Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/Bassists list

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cellist

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Oscar Pettiford
 
American musician United States of America 1922-09-30 1960-09-08 Okmulgee Copenhagen Q497183
Ron Carter
 
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer United States of America 1937-05-04 Ferndale Q434593


composer

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Jan Dismas Zelenka
 
Czech baroque composer Kingdom of Bohemia
Electorate of Saxony
1679-10-16 1745-12-23 Louňovice pod Blaníkem Dresden Q157777
Frantisek Kotzwara
 
Czech composer and violist 1740s
1750
1791-09-02 Prague London Q1355499
Antonio Rosetti
 
Czech classical era composer and double bass player (1746-1792) Kingdom of Bohemia
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1746-10-26 1792-06-30 Litoměřice Ludwigslust Q604720
Johannes Matthias Sperger
 
Austrian double bass player and composer Austria
Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1750-05-23
1750-03-23
1812-05-13 Valtice Ludwigslust Q387481
Giovanni Bottesini
 
Italian composer, conductor, and double bass player Kingdom of Italy 1821-12-22 1889-07-07 Crema Parma Q354101
Victor-Frédéric Verrimst
 
French composer and double-bassist France 1825-11-29 1893-01-16 Paris Houilles Q19629825
Johann Joseph Abert
 
German composer, conductor, double-bassist (1832-1915) Austria-Hungary 1832-09-20 1915-04-01 Hoštka Stuttgart Q550772
Antonio Scontrino Italian composer Kingdom of Italy 1850-05-17 1922-01-07 Trapani Florence Q322256
Goby Eberhardt German composer Germany 1852-03-29 1926-09-13 Frankfurt
Hattersheim am Main
Lübeck Q4529549
Adolf Mišek Czech composer, contrabassist and choirmaster (1875-1955) Czechoslovakia 1875-08-29 1955-10-20 Modletín Prague Q363422
George Bruns
 
American composer (1914-1983) United States of America 1914-07-03 1983-05-23 Clackamas County Portland Q977176
Monica Witni American composer, pianist, playwright and double bass player United States of America 1930-05-06 1982 Fairfax Q97399884
Jack Six American jazz musician United States of America 1930-07-26 2015-02-24 Danville Q19624438
François Rabbath French musician France 1931-03-12 Aleppo Q322222
Paul Chambers
 
American jazz double bassist United States of America 1935-04-22 1969-01-04 Pittsburgh New York City Q541659
Henry Grimes
 
American musician United States of America 1935-11-03 2020-04-15 Philadelphia East Harlem Q719759
Chuck Israels
 
American jazz musician United States of America 1936-08-10
1936
New York City Q727189
Harry Miller South African jazz double bassist South Africa 1941-04-25 1983-12-16 Cape Town Q1586663
Heinz Karl Gruber Austrian composer Austria 1943-01-03 Vienna Q598959
Gavin Bryars
 
English composer and double bassist United Kingdom 1943-01-16 Goole Q713939
Arild Andersen
 
Norwegian jazz musician Norway 1945-10-27
1945-11-27
Strømmen Q641035
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
 
Danish jazz upright bassist Kingdom of Denmark 1946-05-27 2005-04-19 Osted Ishøj Municipality Q520796
Dave Holland
 
British jazz musician United Kingdom 1946-10-01 Wolverhampton Q504671
Jay Anderson
 
American jazz double-bassist and studio musician United States of America 1955-10-24 Ontario Q1684301
Riccardo Del Fra
 
Italian composer Italy 1956-02-20 Rome Q1628257
Stefano Scodanibbio
 
Italian musician Italy 1956-06-18 2012-01-08 Macerata Cuernavaca Q325166
Hein van de Geyn
 
Dutch jazz bassist South Africa 1956-07-18 Schijndel Q1595954
Steve Berry musical artist 1957-08-24 Q112160928
John Lindberg
 
American musician United States of America 1959-03-16 Royal Oak Q1700848
Jo Skaansar
 
Norwegian jazz double bassist Norway 1984-07-08 Oslo Q11978644
Linda May Han Oh
 
Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer Australia 1984-08-25 Malaysia Q1825882
Yair Elazar Glotman
 
German Israeli composer and musician (born 1987) 1987 Q98831670
Daniel Toledo
 
Ecuadorian bassist and composer Ecuador 1991-06-11 Quito Q24830325
Dan Chmielinski
 
American jazz bassist, synthesist and composer United States of America 1993-12-28 Q30661912
Michelle Lou composer and bassist Q94691540


conductor

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Ludwig Schuberth German composer Germany 1806-04-18 1850 Magdeburg Saint Petersburg Q4527144
Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
 
German musician (1822-1896) Kingdom of Prussia
German Reich
1822-06-17 1896-12-13 Gdańsk Sondershausen Q85072
Henryk Jarecki
 
