Editing Double bass (section)

====Jazz====
{{See also|List of jazz bassists}}
Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist [[Jimmy Blanton]] (1918–1942) whose short tenure in the [[Duke Ellington]] Swing band (cut short by his death from [[tuberculosis]]) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument; bassist [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] (1926–2002), known for backing Beboppers [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Art Tatum]] and [[Charlie Parker]], and forming the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]]; [[hard bop]] bassist Ron Carter (born 1937), who has appeared on 3,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by [[Thelonious Monk]] and [[Wes Montgomery]] and many [[Blue Note Records]] artists; and [[Paul Chambers]] (1935–1969), a member of the [[Miles Davis Quintet]] (including the landmark modal jazz recording ''[[Kind of Blue]]'') and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic [[improvisation]]s.
[[File:Bassist Christian McBride.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Christian McBride]] (born 1972), one of the new "young lions" in the jazz scene, has won four [[Grammy Awards]].]]

The experimental post 1960s era, and free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, produced several influential bassists. [[Charles Mingus]] (1922–1979), who was also a composer and [[bandleader]], produced music that fused [[hard bop]] with black [[gospel music]], [[free jazz]], and classical music. [[Free jazz]] and post-bop bassist [[Charlie Haden]] (1937–2014) is best known for his long association with saxophonist [[Ornette Coleman]], and for his role in the 1970s-era [[Liberation Music Orchestra]], an experimental group. [[Eddie Gómez]] and [[George Mraz]], who played with [[Bill Evans]] and [[Oscar Peterson]], respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing. [[Jazz fusion|Fusion]] virtuoso [[Stanley Clarke]] (born 1951) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass. [[Terry Plumeri]] is noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal-sounding tone.

In the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century, one of the new "young lions" was [[Christian McBride]] (born 1972), who has performed with a range of veterans ranging from [[McCoy Tyner]] to fusion gurus [[Herbie Hancock]] and [[Chick Corea]], and who has released albums such as 2003's ''[[Vertical Vision]]''. Another young bassist of note is [[Esperanza Spalding]] (born 1984) who, at 27 years of age, had already won a [[Grammy]] for Best New Artist.