List of jazz musicians
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This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.
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[edit] Giants of Jazz
Main article: Jazz royalty
By Birthdate
Instrumentalists
- Scott Joplin (1868–1917)
- Charles “Buddy” Bolden (1877–1931)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Earl Hines (1903–83)
- Fats Waller (1904–43)
- Count Basie (1904–84)
- Benny Goodman (1909–86)
- Art Tatum (1909–56)
- Sun Ra (1914–93)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–82)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Charlie Parker (1920–55)
- Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
- Charles Mingus (1922–79)
- Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
- Miles Davis (1926–91)
- John Coltrane (1926–67)
- Chet Baker (1929–88)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
Vocalists
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Billie Holiday (1915–59)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917–96)
- Dinah Washington (1924-63)
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–90)
- Nina Simone (1933-2003)
[edit] By period
[edit] Early jazz musicians
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903–31)
- Buddy Bolden (1877–1930)
- Earl Hines (1903–83)
- Bunk Johnson (1879/1889–1949)
- Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) & the members of the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band"
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
- Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938)
- Red Nichols (1905–65)
[edit] Swing era
- Count Basie (1904–84)
- Cab Calloway (1907–94)
- Benny Carter (1907–2003)
- Charlie Christian (1918–42)
- Jimmy Dorsey (1904–57)
- Tommy Dorsey (1905–56)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Benny Goodman (1909–86)
- Coleman Hawkins (1904–69)
- Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
- Earl Hines (1903–83)
- Johnny Hodges (1907–70)
- Dick Johnson (1925–2010)
- Jay McShann (1916–2006)
- Glenn Miller (1904–44)
- George Paxton (1914–89)
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Fats Waller (1904–43)
- Ben Webster (1909–73)
- Paul Whiteman (1890–1967)
[edit] Modern innovators
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Chet Baker (1929–88)
- Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
- John Coltrane (1926–67)
- Chick Corea (born 1941)
- Miles Davis (1926–91)
- Bill Evans (1929–80)
- Gil Evans (1912–88)
- Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
- Chico Hamilton (born 1921)
- Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
- Joe Harriott (1928–73)
- Thad Jones (1923–86)
- Fela Kuti (1938–97)
- Shelly Manne (1920–1984)
- Frank Marocco (born 1931)
- Jackie McLean (1931–2006)
- Charles Mingus (1922–79)
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–82)
- Charlie Parker (1920–55)
- Oscar Peterson (1925–07)
- Bud Powell (1924–66)
- Louis Prima (1910–78)
- Sun Ra (1914–93)
- Max Roach (1924–2007)
- Sonny Rollins (born 1930)
- Wayne Shorter (born 1933)
- Peter Sprague (born 1955)
- Sonny Stitt (1924–1982)
- Ira Sullivan (born 1931)
- Cal Tjader (1925–1982)
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Dhafer Youssef (born 1967)
[edit] Jazz fusion
Main article: List of jazz fusion artists
[edit] By instrument
[edit] Accordion
- Luciano Biondini
- Richard Galliano (born 1950)
- Frank Marocco (born 1931)
- Art Van Damme (1920–2010)
- Martin Wagner
[edit] Bagpipes
- Rufus Harley (1936–2006)
- James Rivers (?- present)
[edit] Banjo
[edit] Bass
Main article: List of jazz bassists
- Arild Andersen
- Keter Betts (1928–2005)
- Jimmy Blanton (1918–42)
- Richard Bona (born 1967)
- Wellman Braud (1891–1966)
- Ray Brown (1926–2002)
- Steve Brown (born 1942)
- Ron Carter (born 1937)
- Paul Chambers (1935–69)
- Stanley Clarke (born 1951)
- Art Davis (1934–2007)
- Richard Davis (born 1930)
- Ray Drummond (born 1946)
- Jimmy Earl (born 1957)
- Pops Foster (1892–1969)
- Eddie Gomez (born 1944)
- Jimmy Garrison (1933–76)
- Vivien Garry (died 2008)
- Coleridge Goode (born 1914)
- Henry Grimes (born 1935)
- Charlie Haden (born 1937)
- Stuart Hamm (born 1960)
- Milt Hinton (1910–2000)
- Dave Holland (born 1946)
- Bill Johnson (double-bassist) (1872–1972)
- Scott La Faro (1936–61)
- Cecil McBee (born 1935)
- Christian McBride (born 1972)
- Ron McClure (born 1941)
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Charles Mingus (1922–79)
- Red Mitchell (1927–92)
- William Parker (born 1952)
- Jaco Pastorius (1951–87)
- John Patitucci
- Gary Peacock (born 1935)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946–2005)
- Oscar Pettiford (1922–60)
- Terry Plumeri
- Pino Presti
- Sage Reynolds
- Steve Rodby
- Clarence Seay
- Patrick Scales
- Esperanza Spalding
- Slam Stewart (1914–87)
- Brian Q. Torff
- Miroslav Vitouš
- Eberhard Weber
- Gary Willis
- Eugene Wright
[edit] Cello
[edit] Clarinet
- Woody Allen (born 1935)
- Craig Ball
- Don Byron
- Evan Christopher
