“A force of nature. A player who served the song and who enriched the lives of every single person he met”: Danny Thompson, innovative bassist who played with Kate Bush, Roy Orbison, Nick Drake, Pentangle, and countless others, dies at 86

Danny Thompson, pictured holding one of his upright basses .

Danny Thompson, a legendary double-bassist whose mind-boggling resumé included work with Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Pentangle, Richard Thompson, Roy Orbison, and innumerable others, has died at the age of 86, his representatives confirmed on social media.

“Legendary acoustic bass player Danny Thompson died peacefully yesterday at his home in Rickmansworth, UK,” his team wrote in an Instagram post.