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{{Short description|American bassist (born 1963)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Jeff Ament
| background       = solo_singer
| image            = Jeff-Ament.jpg
| caption          = Ament performing with [[Pearl Jam]] in 2009
| birth_name       = Jeffrey Allen Ament
| alias            = Al Nostreet, Jeff Diction
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1963|3|10}}
| birth_place      = [[Havre, Montana]], U.S.
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[grunge]]|[[hardcore punk]]|[[hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[experimental rock]]|[[glam metal]]}}
| occupation       = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active     = 1981–present
| instrument       = {{hlist|Bass guitar|double bass}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[Monkeywrench Records|Monkeywrench]]|[[Homestead Records|Homestead]]|[[Sub Pop]]|Stardog|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[J Records|J]]}}
| associated_acts  = [[Pearl Jam]], [[Green River (band)|Green River]], [[Mother Love Bone]], [[War Babies (band)|War Babies]], [[Temple of the Dog]], [[Three Fish]], Derranged Diction, [[RNDM]], Tres Mts., Deaf Charlie
| module          = {{Infobox person|embed=yes
 | signature       = Jeff Ament signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png
 }}
}}

'''Jeffrey Allen Ament''' (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band [[Pearl Jam]], which he co-founded alongside [[Stone Gossard]], [[Mike McCready]], and [[Eddie Vedder]]. Ament wrote or co-wrote many of Pearl Jam's hits, including "[[Jeremy (song)|Jeremy]]", "[[Oceans (Pearl Jam song)|Oceans]]", "[[Dissident (song)|Dissident]]", "[[Nothingman]]" and "[[Nothing as It Seems (song)|Nothing as It Seems]]".

Prior to his work with Pearl Jam, Ament was part of the 1980s [[Seattle]]-based [[Grunge|grunge rock]] bands [[Green River (band)|Green River]] and [[Mother Love Bone]]. He is known particularly for playing with the [[fretless bass]], [[Double bass|upright bass]], and [[Twelve-string bass|twelve-string bass guitar]]s. Ament is also a member of the bands [[Temple of the Dog]], [[Three Fish]], [[RNDM]], Tres Mts., and P.E.S.T.

In 2008, Ament released his first solo album, ''[[Tone (Jeff Ament album)|Tone]]''. His second solo release, ''[[While My Heart Beats]]'', followed in 2012, and his third in 2018: ''[[Heaven/Hell]]''. Ament was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7, 2017.<ref name="rrhofjourney">{{cite web|title=Inductees: Pearl Jam|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/pearl-jam|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> He was also recognized as one of the top hard rock/metal bassists of all time by [[Loudwire]] in 2016, being placed at #52 on the list.<ref name="Go and ask">{{cite magazine|url=https://loudwire.com/top-hard-rock-metal-bassists-of-all-time/|title=TOP 66 HARD ROCK + METAL BASSISTS OF ALL TIME|magazine=Loudwire|date=14 September 2016|access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref>