Pioneers
Bill Johnson (first to develop plucked string style)
Ed Garland - Steve Brown - John Lindsay - Pops Foster
Wellman Braud (with Duke Ellington 1927-35)
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Swing Era
Israel Crosby (1935 solo on "Blues of Israel")
Walter Page (with Count Basie)
John Kirby
Bob Haggart
Gene Ramey
Milt Hinton
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The Great Innovators
Jimmy Blanton (with Duke Ellington 1939-41)
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
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1940s
| Slam Stewart | Tommy Potter |
| Curly Russell | Red Callender |
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Bop To Modern Mainstream
| Ray Brown | Percy Heath |
| George Duvivier | Major Holley |
| Wendell Marshall | Ed Safranski |
| Red Mitchell | Monty Budwig |
| Leroy Vinnegar | Eugene Wright |
| Paul Chambers | Doug Watkins |
| Sam Jones | Wilbur Ware |
| Richard Davis | Ron Carter |
| Buster Williams | Miroslav Vitous |
| George Mraz | Harvie Swartz |
| David Friesen | Brian Torff |
| Glen Moore | John Clayton |
| Christian McBride | Reginald Veal |
| Robert Hurst | Charnett Moffett |
| John Patitucci | Charles Fambrough |
| Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen | |
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Bill Evans Bassists
Scott LaFaro
Chuck Israels
Eddie Gomez
Marc Johnson
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Avantgarde
Buell Neidlinger (with Cecil Taylor 1955-61)
Charlie Haden
Gary Peacock
Reggie Workman
Art Davis
Jimmy Garrison
Henry Grimes
Davis Izenzon (with Ornette Coleman 1961-68)
Malachi Favors (a founder of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago)
Dave Holland
Sirone
Johnny Dyani
Barre Phillips
Cecil McBee
Fred Hopkins
Mark Helias
Anthony Cox
John Lindberg
William Parker
Barry Guy
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