How to Use bassist in a Sentence

bassist

noun

• Leonard Hubbard, a bassist in the band, died in late 2021.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
• Mackey, Pulp’s bassist, died last year at the age of 56.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• The long-bearded bassist for the Texas blues rock trio ZZ Top.
  — Bernard McGhee, ajc, 10 Dec. 2021
• Then their drummer and their bassist quit — the same day.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
• Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh has died at the age of 84.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
• Nathan got his start in San Diego as the teen bassist in Power.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• That same year, Rolling Stone ranked him 28th on its list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Alec John Such, a bassist and one of the founding members of Bon Jovi, has died.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022
• Rolling Stone listed him as the 17th greatest bassist of all time.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• Cliff Burton, the bassist, was tossed through a window.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and his wife, Jill, opened the restaurant in 2012.
  — Tanay Warerkar, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Dec. 2021
• The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• The band consisted of a drummer and bassist on the right side of the stage, keyboardist, guitarist, and DJ on the left.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
• The pianist winced at the bassist, and the saxophonist struggled to find any space in the rhythm.
  — Ariel Katz, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
• Alec John Such, the original bassist for Bon Jovi, has died.
  — Vulture, 5 June 2022
• King is the bassist and vocals, and Captain is on lead guitar.
  — Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
• First the strings, then two guitarists, two keyboardists, a bassist and a drummer to round it out.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 July 2023
• The Threat Is Real, and the bassist says that fans who have dealt with loss in their life find the song helpful and healing.
  — Bryan Reesman, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2021
• The original bassist, Wilson left in a messy split in 2006.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Baker went backstage and even got a shoutout on Twitter from the band’s bassist, Flea.
  — Patrick Donnelly, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
• The former pair share son Wolfgang Van Halen, 33, who toured with his dad’s band as bassist.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• But John Illsey, Dire Straits’ bassist, can at least try to explain … something.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2021
• Longtime bassist Kevin Ray left the band in December 2020.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• Garcia wound up asking Lesh to join the Warlocks as bassist.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• Charlie Colin, the founding bassist of pop-rock band Train, has died.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 May 2024
• The bassist was forced to face his own mortality, and so were his bandmates.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
• She’s played with a myriad of people since and was the bassist for Courtney Love’s Hole.
  — Lucia Gillot, SPIN, 7 July 2022
• The bassist rocked the show in an all-black look, complete with a knee length skirt embellished with a silver chain.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2021
• The bassist couldn’t remember the time of year or if Jane’s was between tours or between shows.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025