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Your Favorite Living Jazz Bassists: Rankings

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This poll closes on November 16, 2022 | Voters: 221

1
musicians/ron-carter
Ron Carter
bass
2
musicians/dave-holland
Dave Holland
bass
3
musicians/christian-mcbride
Christian McBride
bass
4
musicians/john-patitucci
John Patitucci
bass
5
musicians/stanley-clarke
Stanley Clarke
bass
6
musicians/marcus-miller
Marcus Miller
bass
7
musicians/esperanza-spalding
Esperanza Spalding
bass
8
musicians/steve-swallow
Steve Swallow
bass
9
musicians/larry-grenadier
Larry Grenadier
bass, acoustic
10
musicians/marc-johnson
Marc Johnson
bass
11
musicians/william-parker
William Parker
bass
12
musicians/eddie-gomez
Eddie Gomez
bass
13
musicians/linda-may-han-oh
Linda May Han Oh
bass
14
musicians/victor-wooten
Victor Wooten
bass
15
musicians/reggie-workman
Reggie Workman
bass
16
musicians/buster-williams
Buster Williams
bass, acoustic
17
musicians/scott-colley
Scott Colley
bass
18
musicians/john-clayton
John Clayton
bass
19
musicians/miroslav-vitous
Miroslav Vitous
bass
20
musicians/cecil-mcbee
Cecil McBee
bass
21
musicians/eberhard-weber
Eberhard Weber
bass
22
musicians/avishai-cohen
Avishai Cohen
bass
23
musicians/reuben-rogers
Reuben Rogers
bass, acoustic
24
musicians/rufus-reid
Rufus Reid
bass, acoustic
25
musicians/drew-gress
Drew Gress
bass
26
musicians/peter-washington
Peter Washington
bass
27
musicians/thomas-morgan
Thomas Morgan
bass, acoustic
28
musicians/michael-formanek
Michael Formanek
bass, acoustic
29
musicians/alphonso-johnson
Alphonso Johnson
bass
30
musicians/tal-wilkenfeld
Tal Wilkenfeld
bass
31
musicians/dezron-douglas
Dezron Douglas
bass
32
musicians/palle-danielsson
Palle Danielsson
bass, acoustic
33
musicians/charnett-moffett
Charnett Moffett
bass
34
musicians/lars-danielsson
Lars Danielsson
bass
35
musicians/michael-bisio
Michael Bisio
bass, acoustic
36
musicians/brian-bromberg
Brian Bromberg
bass
37
musicians/tony-levin
Tony Levin
bass
38
musicians/arild-andersen
Arild Andersen
bass, acoustic
39
musicians/eric-revis
Eric Revis
bass
40
musicians/jamaaladeen-tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
bass
41
musicians/ben-williams
Ben Williams
bass, electric
42
musicians/richard-davis
Richard Davis
bass, acoustic
43
musicians/matt-penman
Matt Penman
bass
44
musicians/mark-egan
Mark Egan
bass
45
musicians/rodney-whitaker
Rodney Whitaker
bass
46
musicians/cameron-brown
Cameron Brown
bass
47
musicians/steve-rodby
Steve Rodby
bass, acoustic
48
musicians/robert-hurst
Robert Hurst
bass
49
musicians/matt-brewer
Matt Brewer
bass
50
musicians/barry-guy
Barry Guy
bass
51
musicians/ben-allison
Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
52
musicians/ray-drummond
Ray Drummond
bass
53
musicians/richard-bona
Richard Bona
bass, electric
54
musicians/john-lindberg
John Lindberg
bass
55
musicians/jimmy-haslip
Jimmy Haslip
bass
56
musicians/anthony-jackson
Anthony Jackson
bass, electric
57
musicians/ralphe-armstrong
Ralphe Armstrong
bass
58
musicians/dan-berglund
Dan Berglund
bass
59
musicians/alex-blake
Alex Blake
bass
60
musicians/russell-hall
Russell Hall
bass
61
musicians/steve-laspina
Steve LaSpina
bass
62
musicians/harvie-s
Harvie S
bass, acoustic
63
musicians/joelle-leandre
Joëlle Léandre
bass
64
musicians/abraham-laboriel
Abraham Laboriel
bass, electric
65
musicians/carlos-henriquez
