Bassist

Bassist Paul Simonon van de vroegere punkgroep The Clash

Een bassist is een musicus die contrabas en/of basgitaar speelt. Ook andere bespelers van bas-instrumenten zoals bassaxofoon worden wel bassist genoemd.

Bas-instrumenten

• Basblokfluit
• Basgitaar
• Basklarinet
• Bassaxofoon
• Bas-tuba
• Contrabas
• Contrafagot
• Fender Rhodes Piano Bass
• Gitarron

Bekende contrabassisten

Giovanni Bottesini met zijn favoriete contrabas, die overigens maar drie snaren had. Foto genomen rond 1865.

• Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
• Wellman Braud (1891-1967)
• Ray Brown (1926-2002)
• Ron Carter (1937)
• Pops Foster (1892-1969)
• Jimmy Garrison (1963-1976)
• Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
• Stanley Clarke (1951)
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946-2005)

Bekende basgitaristen

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Bryan Adams (1959) Dave Alexander (1947-1975) (The Stooges) Mike Alexander (1977-2009) (Evile) Jeff Ament (1963) (Pearl Jam) Michael Anthony (1954) (Van Halen en Chickenfoot) Tom Araya (1961) (Slayer) Reginald Arvizu (1969) (Korn) Talena Atfield (1983) (Kittie) Melissa Auf der Maur (1972) (The Smashing Pumpkins) Kevin Ayers (1944-2013) (Soft Machine) B Victor Bailey (1960) (Weather Report) Brian Baker (1965) (Minor Threat) Lou Barlow (1966) (Dinosaur Jr.) Aston Barrett (1946) (Bob Marley & The Wailers) Colin Bass (1951) (Camel) Walter Becker (1950) (Steely Dan) Mark Bedford (1961) (Madness) Andy Bell (1970) (Oasis) Jo Bench (Bolt Thrower) Jay Bentley (1964) (Bad Religion) Glen Benton (1967) (Deicide) Dan Berglund (1963) (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) Jeff Berlin (1953) Guy Berryman (1978) (Coldplay) Bob Birch (1956-2012) (Elton John) Bill Black (1926-1965) (Elvis Presley) Trevor Bolder (1950-2013) (Wishbone Ash en Uriah Heep) Pierre Bouvier (1979) (Simple Plan) Ray Brown (1926-2002) (o.a. Dizzy Gillespie en Frank Sinatra) Jack Bruce (1943) (Cream) Jean-Jacques Burnel (1952) (The Stranglers) Mike Burkett (1967) (Nofx) Heinz Burt (1942-2000) (The Tornados) Cliff Burton (1962-1986) (Metallica) Sibyl Buck (The Lonely Astronauts) Geezer Butler (1949) (Black Sabbath) C John Cale (1942) (The Velvet Underground) Captain Sensible (1954) (The Damned) Julian Casablancas (1978) (The Strokes) Ken Casey (1969) (Dropkick Murphys) Martyn P. Casey (1960) (o.a. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) Louis Cennamo (1946) (o.a. The Herd en Renaissance) Michael Cera (1988) (Mister Heavenly) Peter Cetera (1944) (Chicago) Justin Chancellor (1971) (Tool) Chas Chandler (1938-1996) (The Animals) Chi Cheng (1970-2013) (Deftones) Johnny Christ (1984) (Avenged Sevenfold) Greg Christian (1966) (Testament) Annie Clark (1982) (The Polyphonic Spree en Sufjan Stevens) Stanley Clarke (1951) (o.a. Return To Forever) Les Claypool (1963) (o.a. Primus) Adam Clayton (1960) (U2) Bootsy Collins (1951) (o.a. James Brown) Tim Commerford (1968) (Rage Against the Machine en Audioslave) Norman Cook (1963) (The Housemartins) Billy Cox (1941) (o.a. Jimi Hendrix en Band of Gypsys) Sheryl Crow (1962) Holger Czukay (1938) (Can) D Patrick Dahlheimer (1971) (Live en The Gracious Few) Bobby Dall (1963) (Poison) Sharlee d'Angelo (1973) (Arch Enemy) Rick Danko (1942-1999) (The Band) John Deacon (1951) (Queen) Kim