Musical Bacon: Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist)

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Sarah Vaughan	bass, double bass	An Occasional Man, April in Paris, Body and Soul, Cherokee, Don’t Be on the Outside, Embraceable You, He’s My Guy, How High the Moon, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream, It’s Crazy, I’ll Never Smile Again, I’m Glad There Is You, Jim, Lover Man, Lullaby of Birdland, Maybe, Oh My, Over the Rainbow, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Prelude to a Kiss, September Song, Shulie a Bop, Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy (version 2), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 3), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 4), Soon, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Why Can’t I, You Hit the Spot, You're Not the Kind
Dizzy Gillespie	double bass	Ain't Misbehavin', Blue Moon, Blue and Sentimental, Break at the Beginning (Taking a Chance on Love), Cocktails for Two, Cognac Blues, Just Blues (One More Blues), Just One More Chance, Lullaby in Rhythm, Lullaby in Rhythm (alternate), Mama's Blues (Mrs Dizzy Blues), Moon Nocturne, Sabla Y Blu, Summertime, Taking a Chance on Love (alternate 1), Taking a Chance on Love (alternate 2), They Can't Take That Away From Me, They Can't Take That Away From Me (alternate), When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Oscar Brown Jr.	double bass	Afro-Blue, Bid 'em In, Brown Baby, But I Was Cool, Dat Dere, Forbidden Fruit, Hazel's Hips, Humdrum Blues, Mr. Kicks, Rags and Old Iron, Signifyin' Monkey, Sleepy, Somebody Buy Me a Drink, Straighten Up & Fly Right, Watermelon Man, Work Song, World of Grey
Don Byas	double bass	Cottage for Sale, Don't Blame Me, En ce temps-là, I Cover the Waterfront, Laura, Là-bas, Old Folks at Home, Riviera Blues (Blues à la Don), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Somebody Loves Me, That Old Feeling, This Is Always, You Can Depend on Me
The Dave Brubeck Quartet	double bass	"C" Jam Blues / (Take the "A" Train), Brandenburg Gate, Calcutta Blues, Flamingo, Jump for Joy, Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3, Marble Arch, Nomad, Perdido, Thank You (Dziekuje), The Duke, The Golden Horn, Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats	bass	An Old Piano Plays the Blues, Baby, I Guess I Never Had a Chance, Indubitably, Mister Moon, Monday, South Dakota, Spring Is Where You Are, Spring in Maine, That’s What They Always Say, There She Goes, You’re the One for Me
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	bass, double bass	Idiom '59, Part I, Idiom '59, Part II, Idiom '59, Part III, The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare, The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness, The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas, The Goutelas Suite: Having at It, The Goutelas Suite: Something, The UWIS Suite: Klop, The UWIS Suite: Loco Madi, The UWIS Suite: UWIS
Paul Desmond	bass	Battle Hymn of the Republican, Blues in Time, Body and Soul, Fall Out, Line for Lyons, Out of Nowhere, Stand Still, Stardust, Two of a Mind, Wintersong
Budd Johnson	bass	All My Love, Blue Lou, Blues for Lester (Memories of Lester Young, Part I), Don't Blame Me, Driftwood, I'll Get By, The Message (Memories of Lester Young, Part II, Trinity River Bottom
Mal Waldron	bass	Duquility, Fire Waltz, Status Seeking, Thirteen, Warm Canto, Warp And Woof, Warp and Woof, We Diddit
Barry Harris	bass	It's the Talk of the Town, My Heart Stood Still, One Down, Play, Carol, Play, Preminado, There's No One but You, What Is This Thing Called Love?
Clark Terry	bass	Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue), Brother Terry, Chat Qui Pêche (A Cat That Fishes), Flutin' and Fluglin', La Rive Gauche, Nahstye Blues, No Problem
Willi Schätzle	bass	Doin' the Sixty-Eight, Funk Underneath, Kirk's Work, Makin' Whoopee, Skater's Waltz, Three for Dizzy, Too Late Now
Jerome Richardson	bass	Caravan, Delerious Trimmings, Lyric, Minorally, Way in Blues
Bernard Peiffer	double bass	Don't Blame Me, Oh Lady, Be Good, Sometimes I'm Happy, Steeplechase
Ray Charles	bass	Birth of the Blues, I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Let’s Go, One Mint Julep
Surma	bass	All About Rosie, On Green Mountain, Suspensions, Transformation
Daniel Nissle	bass	My Funny Valentine, Utter Chaos
Buddy Tate	bass	Bottle It
Sertified	double bass	September Song
Bill Evans	bass	All About Rosie (3rd Section)

An Occasional Man, April in Paris, Body and Soul, Cherokee, Don’t Be on the Outside, Embraceable You, He’s My Guy, How High the Moon, It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream, It’s Crazy, I’ll Never Smile Again, I’m Glad There Is You, Jim, Lover Man, Lullaby of Birdland, Maybe, Oh My, Over the Rainbow, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Prelude to a Kiss, September Song, Shulie a Bop, Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Happy (version 2), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 3), Sometimes I’m Happy (version 4), Soon, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Why Can’t I, You Hit the Spot, You're Not the Kind

Dizzy Gillespie

double bass

Ain't Misbehavin', Blue Moon, Blue and Sentimental, Break at the Beginning (Taking a Chance on Love), Cocktails for Two, Cognac Blues, Just Blues (One More Blues), Just One More Chance, Lullaby in Rhythm, Lullaby in Rhythm (alternate), Mama's Blues (Mrs Dizzy Blues), Moon Nocturne, Sabla Y Blu, Summertime, Taking a Chance on Love (alternate 1), Taking a Chance on Love (alternate 2), They Can't Take That Away From Me, They Can't Take That Away From Me (alternate), When It's Sleepy Time Down South

Oscar Brown Jr.

double bass

Afro-Blue, Bid 'em In, Brown Baby, But I Was Cool, Dat Dere, Forbidden Fruit, Hazel's Hips, Humdrum Blues, Mr. Kicks, Rags and Old Iron, Signifyin' Monkey, Sleepy, Somebody Buy Me a Drink, Straighten Up & Fly Right, Watermelon Man, Work Song, World of Grey

Don Byas

double bass

Cottage for Sale, Don't Blame Me, En ce temps-là, I Cover the Waterfront, Laura, Là-bas, Old Folks at Home, Riviera Blues (Blues à la Don), Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Somebody Loves Me, That Old Feeling, This Is Always, You Can Depend on Me

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

double bass