Carlos Henriquez
bass
66
musicians/mark-dresser
Mark Dresser
bass, acoustic
67
musicians/stephan-crump
Stephan Crump
bass
68
musicians/ben-wolfe
Ben Wolfe
bass
69
musicians/ben-street
Ben Street
bass
70
musicians/anders-jormin
Anders Jormin
bass
71
musicians/james-genus
James Genus
bass
72
musicians/barre-phillips
Barre Phillips
bass
73
musicians/nathan-east
Nathan East
bass
74
musicians/pino-palladino
Pino Palladino
bass, electric
75
musicians/joe-fonda
Joe Fonda
bass, acoustic
76
musicians/mark-helias
Mark Helias
bass
77
musicians/jay-leonhart
Jay Leonhart
bass
78
musicians/meshell-ndegeocello-9768
MeShell NdegeOcello
bass, electric
79
musicians/martin-wind
Martin Wind
bass, acoustic
80
musicians/ugonna-okegwo
Ugonna Okegwo
bass
81
musicians/essiet-essiet
Essiet Essiet
bass
82
musicians/tony-scherr
Tony Scherr
bass
83
musicians/dominique-di-piazza
Dominique di Piazza
bass, electric
84
musicians/kris-funn
Kris Funn
bass
85
musicians/mono-neon
Mono Neon
bass, electric
86
musicians/ken-filiano
Ken Filiano
bass
87
musicians/matthew-garrison
Matthew Garrison
bass, electric
88
musicians/bootsy-collins
Bootsy Collins
bass, electric
89
musicians/paul-mccartney
Paul McCartney
bass, electric
90
musicians/etienne-mbappe
Etienne Mbappe
bass
91
musicians/ari-roland
Ari Roland
bass
92
musicians/todd-coolman
Todd Coolman
bass
93
musicians/tom-kennedy
Tom Kennedy
bass, electric
94
musicians/jaribu-shahid
Jaribu Shahid
bass, acoustic
95
musicians/marion-hayden
Marion Hayden
bass, acoustic
96
musicians/henri-texier
Henri Texier
bass
97
musicians/chris-wood
Chris Wood
bass
98
musicians/mike-pope
Mike Pope
bass
99
musicians/ron-mcclure
Ron McClure
bass
100
musicians/neal-miner
Neal Miner
bass, acoustic
101
musicians/essiet-okon-essiet
Essiet Okon Essiet
bass
102
musicians/mike-boone
Mike Boone
bass
103
musicians/james-cammack
James Cammack
bass
104
musicians/neal-caine
Neal Caine
bass, acoustic
105
musicians/hans-glawischnig
Hans Glawischnig
bass
106
musicians/derrick-hodge
Derrick Hodge
bass
107
musicians/reid-anderson
Reid Anderson
bass
108
musicians/larry-gray
Larry Gray
bass, acoustic
109
musicians/noriko-ueda
Noriko Ueda
bass
110
musicians/ingebrigt-haker-flaten
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
bass
111
musicians/sting
Sting
bass, electric
112
musicians/nilson-matta
Nilson Matta
bass, acoustic
113
musicians/adam-lane
Adam Lane
bass, acoustic
114
musicians/jorge-roeder
Jorge Roeder
bass, acoustic
115
musicians/viktor-krauss
Viktor Krauss
bass
116
musicians/roland-guerin
Roland Guerin
bass
117
musicians/darek-oleszkiewicz
Darek Oleszkiewicz
bass
118
musicians/chris-lightcap
Chris Lightcap
bass
119
musicians/michael-manring
Michael Manring
bass
120
musicians/mads-vinding
Mads Vinding
bass
121
musicians/julian-vaughn
Julian Vaughn
bass
122
musicians/mimi-jones
Mimi Jones
bass
123
musicians/curtis-lundy
Curtis Lundy
bass
124
musicians/edgar-meyer
Edgar Meyer
bass
125
musicians/orlando-le-fleming
Orlando le Fleming
bass
126
musicians/matt-clohesy
Matt Clohesy
bass
127
musicians/kiyoshi-kitagawa
Kiyoshi Kitagawa
bass
128
musicians/tim-lefebvre
Tim Lefebvre
bass
129
musicians/bill-laswell
Bill Laswell
bass
130
musicians/neil-swainson
Neil Swainson
bass, acoustic
131
musicians/hassan-shakur
Hassan Shakur
bass
132
musicians/gerald-veasley
Gerald Veasley
bass, electric
133
musicians/reginald-veal
Reginald Veal
bass
134
musicians/steve-novosel
Steve Novosel
bass
