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Some of the most notable nicknames and stage names are listed here. Although the term Jazz royalty exists for "Kings" and similar royal or aristocratic nicknames, there is a wide range of other terms, many of them obscure. Where the origin of the nickname is known, this is explained at each artist's corresponding article.
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.
Entwistle continues to top 'best ever bass player' polls in musicians magazines. In 2000, Guitar magazine named him "Bassist of the Millennium" in a readers' poll. [59] J. D. Considine ranked Entwistle No. 9 on his list of "Top 50 Bass Players". [60] He was named the second best rock bassist on Creem Magazine's 1974 Reader Poll Results. [61]
Bass Player magazine gave him second place on a list of the one hundred greatest bass players of all time, behind James Jamerson. [41] After his death in 1987, he was voted, by readers of DownBeat magazine, to its Hall of Fame, joining bassists Jimmy Blanton, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, and Milt Hinton. [42]
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 ...
Walter Sylvester Page (February 9, 1900 – December 20, 1957) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, best known for his groundbreaking work as a double bass player with Walter Page's Blue Devils and the Count Basie Orchestra.
Anthony Cox (born October 24, 1954) is an American jazz bass player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is known for his work with several leading musicians including Geri Allen , Dewey Redman , Dave Douglas , John Scofield , Pat Metheny , Gary Thomas , Marty Ehrlich , Ed Blackwell , Joe Lovano , and Dave King .
Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. [1]Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, [2] his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the road with Cab Calloway, and "The Judge" from the 1950s and beyond. [3]