- Anat Cohen
- Eddie Daniels
- Kenny Davern
- Buddy DeFranco
- Pete Fountain (born 1930)
- Victor Goines
- Benny Goodman (1909–86)
- Michael Marcus
- Ken Peplowski
- Woody Herman
- Sid Phillips
- Artie Shaw
[edit] Cornet
- Nat Adderley (1931–2000)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903–31)
- Buddy Bolden (1877–1931)
- Jeff Hughes
- Red Nichols (1905–65)
- Chris Tyle
[edit] Drums
Main article: list of jazz drummers
[edit] Flute
- Peter Guidi
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935–77)
- Moe Koffman
- Hubert Laws (born 1939)
- Yusef Lateef (born 1920)
- Herbie Mann (1930–2003)
- Bill McBirnie
- James Newton
- Sam Rivers (born 1923)
- Jeremy Steig
- Dave Valentin
[edit] French horn
[edit] Guitar
Main article: list of jazz guitarists
- George Benson
- Royce Campbell
- Dan Faehnle
- Tal Farlow
- Jim Ferguson
- Grant Green (1935–79)
- Barney Kessel (1923–2004)
- Earl Klugh (born 1954)
- Pat Metheny
- Wes Montgomery (1923–68)
- Django Reinhardt (1910–53)
- Emily Remler (1957–90)
- Peter Sprague (born 1955)
[edit] Guitar Synthesizer
- Adrian Belew
- John McLaughlin (musician)
- Pat Metheny (born 1954)
- Peter Sprague (born 1955)
[edit] Multi-instrumentalists
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
- Jaki Byard (1922–99), (alto sax, piano)
- Benny Carter (1907–2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
- Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), (piano, organ, harp)
- Eric Dolphy (1928–64), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
- Victor Feldman (1934–87), (piano, vibraphone, conga drum)
- Daryl Hayott (born 1960), (bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, trumpet)
- Dick Johnson (1925–2010) (clarinet, alto saxophone, flute)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute, nose flute, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, 'black mystery pipes', clarinet, gong, percussion)
- Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
- Marcus Miller (born 1959), (bass, bass clarinet, saxophone, keyboards, guitar)
- Charles Mingus (bass, piano)
- Ray Nance (1913–76), (trumpet, violin)
- Hermeto Pascoal (Keyboards, button accordion, melodica, saxophone, others)
- Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
- Ira Sullivan (trumpet, saxophones, flute, flugelhorn, others)
- John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
- Mike Zwerin (1930–2010) (trombone, bass trumpet)
[edit] Organ
- Alice Coltrane (1937–2007)
- Joey DeFrancesco
- Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer, real pipes)
- Bill Doggett
- Charles Earland (1941–99)
- Dan Fogel (Hammond-B3 organ)
- Larry Goldings
- Richard "Groove" Holmes
- Jack McDuff (1926–2001)
- Amina Claudine Myers (born 1942)
- John Patton
- Trudy Pitts
- Sun Ra (1914–93)
- Melvin Rhyne
- Ray Charles Robinson (1930–2004)(Piano)
- Rhoda Scott (born 1938)
- Shirley Scott (1934–2002)
- Jimmy Smith
- Lonnie Smith
- Lonnie Liston Smith (born 1940)
- Fats Waller (1904–43)
- Harold Ivory Williams Jr. (organ, keyboard, piano, sitar)
- Reuben Wilson
- Larry Young
[edit] Piano
Main article: list of jazz pianists
[edit] Saxophone
Main article: list of jazz saxophonists
[edit] Trombone
Main article: list of jazz trombonists
[edit] Trumpet
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Chet Baker (1929–88)
- Guido Basso (born 1937)
- Terence Blanchard
- Clifford Brown (1930–56)
- Miles Davis (1926–91)
- Dave Douglas
- Jon Faddis
- Art Farmer
- Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
- Roy Hargrove
- Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008)
- Ingrid Jensen (born 1966)
- Wynton Marsalis (born 1961)
- Hugh Masekela (born 1939)
- Lee Morgan (1938–72)
- Nicholas Payton
- Arturo Sandoval
- Fred Stone (musician) (1935–86)
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Kevin Turcotte
- Allen Vizzutti
- Kenny Wheeler (born 1930)
[edit] Flugelhorn
- Art Farmer
- Dmitri Matheny
- Woody Shaw
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Kenny Wheeler
[edit] Vibraphone
- Peter Appleyard
- Roy Ayers
- Gary Burton
- John Cocuzzi
- Walt Dickerson
- Stefon Harris
- Lionel Hampton
- Jay Hoggard
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Milt Jackson
- Joe Locke
- Max Miller
- Steve Nelson
- Red Norvo
- Chuck Redd
- Jerry Tachoir
- Cal Tjader
- James Westfall
- Marius Preda
[edit] Violin
Further information: Musical styles (violin)
- Billy Bang (born 1947)
- Regina Carter (born 1966)
- Mark Feldman (born 1955)
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908–97)
- Valentin Gregor (born 1963)
- Didier Lockwood (born 1956)
- Ray Nance (1913–76)
- Florin Niculescu (born 1967)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (born 1942)
- Stuff Smith (1909–67)
- Ginger Smock (1920–95)
- Eddie South (1904–62)
- Joe Venuti (1903–78)
- Noel Webb (born 1958)
- Michael White (born 1933)
- Claude Williams (1908–2004)
[edit] Vocal
Main article: List of jazz vocalists
[edit] References
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