Paul Chambers played on the most important albums in Jazz, crazy to leave him out

My only addition would be my favorite bassist: Mr. Paul Chambers.

Really should be "Acoustic Bass Players" and "Electric Bass Players" so this list should include Eddie Gomez, Gary Peacock, NHOP, George Mraz and Ray Brown.

you missed a very important name in there: Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen.....

Hard to argue with such an accomplished collection of bass players. But I would add the great Ray Brown to that list. He was one of the most respected and sought after bass players of his era. Thanks for sharing

Love that 'Jaco Pastorius 1951~'

Strange to mix upright and electric bass in the same selection... NHOP and Scott LaFaro are definitely missing for me...

Jimmy blanton, Paul chambers, niels Pederson to name a few

LOL after reading some of the comments it's obvious we need a top 500 list. bring a snickers, we gon be here a while

This is his list. Of course if we made ours, it would be so different.

Charlie Haden, Steve Swallow, Charnett Moffett and Avishai Cohen are among the 10 best.

Paul chambers, Gary Willis, Charlie Haden, Hadrian feraud, Anthony Jackson, Ray Brown, Christian McBride... the list can go on and on.. definitely a good start.

And yes, Percy Heath! One of the most recorded bassists in jazz history !

I think you need do separate lists for double bass and electric bass because you left off too many double bass players that deserve to be on the list... Ray Brown, Percy Heath, Sam Jones, Jimmy Blanton, Miroslav Vitous, Richard Davis, Eddie Gomez and NHOP come to mind for starters. Stanley Clarke and John Patitucci could be on both lists.

Funny to have a picture of Charlie Haden but no mention, or did I miss it? What about Paul Chambers? He's probably one of the most influential. And yes, someone mentioned NHOP. What about Scott LaFaro? Ray Brown? Eddie Gomez? Those guys are way more influential than Whooten, Miller and Bona (yes, those guys are great).

on "acoustic Bass Blayers" should include Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen too

Definitely Ray Brown! And yes, I agree, NHOP definetly worthy of mention, also Jimmy Blanton..he started the modern sound in jazz on bass... no Christian Mcbride??!! Younger than the others mentioned but has the body of work, he's been in collaboration with the greatest musicians of all time for a reason, definitely in top 10.. where's Paul Chambers?? Influenced generations of bassists... Sam Jones, Buster Williams, Rufus Reid... just my opinion 🎶

Marcus is my favorite, see him with the metropole orkest, is just fantastic

I love John Clayton too. Good list.

Portrait of Tracy by Jaco Pastorius, what a beautiful song.

Where is Ray Brown???!!!

Christian McBride...for sure

These are all such talented people but Jaco is where the word unique truly has meaning.

Holland is also formidable on cello, and plays guitar and piano as well. It is his composer's ear that would place him in my top five.

The incredible world of bass

Double Bass (Contrabass) players and electric bass guitar players should be separated. They are two different instruments.

Others have questioned your inclusions. I simply thank you for this wonderful compilation.

Great list but surely Ray Brown and Percy Heath belong here too.

Where's Paul Chambers? Charlie Haden?

Good list! Nice job! :-)

good pick, you should do a list with top underrated 10 jazz bass players... I`m sure some great names will appear there and will help young bass players expand their knowledge about the instrument and music...

Jimmy Garrison (jazz) Eddie Gomez (jazz) Dough Wimbish (Rock) among the others

I almost lost it when I didn't see my homie from Philly Stanley Clarke. And since they added Jaco Pastorius, they might as well have added Alphonso Johnson, another home town talented bassist. But Stanley played both the electric and double bass as well.

You hit it right on the head I wouldn't change a thing .thanks Jaco was the best of them all and Ron Carter my favorite up right player. All of the heavy hitters. Marcus . John pat.Mingus. the men of bass.

Malachi Favors ,Eddie Gomez, Ray Brown,

Charlie Haden and Scott LaFaro, anyone?

