Famous double-bassists
musician who plays the double bass
53 people
Zubin Mehta
1936
· Age 89
Alive
Esperanza Spalding
1984
· Age 41
Alive
J
Jan Dismas Zelenka
1679
– 1745
· Age 66
Deceased
Ron Carter
1937
· Age 88
Alive
Giovanni Bottesini
1821
– 1889
· Age 67
Deceased
Paul Chambers
1935
– 1969
· Age 33
Deceased
Dave Holland
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Sergey Shnurov
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Oscar Pettiford
1922
– 1960
· Age 37
Deceased
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
1946
– 2005
· Age 58
Deceased
Christian McBride
1972
· Age 53
Alive
Gavin Bryars
1943
· Age 83
Alive
Antonio Rosetti
1746
– 1792
· Age 45
Deceased
George Bruns
1914
– 1983
· Age 68
Deceased
Johann Joseph Abert
1832
– 1915
· Age 82
Deceased
Danny Thompson
1939
– 2025
· Age 86
Deceased
George Mraz
1944
– 2021
· Age 77
Deceased
Reggie Workman
1937
· Age 88
Alive
Henry Grimes
1935
– 2020
· Age 84
Deceased
Georg Riedel
1934
– 2024
· Age 90
Deceased
Arild Andersen
1945
· Age 80
Alive
W
Wilbur Ware
1923
– 1979
· Age 56
Deceased
Gary Karr
1941
– 2025
· Age 83
Deceased
Red Callender
1916
– 1992
· Age 76
Deceased
Johannes Matthias Sperger
1750
– 1812
· Age 61
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q1214796