Polish conductor, composer and music educator (1846-1918) Russian Empire
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Second Polish Republic
1846-12-06 1918-12-18 Warsaw Lviv Q9288250
Jorge Anckermann Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader (1877-1941) Cuba 1877-03-22 1941-02-03 Havana Havana Q6277653
André Amellér
 
French composer (1912-1990) France 1912-01-02 1990-05-14 Arnaville La Garenne-Colombes Q516781
Jean Bouchéty French bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1920) France 1920-03-01 2006-07-19 L'Étang-la-Ville 17th arrondissement of Paris Q3170875
Bohumil Gregor Czech conductor (1926-2005) Czech Republic 1926-07-14 2005-11-04 Prague Prague Q2908813


double-bassist

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Giuseppe Andreoli milanese contrabassist 1757-07-07 1832-12-20 Milan Milan Q21998346
Luigi Negri Italian double bass virtuoso of the romantic era Kingdom of Italy 1837 1891 Q13582767
Ernest Lerwile France 1863-08-04 1944-04-06 Paris Paris Q28860051
Claude Hobday British musician (1872-1954) United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1872-05-12 1954-03-10 Q5128891
Cyrus St. Clair American jazz tubist and double bassist 1890 1955 Cambridge Q21033723
Ernest "Big" Crawford American blues double bassist (1897-1956) United States of America 1897-07-31 1956-03 Q16750622
Wesley Prince
 
American Jazz and R&B musician, double bassist United States of America 1907-04-08 1980-10-30 Pasadena Los Angeles Q21033256
Ernie Newton bass player (1909-1976) United States of America 1909-11-07 1976-10-17 Hartford Q19666053
Oscar Zimmerman American double-bassist United States of America 1910-09-21 1987-04-02 Philadelphia Traverse City Q7106334
Carolyn Utz American musician, conductor and educator United States of America 1913 2005-03-09 Q80225574
Warren Benfield American musician (1913-2001) United States of America 1913-02-12 2001-07-08 Q7970052
Stan Puls American musician United States of America 1916-01-26 1998-04-20 Q7597838
Chocolate Williams musical artist United States of America 1916-02-01 1984-06-22 Augusta Manhattan Q24565999
Carl Pruitt American jazz and blues double bassist United States of America 1918-06-03 1977-06 Birmingham Q23639355
William Herbert York American double-bassist (1918–2004) United States of America 1918-11-16 2004-08-15 Q8012260
Wilbur Ware American jazz musician (1923-1979) United States of America 1923-09-08
1923
1979-09-09
1979
Chicago Philadelphia Q340063
Floyd Chance
 
American musician United States of America 1925-12-21 2005-04-11 Como Q16016389
Stuart Sankey American musician United States of America 1927-12-31 2000 Los Angeles Q7627060
Pierre Michelot French jazz double bassist France 1928-03-03 2005-07-03 Saint-Denis 16th arrondissement of Paris Q597128
Hideto Kanai Japanese jazz musician 1931 2011-04-08 Tokyo Q28870668
Earl Freeman US jazz double bassist 1931-03-11 1994-07-25 Q123582726
Vernon Martin American jazz double bassist United States of America 1932-01-05 2000-11-10 Q47546758
Frederick D. Tinsley
 
American classical double bass player (1940-2016) 1940-03-03 2016-09-19 Q27851391
Roger Bush musical artist 1940-09-16 Hollywood Q39070497
Jerome Hunter American jazz double-bassist 1942-01-14 Q30715781
Jean-François Jenny-Clark French jazz musician; double bass player (1944-1998) France 1944-07-12 1998-10-06 Toulouse 17th arrondissement of Paris Q1684832
Rodney Slatford British musician United Kingdom 1944-07-18 Q7357071
Barry Green American musician United States of America 1945-04-10 Q4864278
James Leary musician United States of America 1946-06-04 2021-03-22 Q6137897
Skinny Dennis American musician United States of America 1946-09-03 1975-03-20 Sunset Beach Q7535564
Gary King American jazz bassist United States of America 1947-09-05 2003-07-23 Middletown Bushkill Q22005834
Ivan Kotov
 
Russian Double Bassist 1950-03-24 1985-11-21 Q26997733
Joëlle Léandre
 
French double bassist, vocalist and composer France 1951-09-12 Aix-en-Provence Q536762
Ben Brown American jazz double-bassist United States of America 1952-08-25 Q30609015
Joel Quarrington Canadian musician Canada 1955-01-15 Toronto Q6213861
Sal Cuevas American musician (1955-2017) United States of America 1955-06-16 2017-05-09 Manhattan Pembroke Pines Q7403270
Roy Huskey, Jr. American country musician United States of America 1956-12-17 1997-09-06 Nashville Nashville Q7372985
Jean-Pierre Robert
 
