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Jazz bassists

210 jazz musicians in the atlas play double bass, including Charles Mingus, James Last, Jack Bruce, Charlie Haden and Ron Carter. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

The double bass, also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, the bass fiddle, the string bass, the contrabass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). It has four or five strings, and its construction is in between that of the gamba (viol) and the violin family. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, violas, and cellos, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo, and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other genres, such as jazz, blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, country music, bluegrass, tango, folk music and certain types of film and video game soundtracks.

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