EditorialRobert Black plays bass with the Bang On A Can All-Stars, at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York, May 13, 2018. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialBob Crawford, the bassist for the Avett Brothers and host of the new podcast “Founding Son,” at home outside Durham, N.C. on April 11, 2023. (Kate Medley/The New York Times)
EditorialBob Crawford, the bassist for the Avett Brothers and host of the new podcast “Founding Son,” at home outside Durham, N.C. on April 11, 2023. (Kate Medley/The New York Times)
EditorialBob Crawford, the bassist for the Avett Brothers and host of the new podcast “Founding Son,” at home outside Durham, N.C. on April 11, 2023. (Kate Medley/The New York Times)
EditorialXavier Foley, a bassist and composer whose piece “An Ode to Our Times” was part of the Sphinx Organization’s gala, at Carnegie Hall in New York, Oct. 13, 2022. (Rafael Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialMikey Way, My Chemical Romance’s bassist, left, and his brother, Gerard Way, the band's frontman, during a show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sept. 10, 2022. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialEsperanza Spalding, the bassist, vocalist and self-described “songwright,” in Portland, Ore., March 20, 2021. (Will Matsuda/The New York Times)
EditorialEsperanza Spalding, the virtuoso bassist, vocalist and four-time Grammy winner, in North Adams, Mass., Oct. 21, 2021. (Jasmine Clarke/The New York Times)
EditorialZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, left, and guitarist Billy Gibbons perform at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix, Nov. 4, 2005. (Jeff Topping/The New York Times)
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