Deal (1961) (Pixies en The Breeders) Joey DeMaio (1954) (Manowar) Michael Dempsey (1958) (The Cure) Carlos Dengler (1974) (Interpol) Bill Dickens (1958) Steve DiGiorgio (1967) (o.a. Death en Iced Earth) Allie DiMeco (1992) (The Naked Brothers Band) Mike Dirnt (1972) (Green Day) Lee Dorman (1942-2012) (Iron Butterfly) Gail Ann Dorsey (1963) Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941-2012) (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) E John Edwards (1953) (Status Quo) Colin Edwin (1970) (Porcupine Tree) David Ellefson (1964) (Megadeth) John Entwistle (1944-2002) (The Who) Roy Estrada (1943) (o.a. The Mothers of Invention en Little Feat) Chris Ethridge (1947-2012) (The Flying Burrito Brothers) Mark Evans (1956) (AC/DC) Jason Everman (1967) (Nirvana en Soundgarden) F Falco (Hans Hölzel) (1957-1998) (Drahdiwaberl) Dave Farrell (1977) (Linkin Park) Tracy Ferrie (Stryper) Ric Fierabracci (o.a. Chick Corea, Frank Gambale en Yanni) Richard Finch (1954) (KC and the Sunshine Band) Flea (Michael Balzary) (1962) (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Herbie Flowers (1938) (o.a. Sky, Blue Mink en T. Rex) Ben Folds (1966) (Ben Folds Five) John Ford (1948) (Strawbs, The Monks) Mo Foster (o.a. Cliff Richard, Phil Collins, Frida) Nikolai Fraiture (1978) (The Strokes) Matt Freeman (1966) (Rancid, Operation Ivy) G Timothy Gaines (1962) (Stryper) Noel Gallagher (1967) (Oasis) Simon Gallup (1960) (The Cure) Tony Garnier (1955) Rinus Gerritsen (1946) (Golden Earring) Maurice Gibb (1949-2003) (Bee Gees) John Giblin (o.a. Phil Collins, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel) Greg Ginn (1954) (Black Flag) John Glascock (1951-1979) (Jethro Tull) Roger Glover (1945) (Deep Purple, Rainbow) Kim Gordon (1953) (Sonic Youth) Billy Gould (1963) (Faith No More) Graham Gouldman (1946) (10cc) Larry Graham (1946) (Sly and the Family Stone) Paul Gray (1972-2010) (Slipknot) Colin Greenwood (1969) (Radiohead) Kelly Groucutt (1945-2009) (ELO) Trey Gunn (1960) (King Crimson) H Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (1946) (Jethro Tull) Robert Hardy (1980) (Franz Ferdinand) Nick Harmer (1975) (Death Cab for Cutie) Jet Harris (1939-2011) (The Shadows) Steve Harris (1956) (Iron Maiden) Jimmy Haslip (1951) (Yellowjackets) John Hassall (1981) (The Libertines) Evil Jared Hasselhoff (1971) (Bloodhound Gang) Michel Hatzigeorgiou (1961) (Aka Moon) Richard Hell (1949) (The Voidoids) Jonas Hellborg (1958) (Mahavishnu Orchestra) Marco Hietala (1966) (Nightwish, Tarot en Sinergy) Chris Hillman (1944) (The Byrds) Josh Homme (1973) (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Mondo Generator en Desert Sessions) Peter Hook (1956) (Joy Division en New Order) Hugh Hopper (1945-2009) (o.a. Soft Machine) Mark Hoppus (1972) (Blink-182, +44) Trevor Horn (1949) (The Buggles) Glenn Hughes (1952) (Deep Purple, Trapeze en Black Sabbath) Niko Hurme (1974) (Lordi) Ashley Hutchings (1945) (o.a. Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span) I Mark Ibold (1962) (Pavement) John Illsley (1949) (Dire Straits) J Anthony Jackson (1952) (o.a. Chick Corea, Chaka Khan) Jermaine Jackson (1954) (Jackson 5) Randy Jackson (1961) (The Jacksons) Marcel Jacob (1964-2009) (Europe, Talisman) James Jamerson (1936-1983) (Funk Brothers) Rick James (1948-2004) Joan Jett (1958) (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) Alphonso Johnson (1951) (Weather Report, Santana, Phil Collins) Darryl Jones (1961) (The Rolling Stones)\ John Paul Jones (1946) (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures) Percy Jones (1947) (Brand X, Melon) Steve Jones (1955) (Sex Pistols) K Tony Kanal (1970) (No Doubt) Mick Karn (1958-2011) (Japan) Carol Kaye (1935) Lemmy Kilmister (1945) (Motörhead) Mark King (1958) (Level 42) L Rick Laird (1941) (Mahavishnu Orchestra) Greg Lake (1947) (King Crimson en EL&P) Joe Lally (1963) (Fugazi, Ataxia) Ronnie Lane (1946-1997) (The Small Faces, Faces) Bill Laswell (1955) Blackie Lawless (1956) (W.A.S.P., New York Dolls) Jack Lawrence (1976) (The Greenhornes, Blanche, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather) Geddy Lee (1953) (Rush) Paz Lenchantin (1973) (o.a. A Perfect Circle, Pixies) Julian Lennon (1963) Martyn LeNoble (1969) (o.a. Thelonious Monster, The Cult) Tony Levin (1946) (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment) Mike Lewis (1977) (Lostprophets) Peter Lindgren (1973) (Opeth) John Lodge (1945) (The Moody Blues) Nick Lowe (1949) (Brinsley Schwarz, Rockpile) Phil Lynott (1949-1986) (Thin Lizzy) M Ian MacKaye (1962) (o.a. Minor Threat, Fugazi) Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, They Might Be Giants) Aimee Mann (1960) (Til Tuesday) Glen Matlock (1956) (Sex Pistols) Joe Mauldin (1940) (The Crickets) Paul McCartney (1942) (The Beatles, Wings) Jason McCaslin (1980) (Sum 41) Hugh McDonald (1950) (Bon Jovi) Ron McGovney (1962) (o.a. Metallica, Phantasm) Duff McKagan (1964) (o.a. Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) John McVie (1945) (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac) Nate Mendel (1968) (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters) Marcus Miller (1959) (o.a. Miles Davis, David Sanborn) Mike Mills (1958) (R.E.M.) Gordon Moakes (1976) (Bloc Party) Monk Montgomery (1921-1982) Tom Morello(1964) (o.a. Rage Against the Machine) Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) (1949) (Captain Beefheart, Mallard) John Myung (1967) (Dream Theater) N Samer el Nahhal (1975) (Lordi) Meshell Ndegeocello (Michelle Lynn Johnson) (1968) Jason Newsted (1963) (o.a. Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Metallica) Krist Novoselic (1965) (o.a. Nirvana, Sweet 75) Jonathan Noyce (1971) (Jethro Tull) O Brian O'Connor (Eagles of Death Metal) Shavo Odadjian (1974) (o.a. System of a Down) Mike Oldfield (1953) Nick Oliveri (1971) (o.a. Kyuss, Mondo Generator, Queens of the Stone Age) Stefan Olsdal (1974) (Placebo) Nick O'Malley (1985) (Arctic Monkeys) Mark Owen (1972) (Take That) Scott Owen (1975) (The Living End) P Pino Palladino (1957) (o.a. The Who, Phil Collins) Chuck Panozzo (1948) (Styx) Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) (o.a. Pat Metheny, Weather Report, Joni Mitchell) David Paton (1949) (Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project) Dave Pegg (1947) (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull) Tom Petty (1950) (o.a. