The Greatest Bass Players of All Time
Who is the greatest bass player?
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Jaco Pastorius
The "world's greatest bass player"13 points
2
Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton11 points
3
Victor Wooten
Freak of nature, bassist for Bela Fleck and the Fl more...10 points
5
Larry Graham
The legendary Bassist9 points
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John Paul Jones
Led Zeppelin bassist and now solo artist.8 points
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Les Claypool
The official Web site of Les Claypool, uniquely ta more...7 points
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Jayen Varma
7 points
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Jeff Berlin
Electric bass monster.6 points
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Richard Bona
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Richard Bona is my favorite bassist living today. I've seen him perform live twice, something I highly recommend if his touring brings him to your town. Bona is from Minta, in eastern Cameroon, where he grew up in a musical family. &n...
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Billy Sheehan
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Billy Sheehan has changed the way bass guitar is played. Rising to cult status in the 80's with his Buffalo, NY based band Talas, Billy was recruited by David Lee Roth when Roth left Van Halen in '85. He recorded two platinum selling albums with the...
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Jaco Pastorius
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In 1976, Jaco burst onto the scene with the release of Jaco Pastorius, his landmark debut album. Over the next ten years, Jaco contributed volumes to the world of music. Not only did Jaco forever change the role of the electric bass, he contributed m...
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Victor Bailey
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Victor Bailey is a veteran bass player, having performed and recorded with Weather Report, Omar Hakim, Sonny Rollins, Miriam Makeba, Larry Coryell, Lenny White, Hamiet Bluiet, Olu Dara, Don Alias, Sadao Watanabe, Michael Urbaniak, Ursula Dudziak, Roy...
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Jeff Berlin
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Award winning bassist Jeff Berlin is regarded as one of the greatest innovators to ever play the electric bass. Having played with most of the greatest jazz and rock musicians of the last 25 years, Jeff also led the way in modernizing the educational...
Your Take
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Just added Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen to the list and gave you another Squid Angel Blessing.
coreybrown wrote...
in reply to dpatterson2 This is a reader-created list. Please add to it!
dpatterson2
Any list without James Jamerson (Motown bass player of every Motown song you love) and Ashton "Family Man" Barret (Bob Marley and the Wailers) is not a list of the greatest bass players. I'm not saying they should be numbers one and two, but to not include them makes about as much sense as including the bass player for Yes. Please, let's not be so ridiculous in our list making. I'll be sure to discredit this web-site for its lack of insight.
Number1Athlete wrote...
John Paul Jones is my favorite :) Cool lens by the way, 5 stars
KimGiancaterino wrote...
My husband is a bass player, so I recognize most of these names. Angel Blessings to you!
ArtSiren wrote...
Great lens! And a nice list of bass players - some fantastic bassists on there!! Cheers.
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