In Canada we have some guys that are absolutely world class...Neil Swainson, Don Thompson, Dave Young and Steve Wallace to name a few.

Great list. All the names are there that I would of thought of.

Most influential to me is; Jaco! He also played upright double bass. Until it blew up. Not mentioned on double bass at all, is:- ? Today’s best young contemporary bassists in my opinion are:- Mohiney Dey, Federico Malaman, Davadid, H. Feroud and G.Severn. To name just a few.

I guess some might consider it gluttony to have all 3 of Pat Metheny's bass bass players(Pastorius Rodby and Bona), listed. But out of those 3, Rodby was by far the most instrumental(no pun intended), in helping Metheny/Mays make their most trademark and influential music. Rodby may not be as flashy as Jaco and Bona. But he sure as hell can hold a solid modal groove and keep the song in motion, better than any other bass player not just in jazz, but perhaps all of popular music. Criminal omission.

EXCELENT LIST CONGRATULETION....

Great picks. Love me some Brian Bromberg...

Top ten is really hard, but this list is excellent!!

Very Good list.

No-one seems to have mentioned Sam Jones; NHOP and Sam Jones 'Double Bass', 1976

I would add Ray Brown. Very tasteful player.

Great stuff! I do agree that you overlooked Ray Brown and Milt Hinton but I'm willing to bet it wasn't intentional

Some important missing (NHOP is one, Eberhard Weber is another), but I mostly agree.

Great rank, Jaco no doubt n.1 not only for technic but for his visionary way of bass concept...

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I think everyone could say ten more and then it turns out they are all great bass players.

Nice, I've been playing upright 30-years and it's a lot more working than these players let on while they're playing. ... You could do a top 10 for jazz upright, jazz electric and jazz el who play upright, players. ...

Jimmy Garrison,Paul Chambers,Ray Brown,Barre Phillips,Gary Willis,Jeff Berlin,Marc Johnson,Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller that's all I needed to hear , proper good is that!

Jimmy Garrison is a beast soloist...

Some of these guys are jazz bass players, definitely would’ve added ray brown in there somewhere in exchange

I can't believe that Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHOP) is not on your list. Never heard of him?

Fun to hear all the different sounds and concepts side by side. Pettiford has the most mellow sound in this vid...

My best friend for25 years was the principal bassist of a top orchestra. He was a good jazz player, also. Although he was a friend of Day Brown, he said the best jazz bassist, by far, is Victor Wooten.

Definitely needed some NHOP

Top bass player is one that can keep the band centered I the pocket with good tone and groove and refrain from solos that exceed four bars.

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Great list. I would've included Gary Peacock. And NHOP.

Great list! One suggestion: Scott LaFaro.

This is a personal top 10..can't argue with this.

Cecil mc bee. Good list

Seems separate acoustic and electric lists would’ve been best…then put Stanley on both lists 😁

Strongly agree

Nice list. The only guy I've never been able to get is Marcus Miller. I know he's technically a good player, but his music just doesn't reach me. I would add a lesser-known name to the list, and that's Guy Nsangué, who played with Jean Luc Ponty for many years. The guy was/is an incredibly gifted bass player.

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Great players. For me though, Niels Pedersen is a must must listen. Check him out if you haven't. Legend.

add to that ray brown,scott lafaro,chuck israels,eddie gomez all legends

i appreciate your list, but Pettiford should've been closer to the top; the clips from Clarke and Pastorious weren't really showing off their best. All in all though its a worthy list: well done.

No Bass players compilation can be complete without Anthony Johnson and James Jamerson. I agree we should separate Acoustic and Electric Bass playing.

I agree with your great selection but there few more...

This is why jazz is in the place it is right now. A fan dares to show and celebrate some of his favourite musicians = a shower of complaning and whinning on the comments.

not bad man...i agree.....

Hard to argue with any of these monsters!

