List of jazz bassists

Noted jazz musicians who play string bass, electric bass, or both.

• Ben Allison
• Reid Anderson
• John Benitez
• Charles Biddle
• Jimmy Blanton
• Wellman Braud, (1891-1966)
• Brian Bromberg
• Ray Brown
• Steve Brown
• Whit Browne
• Ron Carter, (born 1937)
• Paul Chambers
• Stanley Clarke
• Avishai Cohen
• Greg Cohen
• Scott Colley
• Todd Coolman
• Bill Crow
• Chris Dahlgren
• Dr. Art Davis
• Richard Davis
• Mark Dresser
• Kermit Driscoll
• Ray Drummond
• Pops Foster
• David Friesen
• Sylvain Gagnon
• Bruce Gertz
• Dan Greenspan
• Larry Grenadier
• Drew Gress
• Roland Guerin
• Charlie Haden
• Stuart Hamm
• Mark Helias
• Milt Hinton
• Dave Holland
• Robert Hurst
• Dieter Ilg
• Chubby Jackson
• Marc Johnson
• Bill Johnson, (1872-1972)
• Steve LaSpina
• Jay Leonhart
• John Lockwood
• Michael Manring
• Cecil McBee
• Christian McBride
• Mary Ann McSweeney
• Marcus Miller (born 1959)
• Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
• Charnett Moffett
• Michael Moore
• Al Morgan
• Wilber Morris
• George Mraz
• Bob Nieske
• William Parker
• John Patitucci
• Gary Peacock
• Ugonna Okegwo
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
• Oscar Pettiford
• Jaco Pastorius, (1951-1987)
• Rufus Reid
• Eric Revis
• Steve Rodby
• Tony Scherr
• Ed Schuller
• Lynn Seaton
• Avery Sharpe
• Todd Sickafoose
• Ben Street
• Steve Swallow
• Harvie Swartz
• Stomu Takeishi
• Henri Texier
• Hein Van de Geyn
• Reginald Veal
• Mads Vinding
• Miroslav Vitous
• Peter Washington
• Rodney Whitaker
• Gary Willis
• Ben Wolfe
• Marshall Wood
• Victor Lemonte Wooten
• Reggie Workman
• Eugene Wright
• Dave Young
• Mark Zubek

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