135
musicians/greg-cohen
Greg Cohen
bass, acoustic
136
musicians/jay-anderson
Jay Anderson
bass
137
musicians/yasushi-nakamura
Yasushi Nakamura
bass
138
musicians/jeff-berlin
Jeff Berlin
bass, electric
139
musicians/bob-magnusson
Bob Magnusson
bass, acoustic
140
musicians/kyle-eastwood
Kyle Eastwood
bass
141
musicians/joris-teepe
Joris Teepe
bass, acoustic
142
musicians/phil-lesh
Phil Lesh
bass, electric
143
musicians/david-friesen
David Friesen
bass
144
musicians/renaud-garcia-fons
Renaud Garcia-Fons
bass
145
musicians/chuck-israels
Chuck Israels
bass, acoustic
146
musicians/matt-ulery
Matt Ulery
bass, acoustic
147
musicians/vicente-archer
Vicente Archer
bass
148
musicians/silvia-bolognesi
Silvia Bolognesi
bass, acoustic
149
musicians/dan-loomis
Dan Loomis
bass
150
musicians/chuck-bergeron
Chuck Bergeron
bass
151
musicians/conrad-lozano
Conrad Lozano
bass
152
musicians/steve-wallace
Steve Wallace
bass, acoustic
153
musicians/jon-rune-strom-37878
Jon Rune Strøm
bass
154
musicians/james-king
James King
bass, acoustic
155
musicians/lloyd-swanton
Lloyd Swanton
bass, acoustic
156
musicians/gary-fitzgerald
Gary Fitzgerald
bass, acoustic
157
musicians/lukas-kranzelbinder
Lukas Kranzelbinder
bass
158
musicians/junius-paul
Junius Paul
bass, electric
159
musicians/calum-gourlay
Calum Gourlay
bass
160
musicians/boris-koslov
Boris Koslov
bass
161
musicians/mike-watt
Mike Watt
bass
162
musicians/lisa-mezzacappa
Lisa Mezzacappa
bass, acoustic
163
musicians/antti-lotjonen
Antti Lotjonen
bass
164
musicians/michael-grimes
Michael Grimes
bass
165
musicians/randy-jackson
Randy Jackson
bass
166
musicians/tommy-cecil
Tommy Cecil
bass
167
musicians/sal-la-rocca
Sal La Rocca
bass, acoustic
168
musicians/mike-sharfe
Mike Sharfe
bass, acoustic
169
musicians/john-webber
John Webber
bass, acoustic
170
musicians/rick-rosato
Rick Rosato
bass, acoustic
171
musicians/melissa-slocum
Melissa Slocum
bass
172
musicians/tom-warrington
Tom Warrington
bass
173
musicians/dean-johnson
Dean Johnson
bass, acoustic
174
musicians/morten-ramsbol
Morten Ramsbøl
bass
175
musicians/michael-fields-jr
Michael Fields, Jr.
bass, electric
176
musicians/jeron-white
Jeron White
bass
177
musicians/tarus-mateen
Tarus Mateen
bass
178
musicians/goncalo-almeida-36990
Gonçalo Almeida
bass, acoustic
179
musicians/burniss-travis
Burniss Travis
bass
180
musicians/brendan-rothwell
Brendan Rothwell
bass, electric
181
musicians/jiri-mraz
Jiri Mraz
bass
182
musicians/dean-schmidt
Dean Schmidt
bass
183
musicians/normand-guilbeault
Normand Guilbeault
bass, acoustic
184
musicians/torbjorn-zetterberg
Torbjorn Zetterberg
bass, acoustic
185
musicians/nicolas-bedard
Nicolas Bédard
bass, acoustic
186
musicians/jeff-ganz
Jeff Ganz
bass
187
musicians/bruno-chevillon
Bruno Chevillon
bass, acoustic
188
musicians/ibrahim-jones
Ibrahim Jones
bass
189
musicians/carl-mayotte
Carl Mayotte
bass
190
musicians/james-singleton
James Singleton
bass, acoustic
191
192
musicians/ole-morten-vagan
Ole Morten Vågan
bass
193
musicians/vilhelm-bromander
Vilhelm Bromander
bass, acoustic
194
musicians/bjorn-meyer
Björn Meyer
bass, electric
195
musicians/robert-landfermann
Robert Landfermann
bass, acoustic
196
musicians/kris-monson
Kris Monson
bass
197
198
musicians/sharay-reed
Sharay Reed
bass
199
musicians/mario-carrillo
Mario Carrillo
bass, acoustic
200
musicians/jerome-regard
Jérôme Regard
bass

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