French musician France 1956-12-22 Tours Q3169713
Sebastian Steinberg American musician United States of America 1959-02-20 Q7442533
Odd Magne Gridseth Norwegian Trondheim musician Norway 1959-04-27 Ørsta Municipality Q17194641
Bruno Destrez French musician France 1959-09-13 Q16193071
Michael Benjamin Nigrin American musician and political activist (born 1960) United States of America 1960-10-22 Halifax Q6828570
Rinat Ibragimov Russian contrabassist (1960-2020) Russia 1960-11-05 2020-09 Moscow London Q5846421
Leon Bosch British musician 1961-07-07 Cape Town Q6524531
Reggie Washington American jazz musician United States of America 1962-07-28 Staten Island Q35454401
Mark Morton American double-bassist United States of America 1962-09-01 Q6768953
Darek Oleszkiewicz
 
Polish bassist Poland 1963-02-20 Wrocław Q1165809
Jeremy McCoy canadian-American double bassist (born 1963) 1963-07-13 Toronto Q41186992
Bruce Ridge American musician United States of America 1964-01-01 Q4978203
Dave Swift
 
British musician United Kingdom 1964-01-11 Wolverhampton Q5229953
Tom V. Ray American musician United States of America 1965 Q7817910
Larry Grenadier
 
American bassist United States of America 1966-02-06 San Francisco Q930563
Mark Rubin
 
American composer United States of America 1966-08-18 Stillwater Q22280151
Dennis Crouch American bassist 1967-01-19 Q30122951
Jon Thorne
 
Double Bassist/Composer United Kingdom 1967-02-12 Bishop's Stortford Q6271683
Tom Götze German Jazz bassist 1968 Dresden Q96208563
Tim Lefebvre
 
musical artist United States of America 1968-02-04 Foxborough Q22278828
Robert Sledge American musician United States of America 1968-03-09 Q7349841
Viktor Krauss bassist United States of America 1969 Champaign Q7929729
Jon Button
 
musician United States of America 1971-02-10 Fairbanks Q6270469
David Fletcher British musician United Kingdom 1971-12-10 2009-06-29 Q5233694
Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas
 
American musician United States of America 1977-07-25 Q7373186
Benjamin Levy American musician United States of America 1980 Q4888964
Simon Little British musician Ireland
United Kingdom
1980-09-30 Q7519219
Ryan Monro
 
Australian musician Australia 1981-07-26 Q7384353
Caterina Palazzi
 
Italian bass player Italy 1982 Rome Q20007864
Adam Scime Canadian composer and double bassist (born 1982) 1982 Q33044190
Ben Williams
 
American jazz musician United States of America 1985
1984-12-28
Washington, D.C. Q816632
Tim Thornton bass player 1988 Q18637968
Adi Meyerson 1991-01-26 Q57585208
Indi Stivín
 
Czech double-bassist Czech Republic 2001-12-01 Prague Q54936082
Dennis Trembly
 
American musician United States of America Q5259015
Gavin Shoesmith
 
Australian musician Australia Q5528272
Hub American musician United States of America 2021 Q5926621
Joe Buck
 
American musician United States of America Q6208835
Scott Pingel American musician United States of America Q7437064
Jimbo Wallace
 
American bassist and vocalist Q17143806
Doug Mathews American musician Q125291001
Melissa Carper
 
American singer Q126091411


guitarist

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Marshall Grant American musician (1928-2011) United States of America 1928-05-05 2011-08-07 Bryson City Jonesboro Q1277670
Jim Cregan English rock guitarist and bassist United Kingdom 1946-03-09 Yeovil Q3178768
Michael “Mudcat” Ward musical artist Q106541702


jazz bassist

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Dominic Duval American free jazz musician; double-bassist United States of America 1945-04-27 2016-07-22 New York City Q1237564
William Parker
 
American jazz musician United States of America 1952-01-10
1952
New York City Q2580222


jazz musician

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Ed Garland
 
American jazz musician United States of America 1895-01-09 1980-01-22 New Orleans Los Angeles Q1282347
Ted Sturgis American musician United States of America 1913-04-25 1995-10-18 Q17125346
Red Callender (1916-1992) American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew United States of America 1916-03-06 1992-03-08 Virginia Saugus Q1369875
Ralph Peña American jazz double bassist and composer United States of America 1927-02-24 1969-05-20 Nevada Mexico City Q2129728
Luděk Hulan Czech composer, jazz musician, contrabassist and singer (1929-1979) Czechoslovakia 1929-10-11 1979-02-22 Prague Prague Q6699550
Tommy Bryant American musician (1930-1982) United States of America 1930-05-21 1982-01-03 Philadelphia Philadelphia Q2440951
Don Moore American jazz double-bassist United States of America 1932
1938
1937
Philadelphia Q1239345
Ed Lincoln
 