Here's one more......Brian Bromberg (Wood albums)

What effect does Pastorius and Bona use in this video?

And Charlie Haden, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Scott Lafaro, Christian McBride, Miroslav Vitous, P. Danielssen, Avishai Kohen......

Paul Chambers , Ray Brown , Dario Deidda , Christian Mc Bride , Federico Pecoraro

Eddie Gomez should be on any top ten list of jazz bass players.

Richard Bona is ridiculously amazing

JAMES JAMERSON is the KING of modern bass Upright and Electric ,Jazz and otherwise ...yall slept

The right choice😎

I feel sad that this video was started with an image of Charlie Haden, & yet somehow, Scott LaFaro is actually forgotten. Not a single mention of him. They were room mates in the late 50s when they were working on Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz". Players like Bona or Pastorius would not exist w/o LaFaro. The 1st time I heard Jaco, I knew he'd listened to LaFaro. If you play two-finger style with your right hand, you owe that to LaFaro. Before LaFaro, almost everyone just played "the hook". His work w/ pianist Bill Evans, (fresh from Miles Davis' Quintet) - is groundbreaking. He died in a car crash July 4th weekend, 1961 - & seems to be forgotten now. Shame~

with phrases that make sense, john patitucci has a pulse

Scott Ambush, Paul Jackson, Glecio Nascimento.

Victor Wooten totally lost control of his E string at the beginning of his “solo”. He has the chops but his application as far as being musical and songs, is more like a class on the subject than the proposed product of that class. He’s one of those guys who has allowed the beautiful art of musical knowledge to entrap his creative side. I’ve witnessed this in many friends, some who lament having learned so much, and then there are those who were probably gifted musicians in the first place, then went on to make incredibly unique and diverse and most of all, attractive music most will ever see. For Victor, what he cares about is his ability to play every mode or scale or chord, and do it anywhere at any time, so that he can assemble them as he sees fit and rip through them quickly enough to leave little impression upon the mind’s memory section, which would then anticipate the upcoming section given the established pattern of tone and tempo. In other words, make it a song. Not an exercise.

Fairly complete. With two exceptions imho. Charlie Haden and Jeff Berlin. I would have added them.

The esoteric nature of jazz makes for interesting reading, mostly in comments. Then seamlessly moves into "My dog's bigger than your dog." And then sadly leads into "Your stupid." There is a fabulous list of names below. I rather doubt one will find a universal list! So I'll just say there are many players that would be on my list. The 2 that would automatically be there are Christian McBride and Paul Chambers. Adding electric will, quite naturally lead to phenomenally talented rock bass players as well as jazz.That would include John Entwhistle and Jack Bruce on my list. The dichotomy in my book is most exceptionally talented rock bassist were influenced by jazz. One question: What planet is Jaco from?

I see that all your clips are of solos. So are you judging bassists solely on their solo chops, rather than how they work with an ensemble? Because that’s the most important part of the job for a jazz bassist. That’s why Paul Chambers and Ray Brown have to be on the list, in preference to some of those electric hot shots. And there’s really no excuse at all for forgetting NHOP.

I also like NHOP, Rufus Reid, Brian Bromberg, and Harvie Swartz.

Ray Brown & Brian Bromberg 🔝

How did Marcus Miller make the cut? Where's Steve Rodby? He's one of the most solid, in the pocket bass players out there.

John Kirby showed us that small bands can be a thing.

good list, 10 is to short

Music is universal, let's not compress ourselves with styles. Having said that, James Jameson and Anthony Jackson. And please let us not forget the late great Ronnie Baker!

for me, if you talking about jazz bassist i think you can not forget lease these guy on following 1. Ray Brown 2. Scott Lafaro 3. Paul Chamber 4. NHOP 5. Chalie Harden 6. Oscar Pettiford 7. Ron Carter 8. Chales Mingus Cuz all of them are made jazz music to be jazz music on these day