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys) Kristen Pfaff (1967-1994) (Hole) Brian Pittman (1980) (Relient K) Pekka Pohjola (1952-2008) (o.a. Wigwam, The Group) Nic Potter (1951-2013) (Van der Graaf Generator) Dougie Poynter (1987) (McFly) Prince (1958) Q Pete Quaife 1943-2010) (The Kinks) Suzi Quatro (1950) R Dee Dee Ramone (1951-2002] (The Ramones) Noel Redding (1945-2003) (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) Scott Reeder (1965) (Kyuss, Unida) Tony Reeves (1943) (Colosseum, Greenslade) Trent Reznor (1965) (Nine Inch Nails) Tim Rice-Oxley (1976) (Keane) Oliver Riedel (1971) (Rammstein) Omar Rodríguez-López (1975) (De Facto) Kenny Rogers (1938) (The First Edition) Magnus Rosén (1963) (HammerFall) John Rostill (1942-1973) (The Shadows) Demis Roussos (1946) (Aphrodites Child) Ilan Rubin (1988) (The New Regime) Bert Ruiter (1946) (Focus) Mike Rutherford (1950) (Genesis, Mike and the Mechanics) S Tobias Sammet (1977) (Edguy, Avantasia) Mark Sandman (1952-1999) (Morphine) John Baker Saunders (1954-1999) (Mad Season) Jerry Scheff (1941) (TCB Band) Timothy B. Schmit (1947) (Eagles, Poco) Henkka Seppälä (1980) (Children of Bodom) Nick Seymour (1958) (Crowded House) Billy Sheehan (1953) (o.a. Mr. Big, Steve Vai, Talas, David Lee Roth) Ben Shepherd (1968) (Soundgarden) Ray Shulman (1949) (Gentle Giant) Gene Simmons (1949) (Kiss) Richard Sinclair (1948) (Caravan, Hatfield and the North en Camel) Nikki Sixx (1958) (Mötley Crüe) Leland Sklar (1948) (o.a. James Taylor, Phil Collins) Tim Sköld (1966) (Marilyn Manson) Esperanza Spalding (1984) Chris Squire (1948) (o.a. Yes (band) |Yes]]) Peter Steele (1962-2010) (Fallout, Carnivore, Type O Negative) Sting (Gordon Sumner) (1951) (The Police) Daryl Stuermer (1952) (Genesis) Alec John Such (1951) (Bon Jovi) Stuart Sutcliffe (1940-1962) (The Beatles) Dan Swanö (1973) (o.a. Nightingale) T Bruce Thomas (1948) (The Attractions) Dougie Thomson (1951) (Supertramp) Iracema Trevisan (1981) (Cansei de Ser Sexy) Robert Trujillo (1964) (Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica) Martin Turner (1947) (Wishbone Ash) V Eddie Van Halen (1955) (Van Halen) Larry Van Kriedt (1954) (AC/DC) Sami Vänskä (1976) (Nightwish) Jeroen van Veen (1974) (Within Temptation) Sid Vicious (1957-1979) (Sex Pistols) Varg Vikernes (1973) (Burzum, Mayhem) David Vincent (1965) (Morbid Angel) Klaus Voormann (1938) (Manfred Mann, Plastic Ono Band) Henny Vrienten (1948) (Doe Maar) W Bas van Wageningen (1982) (Di-rect) Jon Walker (1985) (Panic! at the Disco, The Young Veins) Scott Walker (1943) (The Walker Brothers) Joe Walsh (1947) (Eagles) Roger Waters (1943) (Pink Floyd) Mike Watt (1957) (o.a. The Stooges) Nathan Watts (1954) (Stevie Wonder) Mikey Way (1980) (My Chemical Romance) Alex Webster (1969) (Cannibal Corpse) Pete Wentz (1979) (Fall Out Boy) John Wetton (1949) (o.a. King Crimson, UK, Asia. Uriah Heep) Tina Weymouth (1950) (Talking Heads) Jeordie White (1971) (Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails) Verdine White (1951) (Earth, Wind & Fire) Cliff Williams (1949) (AC/DC) Brian Wilson (1942) (The Beach Boys) Kip Winger (1961) (Alice Cooper, Winger) Steve Winwood (1948) (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Go, Blind Faith) Nicky Wire (1969) (Manic Street Preachers) Jah Wobble (1958) Christopher Wolstenholme (1978) (Muse) Victor Wooten (1964) Bill Wyman (1936) (The Rolling Stones) Y Hiro Yamamoto (1961) (Soundgarden en Truly) Adam Yauch (1964-2012) (Beastie Boys) Thom Yorke (1968) (Radiohead en Atoms for Peace)

Externe link

• Top-100 van de beste basgitaristen