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Here one will find historical info on bassists as well as technique

Here are some old pics of Jazz bands from the storied past in the USA

    Jazz Bassists around the world that I know of.

    Historical Bassists

    Jazz

     

    Early Years

    Jimmy Blanton

    Jimmy Blanton.jpg

    Paul Chambers

    Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr..jpg

    Bob Haggart

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    Slam Stewart

    Slam Stewart, c. 1946

    Willie Dixon

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    Jimmy Garrison

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    Earl May

    Earl May | Discography | Discogs

    Milt Hinton

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    Red Mitchell

    Red Mitchell - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

    Oscar Pettiford

    Pettiford at the Aquarium, New York City, in 1946

    Later

    Scott LaFaro

    Scott LaFaro (With images) | Jazz musicians, Jazz artists, Ornette ...

    Buster Williams

    Williams at Victoria during the 2016 Oslo Jazzfestival.

    Gary Peacock

    Happy Birthday Gary Peacock! | National Jazz Museum in ...

    Ray Brown

    Brown in New York, c. 1947

    Ron Carter

    Carter performing at Berkeley Jazz Festival in May 1980

    Rufus Reed

    Rufus Reid — International Online Bass Summit

    Eddie Gomez

    Gómez on tour with Chick Corea, May 2010, Santiago, Chile

    Charlie Haden

    Videos: Charlie Haden | JAZZ.FM91

    Charles Mingus

    Performance for the U.S. Bicentennial, New York City, July 4, 1976 Photo by Tom Marcello

    Dave Holland

    Dave Holland at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, c. March 1987

    Eberhart Weber

    Eberhard Weber (Electro-Acoustic Bass) - German Jazz Bassist and ...

    Miroslav Vitous

    Vitouš in 2014

    Richard Davis

    Richard Davis at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, February 28, 1987

    Christian McBride

    PRX » Piece » 413: Celebrating the Birthday of Christian McBride ...

    John Clayton

    John Clayton — International Online Bass Summit

    Sam Jones

    Sam Jones musician.jpg

    William Parker

    William-Parker-Schindelbeck.jpg

    Cecil McBee

    Portrait of Cecil McBee by dandeel on Stars Portraits

    Stanley Clarke

    Stanley Clarke | Jazz musicians, Jazz players, Stanley clarke

    Percy Heath

    Percy Heath, New York City, June 1977

    Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

    NHØP and Kenny Drew in Pori Jazz 1974 | Pulse of Change ...

    Esperanza Spalding

    These Millennials Are Shaking Up the Jazz World | Esperanza ...

    Henry Grimes

    Grimes in 2005

    Canadians

    Dave Young

    Dave Young - Home | Facebook

    James Young

    James Young Bassist – Canadian Bass Player living in Victoria BC

    Don Thompson

    Painist George Shearing and bassist Don Thompson last night ...

    Charlie Biddle

    Charlie Biddle | The Canadian Encyclopedia

    George Koller

    George Koller photo.jpg

    Jim Vivian

    Jim Vivian | U of T Jazz

    Neil Swainson

    Neil Swainson | Discography | Discogs

    Classical and Others

    All Years

    Domenico Dragonetti

    Domenico Dragonetti Photos (3 of 7) | Last.fm

    Serge Koussevitzky

    Recalling Serge Koussevitzky, the superstar bassist - The Boston Globe

    Franz Simandl

    Simandl's bow | TalkBass.com

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Giovanni Bottesini - Wikipedia

    Francois Rabbath

    François Rabbath | Article | The Strad

    Gary Karr

    Gary Karr (1942-) - an American classical double bass virtuoso and ...

    Edgar Meyer

    Edgar Meyer Stock Pictures, Royalty-free Photos & Images - Getty ...

    Joel Quarrington

    New Page 1

    Hal Robinson

    Hal Robinson - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

    Bertram Turetzky

    Bertram Turetzky

    Frederick Zimmermann

    Fred Zimmermann

    Oscar G. Zimmerman

    Oscar Zimmerman

    Mark Dresser

    GEMS - February 2, 1998

    Barry Green

    Mr Barry Green | ANU School of Music

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