Brazilian musician (1932-2012) Brazil 1932-05-31 2012-07-16 Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro Q5335090
Selcuk Sun
 
Turkey 1934-02-20 2016-03-22 Istanbul Oslo Q19663263
Reggie Workman
 
American double-bassist United States of America 1937-06-26 Philadelphia Q780037
George Mraz
 
Czech jazz bassist Czech Republic 1944-09-09 2021-09-16 Písek Prague Q1389764
Carl Morten Iversen
 
Norwegian jazz musician; bass player Norway 1948-05-01 2023-10-19 Oslo Oslo Q1039832
Andy González American musician United States of America 1951-01-01 2020-04-09 New York City The Bronx Q525836
John Clayton
 
American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and bigband leader United States of America 1952-08-20 Venice Q253285
Robert Balzar
 
Czech contrabassist Czech Republic 1962-05-11 Náchod Q2156460
Sean Smith American jazz musician United States of America 1965 Cos Cob Q65428821
Chris Minh Doky
 
Vietnamese-Danish jazz bassist Kingdom of Denmark 1969-02-07 Copenhagen Q723801
Kristin Korb
 
American musician United States of America 1969-10-29 Montana Q6438148
Christian Weber
 
Swiss jazz musician Switzerland 1972 Zürich Q1082241
Christian McBride
 
American musician United States of America 1972-05-31 Philadelphia Q732319
Damon Smith musical artist United States of America 1972-10-17 Spokane Q18224136
Kristor Brødsgaard
 
Danish double bassist; jazz musician Kingdom of Denmark 1979 Vedbæk Q16218383


music educator

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Buell Neidlinger American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist United States of America 1936-03-02 2018-03-16 New York City Whidbey Island Q1001724
Bob Magnusson American musician United States of America 1947-02-24 New York City Q888083
Robert Black American bassist (1956–2023) United States of America 1956-03-16 2023-06-22 Denver Hartford Q7342124
Esperanza Spalding
 
American jazz bassist and singer United States of America 1984-10-18 Portland Q238705


musician

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Johnny Williams American jazz double bassist and tuba player United States of America 1908-03-13 1998-10-23 Memphis New York City Q1702434
Bucky Calabrese American upright bassist 1927-06-08 1995-05-06 Q61868678
Jane Little double bass player from Atlanta (1929-2016) United States of America 1929-02-02 2016-05-15 Atlanta Atlanta Q24082552
Rodion Azarkhin musician Soviet Union
Russia
1931-03-22 2007-03-26 Kharkiv Moscow Q4058176
Pietro Capodieci Italy 1933-08-28 Rome Q47491445
Vishnu Wood American jazz bassist United States of America 1937 Q115548281
Jack Gregg
 
American musician United States of America 1938 West Virginia Q1307952
Steve Gilmore
 
American musician United States of America 1943-01-21 Trenton Q2346976
Joe Sanders
 
American bassist United States of America 1984 Milwaukee Q17123817
Cello Dias
 
Brazilian bassist Brazil São Paulo Q4161067
Kim Changhyun South Korean jazz bassist Q123298871


singer

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Willi Tokarev
 
Russian and former expatriate Russian-American singer Soviet Union
United States of America
Russia
1934-11-11 2019-08-04 Chernyshyov Moscow Q4459467
Miranda Sykes
 
English folk singer United Kingdom 1978 Spalding Q63363966


Misc

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Mécène Marié de l'Isle
 
French opera singer France 1811-05-22 1879-08-14 Château-Chinon (Ville) Compiègne Q2976788
Alfred Planyavsky Austrian classical musician Austria 1924-01-22 2013-06-18 Vienna Vienna Q4723295
Franco Cerri
 
Italian musician Italy 1926-01-29 2021-10-18 Milan Milan Q1442560
Whitey Mitchell American jazz bassist and TV writer/producer United States of America 1932-02-22 2009-01-17 Hackensack Palm Springs Q2567133
Tom Gray
 
American bluegrass musician, double bass player United States of America 1941-02-01 Chicago Q7815993
Adelhard Roidinger Austrian bassist Austria 1941-11-28 2022-04-22 Windischgarsten Q29034908
John Ray Webster
 
American checkers champion 1942-03-31 Stoneville Q88981551
Ron Halldorson Canadian musician and music producer 1943 Q115933355
Wolfgang Fernow German double bassist and composer Germany 1952-02-03 2022-05-17 Freiburg im Breisgau Q55434176
Amy LaVere
 
American musician United States of America 20th century Shreveport Q1840763
Mark Schatz American musician and record producer United States of America 1955-04-23 Q6769614
Sergey Shnurov
 
Russian musician Soviet Union
Russia
1973-04-13 Saint Petersburg Q921496
Mathias Eick
 
Norwegian musician (1979-) Norway 1979-06-26 Furnes Q464785

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