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Your Favorite Living Jazz Bassists: Rankings

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

1
Ron Carter
bass
9
Larry Grenadier
bass, acoustic
10
12
16
Buster Williams
bass, acoustic
17
18
20
23
Reuben Rogers
bass, acoustic
24
Rufus Reid
bass, acoustic
25
Drew Gress
bass
27
Thomas Morgan
bass, acoustic
28
Michael Formanek
bass, acoustic
32
Palle Danielsson
bass, acoustic
35
Michael Bisio
bass, acoustic
37
Tony Levin
bass
38
Arild Andersen
bass, acoustic
39
Eric Revis
bass
41
Ben Williams
bass, electric
42
Richard Davis
bass, acoustic
43
44
Mark Egan
bass
47
Steve Rodby
bass, acoustic
48
49
50
Barry Guy
bass
51
Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
52
53
Richard Bona
bass, electric
55
56
Anthony Jackson
bass, electric
58
59
Alex Blake
bass
60
62
Harvie S
bass, acoustic
64
Abraham Laboriel
bass, electric
66
Mark Dresser
bass, acoustic
68
Ben Wolfe
bass
69
Ben Street
bass
71
73
74
Pino Palladino
bass, electric
75
Joe Fonda
bass, acoustic
76
77
78
MeShell NdegeOcello
bass, electric
79
Martin Wind
bass, acoustic
82
83
Dominique di Piazza
bass, electric
84
Kris Funn
bass
85
Mono Neon
bass, electric
86
87
Matthew Garrison
bass, electric
88
Bootsy Collins
bass, electric
89
Paul McCartney
bass, electric
91
Ari Roland
bass
92
93
Tom Kennedy
bass, electric
94
Jaribu Shahid
bass, acoustic
95
Marion Hayden
bass, acoustic
96
97
Chris Wood
bass
98
Mike Pope
bass
99
100
Neal Miner
bass, acoustic
102
Mike Boone
bass
103
104
Neal Caine
bass, acoustic
106
107
108
Larry Gray
bass, acoustic
109
111
Sting
bass, electric
112
Nilson Matta
bass, acoustic
113
Adam Lane
bass, acoustic
114
Jorge Roeder
bass, acoustic
115
116
118
120
121
122
Mimi Jones
bass
123
124
126
128
129
130
Neil Swainson
bass, acoustic
131
132
Gerald Veasley
bass, electric
133
134
135
Greg Cohen
bass, acoustic
136
138
Jeff Berlin
bass, electric
139
Bob Magnusson
bass, acoustic
140
141
Joris Teepe
bass, acoustic
142
Phil Lesh
bass, electric
143
145
Chuck Israels
bass, acoustic
146
Matt Ulery
bass, acoustic
147
148
Silvia Bolognesi
bass, acoustic
149
Dan Loomis
bass
150
151
152
Steve Wallace
bass, acoustic
154
James King
bass, acoustic
155
Lloyd Swanton
bass, acoustic
156
Gary Fitzgerald
bass, acoustic
158
Junius Paul
bass, electric
159
160
161
Mike Watt
bass
162
Lisa Mezzacappa
bass, acoustic
163
164
165
166
167
Sal La Rocca
bass, acoustic
168
Mike Sharfe
bass, acoustic
169
John Webber
bass, acoustic
170
Rick Rosato
bass, acoustic
171
172
173
Dean Johnson
bass, acoustic
175
Michael Fields, Jr.
bass, electric
176
177
178
Gonçalo Almeida
bass, acoustic
179
180
Brendan Rothwell
bass, electric
181
Jiri Mraz
bass
182
183
Normand Guilbeault
bass, acoustic
184
Torbjorn Zetterberg
bass, acoustic
185
Nicolas Bédard
bass, acoustic
186
Jeff Ganz
bass
187
Bruno Chevillon
bass, acoustic
189
190
James Singleton
bass, acoustic
191
193
Vilhelm Bromander
bass, acoustic
194
Björn Meyer
bass, electric
195
Robert Landfermann
bass, acoustic
196
197
198
199
Mario Carrillo
bass, acoustic

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