How to Use bassist in a Sentence

bassist

noun

• How did that shape your playing as a bassist?
  — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 17 June 2026
• Nobody notices when the bassist slips up.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
• The bassist plays both acoustic and electric.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
• The trick was to get down to the bottom, as a bassist is supposed to do.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2021
• Today, bassist Tony Kanal is at a loss for words.
  — Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
• The bassist spoke to this instance and called it a double standard.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• The bassist for the alt rock band had recently suffered a stroke.
  — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026
• In addition to working out, the bassist had surgery on both his wrists.
  — Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Sam Rivers, bassist for rock band Limp Bizkit, has died.
  — NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
• Haden is the daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden.
  — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
• Nathan got his start in San Diego as the teen bassist in Power.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• 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
• King is the bassist and vocals, and Captain is on lead guitar.
  — Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Rolling Stone listed him as the 17th greatest bassist of all time.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• Hart, the band’s bassist, shared the news in an online post on Monday morning.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
• Founding bassist Phil Lesh died in 2024.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
• Founding bassist Phil Lesh died in 2024.
  — Andrew Dalton, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
• The long-bearded bassist for the Texas blues rock trio ZZ Top.
  — Bernard McGhee, ajc, 10 Dec. 2021
• John Lodge, the singer and bassist of the British rock band the Moody Blues, has died.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
• The pianist winced at the bassist, and the saxophonist struggled to find any space in the rhythm.
  — Ariel Katz, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Ronald LaPread, the former bassist of the Commodores, has died.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 May 2026
• Sam Rivers, bassist for rock band Limp Bizkit, has died at age 48.
  — NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
• Carney, who was once a bassist for the Frames, knows from experience.
  — ABC News, 3 June 2026
• Roses stepped in to finish the tour, after which bassist Cliff Williams said he was done.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• That night, George Gekas was the bassist in the second band on the show, Typho.
  — Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh has died at the age of 84.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024
• Baker went backstage and even got a shoutout on Twitter from the band’s bassist, Flea.
  — Patrick Donnelly, Chron, 9 Apr. 2023
• Dusty Hill, the bassist for ZZ Top for over five decades, has died at 72.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 July 2021
• Pitt works on the music with former sElf bassist Mac Burrus.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2026
• Kiss bassist Simmons shared a sweet tribute to the guitarist shortly after his death.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025