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Noted jazz musicians who play string bass, electric bass, or both.
- Ben Allison
- Reid Anderson
- Don Bagley
- John Benitez
- Chuck Berghofer
- Charles Biddle
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud, (1891-1966)
- Brian Bromberg
- Ray Brown
- Steve Brown
- Whit Browne
- Monty Budwig
- Ron Carter, (born 1937)
- Paul Chambers
- Stanley Clarke
- John Clayton
- Avishai Cohen
- Greg Cohen
- Scott Colley
- Todd Coolman
- Bill Crow
- Chris Dahlgren
- Dr. Art Davis
- Richard Davis
- Chuck Domanico
- Mark Dresser
- Kermit Driscoll
- Ray Drummond
- George Duvivier
- Pops Foster
- David Friesen
- Sylvain Gagnon
- Jimmy Garrison
- Bruce Gertz
- Dan Greenspan
- Larry Grenadier
- Drew Gress
- Roland Guerin
- Charlie Haden
- Stuart Hamm
- Percy Heath
- Mark Helias
- Milt Hinton
- Dave Holland
- Robert Hurst
- Dieter Ilg
- Chubby Jackson
- Eddie Jones
- Sam Jones
- Marc Johnson
- Bill Johnson, (1872-1972)
- John Kirby
- Teddy Kotick
- Scott LaFaro
- Steve LaSpina
- Jay Leonhart
- John Lockwood
- Curtis Lundy
- Michael Manring
- Cecil McBee
- Christian McBride
- Al McKibbon
- Mary Ann McSweeney
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Charles Mingus, (1922-1979)
- Red Mitchell
- Charnett Moffett
- Joe Mondragon
- Michael Moore
- Al Morgan
- Wilber Morris
- George Morrow
- George Mraz
- Bob Nieske
- Walter Page
- William Parker
- John Patitucci
- Gary Peacock
- Ugonna Okegwo
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Oscar Pettiford
- Jaco Pastorius, (1951-1987)
- Tommy Potter
- Rufus Reid
- Eric Revis
- Steve Rodby
- Curly Russell
- Tony Scherr
- Ed Schuller
- Lynn Seaton
- Avery Sharpe
- Arvell Shaw
- Todd Sickafoose
- Andy Simpkins
- Carson Smith
- Ben Street
- Steve Swallow
- Harvie Swartz
- Stomu Takeishi
- Henri Texier
- Hein Van de Geyn
- Reginald Veal
- Mads Vinding
- Leroy Vinnegar
- Miroslav Vitous
- Wilbur Ware
- Peter Washington
- Rodney Whitaker
- Buster Williams
- Gary Willis
- Ben Wolfe
- Marshall Wood
- Jimmy Woode
- Victor Lemonte Wooten
- Reggie Workman
- Eugene Wright
- Dave Young
- Mark Zubek
