List of jazz musicians

This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.

Giants of jazz

Each section chronological by year of birth

Instrumentalists

Charles "Buddy" Bolden (1877–1931)
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
Joe Venuti (1903–1978)
Earl Hines (1903–1983)
Fats Waller (1904–1943)
Count Basie (1904–1984)
Django Reinhardt (1910-1953)
Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
Art Tatum (1909–1956)
Sun Ra (1914–1993)
Ward Kimball (1914–2002)
Oliver Todd (1916-2001)
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
Nat King Cole (1919-1965)
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
Wes Montgomery (1923–1968)
Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
Miles Davis (1926–1991)
John Coltrane (1926–1967)
Stan Getz (1927–1991)
Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996)
Conrad Janis (born 1928)
Chet Baker (1929–1988)
Bill Evans (1929–1980)
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)
Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000)
Bill Watrous (born 1939)
Wynton Marsalis (born 1961)
Sonny Rollins (born 1930)

Vocalists

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
Ivie Anderson (1905–1949)
Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)
Anita O'Day (1919–2006)
Peggy Lee (1920–2002)
Joya Sherrill (1924–2010)
Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990)
Dinah Washington (1924–1963)
June Christy (1925–1990)
Betty Carter (1929–1998)
Abbey Lincoln (1930–2010)
Helen Merrill (born 1930)
Nina Simone (1933–2003)
Karin Krog (born 1937)
Monica Zetterlund (1937–2005)
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950)
Radka Toneff (1952–1982)
Cassandra Wilson (born 1955)

Jazz musicians by period

Each section alphabetical by last name

Early jazz musicians

Buddy Bolden (1877–1930)
Bunk Johnson (1879/1889–1949)
Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938)
Edward "Kid" Ory (1886–1973)
Freddie Keppard (1889–1933)
Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) and the members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band
Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
Jimmie Noone (1895–1944)
Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
Earl Hines (1903–1983)
Red Nichols (1905–1965)

Swing era

Paul Whiteman (1890–1967)
Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Earl Hines (1903–1983)
Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969)
Count Basie (1904–1984)
Fats Waller (1904–1943)
Glenn Miller (1904–1944)
Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956)
Cab Calloway (1907–1994)
Benny Carter (1907–2003)
Johnny Hodges (1907–1970)
Ben Webster (1909–1973)
Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
Lester Young (1909–1959)
Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
George Paxton (1914–1989)
Sabby Lewis (1914-1994)
Slam Stewart (1914-1987)
Ray Perry (1915-1950)
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Cat Anderson (1916-1981)
Charlie Christian (1916–1942)
Jay McShann (1916–2006)
Slim Gaillard (1916-1991)
Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004)
Dick Johnson (1925–2010)
Mickey Fields (1932–1995)

Jazz fusion

Modern innovators

Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
Chet Baker (1929–1988)
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
Gary Burton (born 1943)
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)
John Coltrane (1926–1967)
Chick Corea (born 1941)
Larry Coryell (1943-2017)
Miles Davis (1926–1991)
Paul Desmond (1924–1977)
Bill Evans (1929–1980)
Gil Evans (1912–1988)
Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006)
Clare Fischer (1928–2012)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
Dexter Gordon (1923–1990)
Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
Tigran Hamasyan (born 1987)
Chico Hamilton (1921–2013)
Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
Joe Harriott (1928–1973)
Thad Jones (1923–1986)
Milt Jackson (1923–1999)
Stan Kenton (1911–1979)
Mark Kramer (born 1945)
Fela Kuti (1938–1997)
Shelly Manne (1920–1984)
Frank Marocco (1931–2012)
Jackie McLean (1931–2006)
Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
Marcus Miller (born 1959)
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
Joe Morello (1928–2011)
Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996)
Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
Gregory Porter (born 1971)
Bud Powell (1924–1966)
Louis Prima (1910–1978)
Sun Ra (1914–1993)
Max Roach (1924–2007)
Sonny Rollins (born 1930)
George Russell (1923–2009)
George Shearing (1919–2011)
Wayne Shorter (born 1933)
Peter Sprague (born 1955)
Sonny Stitt (1924–1982)
Ira Sullivan (born 1931)
Cal Tjader (1925–1982)
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Dhafer Youssef (born 1967)
Sinan Alimanović (born 1954)

