1932–2016) John Kirby 1908–1952 · American jazz bassist (1908–1952) MH Major Holley 1924–1990 · American jazz upright bassist (1924–1990) Peter Washington b. 1964 · American bassist JA Jamey Aebersold b. 1939 · American musician Mats Eilertsen b. 1975 · Norwegian musician and composer William Manuel Johnson 1872–1972 · American double bassist (1872–1972) HB Harry Babasin 1921–1988 · American musician (1921-1988) Louis Nelson Delisle 1885–1949 · American musician (1885-1949) Lonnie Plaxico b. 1960 · American jazz bassist Scott Colley b. 1963 · American jazz bassist and composer PM Pierre Michelot 1928–2005 · French jazz double bassist (1928–2005) Peter Kowald 1944–2002 · German free jazz double bassist and tubist (1944–2002) Emile Christian 1895–1973 · American musician (1895–1973) MK Makanda Ken McIntyre 1931–2001 · American jazz musician and composer (1931-2001) Michael Formanek b. 1958 · American jazz bassist Alan Silva b. 1939 · American musician Wayne Dockery 1941–2018 · American musician (1941–2018) Simon Brehm 1921–1967 · Swedish double-bass player Mark Dresser b. 1952 · American musician JB Jimmy Bond 1933–2012 · American jazz bassist (1933–2012) Terje Venaas 1947–2025 · Norwegian jazz musician (1947–2025) RR Rufus Reid b. 1944 · American bassist, educator, and composer Riccardo Del Fra b. 1956 · Italian composer Don Thompson 1940–2004 · Canadian musician Philippe Aerts b. 1964 · Jazz double bassist Bo Stief b. 1946 · Danish musician Steve Brown 1890–1965 · jazz musician best known for his work on string bass… Ben Williams b. 1984 · American jazz musician TP Terry Plumeri 1944–2016 · American conductor (1945–2016) MB Monty Budwig 1926–1992 · American double bassist (1926–1992) Alec Dankworth b. 1960 · English jazz bassist and composer Teppo Hauta-aho 1941–2021 · Finnish musician (1941–2021) AA Ahmed Abdul-Malik 1927–1993 · American bassist (1927–1993) Adam Ben Ezra b. 1982 · Israeli musician LG Leonard Gaskin 1920–2009 · American jazz bassist (1920–2009) John Lindberg b. 1959 · American musician Ira Coleman b. 1956 · American musician Ugonna Okegwo b. 1962 · jazz musician Harald Johnsen 1970–2011 · Norwegian jazz musician (1970-2011) Germaine Bazzle b. 1932 · New Orleans jazz musician Gene Taylor 1929–2001 · American musician (1929–2001) Finn Guttormsen b. 1968 · Norwegian musician WP Walter Page 1900–1957 · American jazz musician (1900-1957) Eivind Opsvik b. 1973 · Norwegian musician Eddie Safranski 1918–1974 · American musician (1918–1974) Alex Blake b. 1951 · American musician Dean Brown 1955–2024 · American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician… Cameron Brown b. 1945 · American musician CC Curtis Counce 1926–1963 · American musician (1926–1963) Coleridge Goode 1914–2015 · British musician (1914-2015) Chris Laurence b. 1949 · English jazz musician BN Buell Neidlinger 1936–2018 · American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist… BC Buddy Catlett 1933–2014 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist (1933-2014) Brian Torff b. 1954 · American musician Björn Meyer b. 1965 · Swedish songwriter Ben Street b. 1965 · American jazz double bassist Junior Raglin 1917–1955 · American musician (1917–1955) Arnold Fishkind 1919–1999 · American musician (1919–1999) BP Berto Pisano 1928–2002 · Italian composer, conductor, arranger and jazz musician… TK Teddy Kotick 1928–1986 · American musician (1928–1986) TB Tommy Bryant 1930–1982 · American musician (1930-1982) JM Joe Mondragon 1920–1987 · Woody Herman's Band Member (1946) , In 50's :Gerry… Jesper Lundgaard b. 1954 · Danish musician Jay Anderson b. 1955 · American jazz double-bassist and studio musician Reggie Johnson 1940–2020 · American musician (1940-2020) Ray Drummond 1946–2025 · American jazz musician Chris White 1936–2014 · American jazz bassist (1936–2014) GC Graham Collier 1937–2011 · English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer (1937–2011) BT Ben Tucker 1930–2013 · American double-bassist Malcolm Cecil 1937–2021 · English musician and record producer (1937-2021) JC Jeff Clyne 1937–2009 · British bassist (1937–2009) WB Wellman Braud 1891–1966 · American musician (1891–1966) Bao Vang 1934–2016 · Vietnamese prince JB Joe Benjamin 1919–1974 · American musician (1919–1974) AS Andy Simpkins 1932–1999 · American bassist (1932-1999) TG Tata Güines 1930–2008 · Cuban musician (1930–2008) WL Wilbur Little 1928–1987 · American musician (1928–1987) RM Ron Mathewson 1944–2020 · British jazz musician, bass player (1944-2020) JO John Ore 1933–2014 · American musician (1933–2014) Ed Lincoln 1932–2012 · Brazilian musician (1932-2012) EM Erik Moseholm 1930–2012 · Danish jazz composer (1930–2012) JN Jamil Nasser 1932–2010 · American bassist (1932–2010) AB Aaron Bell 1922–2003 · American musician (1922-2003) RP Ralph Peña 1927–1969 · American jazz double bassist and composer (1927–1969) NS Neil Swainson b. 1955 · Canadian jazz bassist MF Malachi Favors 1927–2004 · American bassist (1927-2004) TS Teddy Smith 1932–1979 · American bassist HA Hayes Alvis 1907–1972 · musician (1907-1972) GR Gene Ramey 1913–1984 · American musician (1913–1984) SS Saheb Sarbib b. 1944 · American musician NB Nelson Boyd 1928–1985 · American musician (1928–1985) VB Vinnie Burke 1921–2001 · American musician LL Lindsay L. Cooper 1940–2001 · Scottish bassist (1940–2001) FF Frank Fields 1914–2005 · American musician (1914-2005) EY Eldee Young 1936–2007 · American jazz musician; double-bass and cello player… SH Spike Heatley 1933–2021 · British musician (1933–2021) DF David Friesen b. 1942 · American jazz bassist CM Chuck Metcalf 1931–2012 · jazz musician (1931-2012) CD Chuck Domanico 1944–2002 · American musician (1944–2002)