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Noted jazz musicians who play string bass, electric bass, or both.- Ben Allison
- Reid Anderson
- Don Bagley
- John Benitez
- Chuck Berghofer
- Charles Biddle
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud, (1891-1966)
- Brian Bromberg
- Ray Brown
- Steve Brown
- Whit Browne
- Monty Budwig
- Alain Caron
- Ron Carter, (born 1937)
- Paul Chambers
- Stanley Clarke
- John Clayton
- Avishai Cohen
- Greg Cohen
- Scott Colley
- Todd Coolman
- Bill Crow
- Chris Dahlgren
- Dr. Art Davis
- Richard Davis
- Chuck Domanico
- Mark Dresser
- Kermit DriscollKermit Driscoll is a jazz double bassist perhaps best known for his long association with guitarist Bill Frisell.
- Ray Drummond
- George Duvivier
- Pops FosterGeorge Murphy Foster almost always known as Pops Foster ( 18 May 1892 30 October, 1969) was a jazz musician, best known for his vigorous string bass playing. Foster also played tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born in a plantation near McCall,
- David Friesen
- Sylvain Gagnon
- Jimmy GarrisonJimmy Garrison ( 1934 1976) was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long association with John Coltrane. He appears on may Coltrane recordings, including My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme''. He also performed with Bill Barron, Ornette C
- Bruce Gertz
- Dan Greenspan
- Larry Grenadier
- Drew Gress
- Eddie Gomez
- Roland Guerin
- Charlie HadenCharles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz bassist who first made his name playing with Ornette Coleman in the early late 1950s and 1960s. He went on to lead the Liberation Music Orchestra in the 1970s. Quartet West, started in 1987, consisted o
- Stuart HammStuart Hamm (born 1962) is a bass player. He has performed with Steve Vai, Frank Gambale, and most significantly with Joe Satriani. It was under Satriani that Hamm's skill was taken out of the local San Francisco scene and into the national limelight.
- Percy HeathPercy Heath (born April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina) was a double bass player, most famous for his 40+ years with the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) in which his melodic inventive and powerful yet sensitive playing were an asset to this innovative j
- Mark Helias
- Milt Hinton
- Dave HollandDave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz bassist and composer. He first became widely known in the late 1960s when he worked with Miles Davis during Davis' Bitches Brew era. An unconfirmed story tells of a young Dave Holland working at Ronny Scott's
- Robert Hurst
- Dieter Ilg
- Chubby Jackson
- Eddie Jones
- Sam JonesSam Jones can refer to a number of different people. Sam Jones, an evangelist (1847-1906) Sam Jones, a baseball player (1892-1966) Sam Jones, a basketball player (1933-) Sam Jones, a filmmaker.
- Marc Johnson
- Bill Johnson, (1872-1972)
- John Kirby
- Teddy Kotick
- Scott LaFaro
- Steve LaSpina
- Jay Leonhart
- John Lockwood
- Curtis Lundy
- Michael Manring
- Cecil McBee
- Christian McBride
- Al McKibbon
- Mary Ann McSweeney
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
- Red Mitchell
- Charnett Moffett
- Joe Mondragon
- Michael Moore
- Al Morgan
- Wilber Morris
- George Morrow
- George Mraz
- Bob Nieske
- Walter Page
- William Parker
- John Patitucci
- Gary Peacock
- Ugonna Okegwo
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Oscar Pettiford
- Jaco Pastorius, (1951-1987)
- Tommy Potter
- Rufus Reid
- Eric Revis
- Steve Rodby
- Curly Russell
- Tony Scherr
- Ed Schuller
- Lynn Seaton
- Avery Sharpe
- Arvell Shaw
- Todd Sickafoose
- Andy Simpkins
- Carson Smith
- Ben Street
- Steve Swallow
- Harvie Swartz
- Stomu Takeishi
- Henri Texier
- Wayman Tisdale
- Hein Van de Geyn
- Reginald Veal
- Gerald Veasley
- Mads Vinding
- Leroy Vinnegar
- Miroslav Vitous
- Wilbur Ware
- Peter Washington
- Eberhard Weber
- Rodney Whitaker
- Buster Williams
- Gary Willis
- Ben Wolfe
- Marshall Wood
- Jimmy Woode
- Victor Lemonte Wooten
- Reggie Workman
- Eugene Wright
- Dave Young
- Mark Zubek
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