Jazz musicians by instrument

Each section alphabetical by last name

Accordion

Luciano Biondini
Asmund Bjørken (born 1933)
Stian Carstensen (born 1971)
Gabriel Fliflet (born 1958)
Richard Galliano (born 1950)
Frode Haltli (born 1975)
Pete Jolly (1932–2004)
Mat Mathews (1924–2009)
Frank Marocco (1931–2012)
Eivin One Pedersen (1956–2012)
Leon Sash (1922-1979)
Art Van Damme (1920–2010)
Валерий Ковтун ( 1942-2017)

Bagpipes

Rufus Harley (1936–2006)

Banjo

Bass

Cello

Matt Brubeck (born 1961)
Fred Katz (1919–2013)
Oscar Pettiford (1922–60)
Mark Summer

Clarinet

Woody Allen (born 1935)
Craig Ball
Barney Bigard (1906–1980)
Don Burrows (born 1928)
Don Byron (born 1958)
Evan Christopher (born 1969)
Anat Cohen (born 1975)
Eddie Daniels (born 1941)
Kenny Davern (1935–2006)
Buddy DeFranco (born 1923)
Johnny Dodds (1892–1940)
Irving Fazola (1912–1949)
Pete Fountain (1930–2016)
Victor Goines (born 1961)
Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
Edmond Hall (1901–1967)
Jimmy Hamilton (1917–1994)
Woody Herman (1913–1987)
Peanuts Hucko (1918–2003)
Michael Marcus (born 1952)
Joe Muranyi (1928–2012)
Jimmie Noone (1895–1944)
Ken Peplowski (born 1959)
Sid Phillips (1906–73)
Russell Procope (1908–1981)
Pee Wee Russell (1906–1969)
Tony Scott (1944–2012)
Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
Bill Smith (born 1926)
Putte Wickman (1924–2006)
Lester Young (1909–1959)

Cornet

Nat Adderley (1931–2000)
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
Buddy Bolden (1877–1931)
Bobby Hackett (1915–1976)
Jeff Hughes
Freddie Keppard (1889–1933)
Butch Morris (1947-2013)
Red Nichols (1905–1965)
Rex Stewart (1907–1967)
Chris Tyle (born 1955)
Steamboat Willie (born c. 1950)

Drums

Flugelhorn

Art Farmer (1928–1999)
Paolo Fresu (born 1961)
Per Jørgensen (born 1952)
Chuck Mangione (born 1940)
Dmitri Matheny (born 1965)
Hildegunn Øiseth (born 1966)
Woody Shaw (1944–1989)
Norbert Susemihl (born 1956)
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014)

Flute

Don Burrows (born 1928)
Joe Farrell (1937–1986)
Gary Foster (born 1936)
Peter Guidi (born 1949)
Paul Horn (1930–2014)
Bobbi Humphrey (born 1950)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935–1977)
Moe Koffman (1928–2001)
Hubert Laws (born 1939)
Yusef Lateef (1920–2013)
Herbie Mann (1930–2003)
Bill McBirnie (born 1953)
James Moody (1925–2010)
Sam Most (1930–2013)
James Newton (born 1953)
Sam Rivers (1923–2011)
Bud Shank (1926–2009)
Les Spann (1932–1989)
Jeremy Steig (born 1942)
Dave Valentin (born 1952)
Frank Wess (1922–2013)

French horn

John Clark (born 1944)
Junior Collins (1927–1976)
Willie Ruff (born 1931)
Tom Varner (born 1957)
Julius Watkins (1921–1977)

Guitar

Guitar Synthesizer

Adrian Belew (born 1949)
John McLaughlin (born 1942)
Pat Metheny (born 1954)
Peter Sprague (born 1955)

Harmonica

Max Geldray (1916-2004)
Eddie Shu (1918–1986)
Toots Thielemans (1922–2016)
Frederic Yonnet (born 1973)

Harp

Dorothy Ashby (1932–1986)
Alice Coltrane (1937–2007)
Corky Hale (born 1936)
Zeena Parkins (born 1956)

