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Jazz bass refers to the distinctive playing style and tonal approach of bass guitarists and double bassists within jazz music, characterized by walking bass lines, improvised solos, and complex harmonic movement. The sound emphasizes melodic freedom, syncopated rhythms, and virtuosic technique that transforms the bass from a purely supportive role into a lead voice. This tag encompasses both acoustic and electric bass performances that demonstrate the sophisticated, conversational interplay central to jazz ensemble work.
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1957 | Ray Brown | Two Bass Hits |
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1972 | Eddie Harris | Live At Newport |
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1974 | Jeremy Steig | Look into the Flower |
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1975 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Ambiance |
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1975 | Arild Andersen | If You Look Far Enough |
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1976 | Stanley Clarke | School Days |
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1976 | Barre Phillips | Mountainscapes |
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| 73 | 1978 | Johnny Dyani | Witchdoctor's Son |
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1978 | Etron Fou Leloublan | Les Trois Fou's Perdégagnent - Au Pays des... |
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1979 | Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Chops |
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1979 | Ron Carter | Parade |
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1979 | Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus With Orchestra |
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1979-01 | Gary Peacock | December Poems |
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| 98 | 1981 | Dexter Gordon | Gotham City |
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1985 | Eberhard Weber | Chorus |
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1986 | Akira Jimbo | Get Up |
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1987 | Charlie Haden | Dream Keeper |
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1987 | Matia Bazar | Gold |
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1988 | Miroslav Vitous | Guardian Angels |
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| 77 | 1988-06 | Carla Bley | Duets |
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| 44 | 1989 | Brian Bromberg | Magic Rain |
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1989 | Kenny Drew | Duo 2 |
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1990-01-01 | Chris Minh Doky | The Sequel |
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| 96 | 1990-10-23 | Dave Holland Quartet | Extensions |
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1991 | Chris Minh Doky | Letters |
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| 41 | 1992 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Uncharted Land |
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1993 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Trio 1 |
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| 28 | 1993 | Yosuke Yamashita | Dazzling Days |
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| 43 | 1993 | Kazutoki Umezu | Eclecticism |
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| 46 | 1993 | Philip Catherine | Art Of The Duo |
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1994 | Steve Coleman | Harvesting Semblances and Affinities |
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| 71 | 1994-08-16 | Tribal Tech | Primal Tracks |
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| 23 | 1994-11-26 | Charnett Moffett | Planet Home |
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1995 | Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble | Just Before the Dawn |
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1995 | Stan Getz | Bar Lounge Classics 2 |
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1995-03-27 | Marcus Miller | Tales |
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1995-08 | Doky Brothers | Doky Brothers |
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1996 | Dave Douglas | Five |
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1997 | Marcus Miller | Live & More |
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1997 | Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorius | ||
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1997 | Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride | SuperBass (Recorded Live At Scullers) |
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| 38 | 1998 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | The Eternal Traveller |
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| 64 | 1998 | Dave Holland Quintet | Points of View |
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1998 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | This Is All I Ask |
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1998-05-03 | Chris Minh Doky | Minh |
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1999 | Victor Wooten | Yin Yang (disc 1: Yin) |
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1999 | Victor Wooten | Yin Yang (disc 2: Yang) |
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1999 | Dave Holland | Prime Directive |
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1999 | Cloroform | Do The Crawl |
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2000 | Christian McBride | Sci-Fi |
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| 27 | 2000 | Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips | Sankt Gerold Variations |
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2000-11-07 | Tribal Tech | Rocket Science |
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2001 | Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride | SuperBass 2 |
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2001-03-23 | Marcus Miller | M2 |
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2002 | Brian Bromberg | Jaco |
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| 68 | 2002 | Happy Apple | Youth Oriented |
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| 91 | 2002 | Jaco Pastorius | Another side of Jaco Pastorius |
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2003 | Piotr Lemanczyk | Follow the Soul |
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| 32 | 2003 | Juhani Aaltonen Trio | Mother Tongue |
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2003 | Marcin Oleś | Ornette on Bass |
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2003 | Zbigniew Namyslowski | Standards |
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2003-04-22 | Jaco Pastorius | Punk Jazz The Jaco Pastorius Anthology (disc2) |
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| 87 | 2003-09-29 | Miroslav Vitous | Universal Syncopations |
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| 47 | 2003-11-13 | Tlahoun Gèssèssè | Ethiopiques 17: Tlahoun Gèssèssè |
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2005 | Travis Shook | Awake |
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2005 | Mark Dresser | Unveil |
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2005 | Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham | Heroes |
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| 75 | 2005-02-22 | Avishai Cohen | At Home |
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2005-03-15 | The Bad Plus | Blunt Object Live In Tokyo |
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2005-09-20 | The Bad Plus | Suspicious Activity? |
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2006 | Dave Burrell | Momentum |
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2006-03-24 | Brian Bromberg | Downright Upright |
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| 94 | 2006-04-17 | DAAU | Domestic Wildlife | |||
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2006-05-23 | Avishai Cohen | Continuo |
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2007 | Charlie Haden | American Dreams (feat. Michael Brecker) |
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2008-03-04 | Marcus Miller | Marcus |
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| 76 | 2008-09-23 | Dave Holland Sextet | Pass It On |
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| 81 | 2008-09-26 | Viktoria Tolstoy | My Russian Soul |
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2009 | Charnett Moffett | The Art Of Improvisation |
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2009 | Juhani Aaltonen Quartet | Conclusions |
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2009 | Mimi Jones | A New Day |
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2009-09-17 | Nicki Parrott | Fly Me To The Moon |
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2010-05-30 | Paul Chambers | Yeah, Techno! |
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| 39 | 2010-10-08 | Charnett Moffett | Treasure |
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2011-04 | Oprachina | OPRA CHINA |
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2011-11-21 | Imagination Quartet | IQ |
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2012 | Maciej Garbowski | Elements |
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2015 | Imagination Quartet | Imagination Quartet |
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2020-02-20 | Maria Kannegaard | Maryland |
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| 1 | Ursull Manchill | K U B E E |
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| 2 | Maciek Grzywacz | Fourth Dimension |
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| 3 | Danny Zamir | I Believe |
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| 5 | Maciek Grzywacz | Forces Within |
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| 6 | Fetish Panda | Konnichiwa/demo |
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| 9 | Cedric Saniak | From an Amator to his Masters |
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| 14 | Bill Bruford with Ralph Towner & Eddie Gomez | If Summer Had It's Ghosts |
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| 34 | Anthony Jackson | Trio in Tokyo |
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| 35 | Gürol Ağırbaş | Köprüler - Iki Dünya |
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| 37 | Nepredvidive Dede | B Bluza |
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| 51 | Francesco Piras | francesco piras quintet - waiting for peace |
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