Albert Stinson (August 2, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio – June 2, 1969) was an American jazz double-bassist.
Stinson learned to play piano, trombone, and tuba before settling on bass at age 14.
After his graduation from John Muir High School in Pasadena, California in 1962, he began playing professionally in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, working with Terry Gibbs, Frank Rosolino, Chico Hamilton, and Charles Lloyd (1965).
Later in the decade he worked with Larry Coryell, John Handy (1967), Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson (1967), and Gerald Wilson's Los Angeles-based big band.
With Larry Coryell With Miles Davis With Clare Fischer With Chico Hamilton With John Handy With Bobby Hutcherson With Charles Lloyd With Joe Pass With Gábor Szabó