Multi-instrumentalists

Mose Allison (born 1927), (piano, trumpet)
Dee Barton (1937–2001), (trombone, drums)
Count Basie (1904–1984), (piano, organ)
Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
Larry Bunker (1928–2005), (drums, vibes)
Jaki Byard (1922–1999), (alto sax, piano)
Stian Carstensen (born 1971) (accordion, guitar, banjo)
Benny Carter (1907–2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
Ron Carter (born 1937), (bass, piccolo bass)
Ray Charles (1930–2004), (piano, alto sax)
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), (alto sax, violin, trumpet)
Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), (piano, organ, harp)
Jack DeJohnette (born 1942), (drums, piano)
Eric Dolphy (1928–1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
Don Ellis (1934–1978), (trumpet, drums)
Bob Enevoldsen (1920–2005), (trombone, tenor sax, bass)
Victor Feldman (1934–1987), (piano, vibraphone, conga drum)
Brent Fischer (born 1964), (bass, vibraphone)
Clare Fischer (1928–2012), (piano, organ, alto sax)
Johnny Frigo (1916–2007), (violin, bass)
Tyree Glenn (1912–1974), (trombone, vibes)
Corky Hale (born 1936), (piano, harp)
Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), (vibes, drums, piano)
Nathan Hartono (born 1991), (piano, guitar, vocals)
Tubby Hayes (1935–1973), (tenor sax, clarinet, vibes)
Daryl Hayott (born 1960), (bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, trumpet)
Milt Jackson (1923–1999), (vibes, guitar, piano)
Dick Johnson (1925–2010) (clarinet, alto saxophone, flute)
Pete Jolly (1932–2004), (piano, accordion)
Per Jørgensen (born 1952), (trumpet, flugelhorn, guitar, sitar, percussion)
Hans Otto Jung (1920–2009), (piano, bass)
Benjamin Kheng (born 1990), (guitar, piano, various brass/woodwind instruments, percussion)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935–1977), (flute, nose flute, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, 'black mystery pipes', clarinet, gong, percussion)
Yusef Lateef (1920–2013) (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
Marcus Miller (born 1959), (bass, bass clarinet, saxophone, keyboards, guitar)
Charles Mingus (1922-1979), (bass, piano)
Ray Nance (1913–1976), (trumpet, violin)
Hermeto Pascoal (born 1936), (keyboards, button accordion, melodica, saxophone, others)
Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960), (bass, cello)
Danny Richmond (born 1984), (drums, saxophone)
Adrian Rollini (1903–1956), (vibes, bass saxophone)
Willie Ruff (born 1931), (French horn, bass)
Helge Schneider (born 1955), (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
Tony Scott (1944–2012), (clarinet, baritone sax, guitar, piano)
George Shearing (1919–2011), (piano, accordion)
Eddie Shu (1918–1986), (trumpet, tenor sax, harmonica)
Les Spann (1932–1989), (flute, guitar)
Ira Sullivan (born 1931), (trumpet, saxophones, flute, flugelhorn, others)
John Surman (born 1944), (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
Jean "Toots" Thielemans (born 1922), (guitar, harmonica)
Mel Torme (1925–1999), (piano, drums)
Tommy Vig (born 1938), (vibraharp, drums, percussion)
Mike Zwerin (1930–2010) (trombone, bass trumpet)

Organ

Piano

Saxophone

Trombone

Trumpet

Tuba

Tom Abbs (born 1972)
Hayes Alvis (1907–1972)
Red Balaban (1929–2013)
Bill Barber (1920–2007)
Dave Bargeron (born 1942)
Art Baron (born 1950)
Bill Benford (1902–1994)
Joe Bishop (1907–1976)
Don Butterfield (1923–2006)
June Cole (1903–1960)
Ray Draper (1940–1982)
Pops Foster (1892–1969)
David Gald (born 1968)
Squire Gersh (1913–1983)
Lars Andreas Haug (born 1975)
Daniel Herskedal (born 1982)
Line Horntveth (born 1974)
Allan Jaffe (1935–1987)
Howard Johnson (born 1941)
Kirk Joseph (born 1961)
Louis Keppard (1888–1986)
John Kirby (1908–1952)
Andy Kirk (1898–1992)
Anthony Lacen (1950–2004)
Dick Lammi (1909–1969)
Jim Lanigan (1902–1983)
Min Leibrook (1903–1943)
Kristoffer Lo (born 1985)
Chink Martin (1886–1981)
Heida Mobeck (born 1987)
R. Winston Morris (born 1941)
Singleton Palmer (1913–1993)
Bob Stewart (born 1945)
Stein Erik Tafjord (born 1953)
Joe Tarto (1902–1986)
Martin Taxt (born 1981)
Quinn Wilson (1908–1978)

Vibraphone

Violin

Vocal

List of male jazz singers

References

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