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Bass Suggested Listening List (this list is dedicated to 'Deacon' Lee Burrows)
It is NOT complete, all-inclusive, or sorted in any order ... comments are welcome.

Jimmy Blanton
Oscar Pettiford
Ray Brown
Charles Mingus
Paul Chambers
Doug Watkins
Richard Davis
Ron Carter
Monk Montgomery
George Mraz
Victor Gaskin
Jimmy Garrison
Percy Heath
Buster Williams
Reggie Workman
Keter Betts
George Duvivier
Sam Jones
Isreal Crosby
Milt Judge Hinton
Pops Foster
Wellman Braud
Slam Stewart
Scott LaFaro
Eddie Gomez
Chuck Rainey
Lynn Seaton
Steve Gilmore
Miroslav Vitous
Stanley Clarke
Bob Cranshaw
Steve Swallow
Cecil McBee
Red Mitchell
Jaco Pastorius
Marcus Miller
Neils HO Pederson
John Heard
Gary Peacock
Marc Johnson
Taurus Mateem
Christian McBride
Bob Hurst
Reginald Veal
Michael Moore
Santi Debriani
Peter Washington
Reggie Johnson
John Clayton, Jr
Major Holley

Monte Budwig
Wilbur Ware
Jay Leonhart
Eric Wheeler
Ephriam Wolfolk
Chris Fitzgerald
Ryan Cross
Kent Miller
Leroy Vinegar
Jimmy Bond
Cleveland Eaton
Jimmy Woode
Rufus Reid
Wendell Marshall
Joe Mondragon
Carson Smith
Peck Morrison
Wyatt Ruether
Curtis Counce
Chubby Jackson
Joel DeBartolo
Tony Levin
Buddy Clark
Eddie Jones
Eric Bell
Billy Peterson
Jeff Chambers
George Joyner
Ray Drummond
Pops Powell
Pierre Michelot
Willie Ruff
Senator Eugene Wright
Gene Taylor
Delbert Felix
Dave Holland
Knobby Totah
Truck Parham
Bob Hoggart
George Morrow
Al McKibbon
Jack Lesberg
Ruben Rogers
Roland Guerin
Greg Williams
Lee Burrows
Lonnie Plaxico
Calvin Jones
John Brown
Clarence Seay
Neil Starkey
Charles Dungey
John Donnelly
Bob Bearman
Robbie Link
Matt Kendrick
Salim Malik
Tassili Bond
Chester Zardis
Don Gladstone
Ron Brendle
Pepe Gonzales
Elias Bailey
Paul Keller
Carroll DaShiell
Frank Duvall
Tom Hubbard
Chip Jackson
Rabbit Simmons
Ben Wolfe
Dennis Irwin
Larry Ridley
Sting
Rob Wasserman
Todd Coolman
Mort Herbert
Lisle Atkinson
Ben Seawell
Larry Gales
Frank Tate
Oscar Zimmerman
Frank Zimmerman
Stuart Sankey
Bertram Turetzky
Ludwig Streichor
Gary Karr
Richard Payne
David Neubert
Francois Rabbath
Homer Mensch
Frank Proto
Rodney Whitaker
Eduardo Nanny
Charles Williams
Lawrence Hurst
Dave Friesen
Jonas Hellborg
Barre Phillips
William Parker
Joe Benjamin
John Lamb
Ernie Shapard
Junior Raglin
John Pattituci
Larry Ball
Phil Flanagan
John Kirby
Arvell Shaw
Steve Kirby
Larry Graham
Louis Johnson
Victor Wooten
Essiet Essiet
Bill Johnson
Albert Morgan
Walter Page
Tiny Winters
Victor Dvoskin
Tommy Cecil
Tom Kennedy
Martin Wind
John Lindsay
Billy Taylor
Ernest Myers
Elmer James
Henry Patent
Ernest Williamson
Chuck Domenico
Sandy Block
Pete Peterson
Grachan Moncur
Avisha Cohen
David Friesen
Richie Goods
Eric Reavis
Dwayne Burno
Earl May
Paul West
Drew Breaky
Rick Jones
Ben Brown
Clint Houston
Albert Stinson
Ugano Okegwo
Barak Mori
Vicente Gardner
Andy Simpkins
Victor Sproles
Mickey Bass
Jymie Merritt
Teddy Smith
Charles Ables
Butch Warren
Tommy Bryant
Scott Colley
Edgar Willis
Spider Lindsay
Bobby Boswell
Ernest McCarty, Jr.
Chuck Rainey
Nathan East
Billy 'Bass' Nelson
William McMahon
Paul ?ompson
Dwayne Dolphin
Herbie Lewis
Leon Lee Dorsey
Avery Sharpe
Bill Lee
Nelson Boyd
Curly Russell
Wilton Felder
Johnny Mixon
Eddie Khan
Paul Langosh
David Jernigan
Craig Brown
Amy Shook
Ed Safranski
Dave Izenson
Jeff Grubbs
Bobby Rodriguez
James Cammack
Dahoud Adeyola
Mike Taylor
Carter Jefferson
Walter Payton
Slowdrag Pavageau
Charlie Haden
Dr. Art Davis
George Tucker
Addison Farmer
Henry Grimes
David Jackson
Eddie Safranski
Eddie DeHaas
Steve Brown
John Lindsay
Al Morgan
Albert Glenny
Bill Johnson
Henry Kimball
Jimmy Johnson
Billy Marrero
Eddie Dawson
Bill Johnson
Ed Garland
Duke Groner
Harry Babasin
John Lee
Ron Crotty
Michael Bowie
Kris Funn
James King
Steve Novasel
Eddie deHaas
Jason Fourman
Ben Palmer
Donna 'DC' Curtis
Carlos Enriquez
Curtis Lundy
Don Pate
Eddie Gladden
Rodney Jordan
Craig Shaw
Ameen Saleem
Rashan Carter
Corcoran Holt
Derrick Hodge
Gerald Canon
Chris Connor
Bill Vaughn
Gary Richardson
Mike Matthews
Richard Bona