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Ron Carter, 2008. He is the most-recorded bassist in jazz history, with appearances on over 2,200 albums. [1]This list of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the 1970s, electric bass players.
Carter was born in Ferndale, Michigan. [1] At the age of 10, he started playing the cello, switching to bass while at Cass Technical High School. [4] He earned a B.A. in music from the Eastman School of Music (1959) and a master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music (1961). [1]
Pastorius was born December 1, 1951, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, [1] the oldest of three boys born to Stephanie Catherine (née Haapala; 1925-2001), who was of Finnish descent, and musician John Francis Pastorius Jr. (1922-2004), a singer and jazz drummer of Italian and German descent, who spent much of his time on the road.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is a well-known bass guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.. The following is a list of notable electric bass guitar players. . The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a p
3 Double bass. 4 Bass guitar. 5 Bassoon. 6 Cello. 7 Clarinet. 8 Cornet. 9 Drums. 10 Flugelhorn. 11 Flute. ... This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on ...
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
Patitucci switches between double bass and electric bass. [3] He was the artistic director of the Bass Collective, a school for bassists in New York City and is involved with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. He was Professor of Jazz Studies at City College of New York. In June 2012 he started the ...
Marc Alan Johnson (born October 21, 1953, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz bass player, composer and band leader. Johnson was born in Nebraska and grew up in Texas. Johnson was born in Nebraska and grew up in Texas.