bassist

C3866
concept

A bassist is a musician who plays the bass instrument, providing rhythmic and harmonic foundation within a musical ensemble.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
bassist canonical 579
bass guitarist 58
jazz bassist 23

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: bassist
Generated description
A bassist is a musician who plays the bass instrument, providing rhythmic and harmonic foundation within a musical ensemble.

Instances (668)

Instance Via concept surface
The Smithereens
surface form: Mike Mesaros
Kenny Gradney
James LoMenzo
Dave Pegg
Teddy Landau
Felix Pappalardi
Michael Andrew McKagan
Brad Albetta
Anthony Jackson
Candlebox
surface form: Bardi Martin
Mark Levinson jazz bassist
Keith Moseley
John Hembree
Glenn Hughes
Alphonso Johnson
Ryan Stasik
Jay DeMarcus
Deranged Diction
surface form: Jeff Ament
bass guitarist
Bill Black
Barbara Zampini
John Kahn
Thundercat
Laura Weymouth bass guitarist
Oscar D’León
bassist Bill Black
surface form: Bill Black
Mikey Craig
Aston "Family Man" Barrett bass guitarist
Marco Mendoza
Brush Shiels
Bedlam
surface form: Denny Ball
John Symon Asher Bruce
Mo Foster bass guitarist
Craig Gruber
Sean Hurley
Kevin "Kayo" Roberson
Tom Evans
Robert Hurst jazz bassist
David Brown
Bob Daisley bass guitarist
Martina Michèle Weymouth
Dana Williams bass guitarist
John Mole
Mark Clarke rock bassist
Tommy Shannon bass guitarist
Rick Savage
D’arcy Wretzky
surface form: D'arcy Wretzky
Michael Christopher Starr
Come Back Suzanne
surface form: Bill Wyman
William George Perks
Robbie Shakespeare bass guitarist