List of jazz musicians
This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.
Giants of Jazz
By Birthdate
Instrumentalists
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
- Earl Hines (1903–1983)
- Count Basie (1904–1984)
- Fats Waller (1904–1943)
- Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
- Sun Ra (1914–1993)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
- Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
- Dave Brubeck (b 1920)
- Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
- Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
- Miles Davis (1926–1991)
- John Coltrane (1926–1967)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
- Chet Baker (1929–1988)
- Ira Sullivan (b 1931)
Vocalists
- Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
By period
Early jazz musicians
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
- Buddy Bolden (1877–1930)
- Earl Hines (1903–1983)
- Nick LaRocca (1889–1961) & the members of the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band"
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
- Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938)
- Red Nichols (1905–1965)
Swing era
- Count Basie (1904–1984)
- Cab Calloway (1907–1994)
- Benny Carter (1907–2003)
- Charlie Christian (1918–1942)
- Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957)
- Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Benny Goodman (1909–1986)
- Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969)
- Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
- Earl Hines (1903–1983)
- Johnny Hodges (1907–1970)
- Dick Johnson (1925–2010)
- Jay McShann (1916–2006)
- Glenn Miller (1904–1944)
- George Paxton
- Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
- Fats Waller (1904–1943)
- Ben Webster (1909–1973)
- Paul Whiteman (1890–1967)
Modern innovators
- Chet Baker (1929–1988)
- Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
- John Coltrane (1926–1967)
- Chick Corea (born 1941)
- Miles Davis (1926–1991)
- Bill Evans (1929–1980)
- Gil Evans (1912–1988)
- Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
- Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
- Joe Harriott (1928–1973)
- Thad Jones (1923–1986)
- Fela Kuti (1938–1997)
- Frank Marocco (born1931)
- Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
- Marcus Miller (born 1959)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
- Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
- Bud Powell (1924–1966)
- Louis Prima (1910–1978)
- Sun Ra (1914–1993)
- Max Roach (1924–2007)
- Sonny Rollins (born 1930)
- Wayne Shorter (born 1933)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Sonny Stitt (1924–1982)
- Ira Sullivan (born 1931)
- Dhafer Youssef (born 1967)
Jazz fusion
By instrument
Accordion
Bagpipes
Bass
- Arild Andersen
- Keter Betts
- Jimmy Blanton
- Richard Bona
- Wellman Braud (1891–1966)
- Ray Brown (1926–2002)
- Steve Brown
- Ron Carter (born 1937)
- Paul Chambers
- Stanley Clarke
- Art Davis
- Richard Davis
- Ray Drummond
- Pops Foster
- Eddie Gomez
- Jimmy Garrison
- Vivien Garry
- Coleridge Goode
- Henry Grimes
- Charlie Haden
- Stuart Hamm
- Milt Hinton
- Dave Holland
- Bill Johnson (double-bassist) (1872–1972)
- Scott La Faro
- Cecil McBee
- Christian McBride
- Ron McClure
- Marcus Miller
- Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
- Red Mitchell
- William Parker
- Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987)
- Gary Peacock
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Oscar Pettiford
- Terry Plumeri
- Sage Reynolds
- Steve Rodby
- Clarence Seay
- Patrick Scales
- Slam Stewart
- Brian Q. Torff
- Miroslav Vitouš
- Eberhard Weber
- Gary Willis
- Eugene Wright
Cello
Clarinet
- Woody Allen
- Craig Ball
- Eddie Daniels
- Kenny Davern
- Pete Fountain
- Victor Goines
- Benny Goodman
- Michael Marcus
- Ken Peplowski
Drums
Flute
- Peter Guidi
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Moe Koffman
- Hubert Laws
- Yusef Lateef
- Herbie Mann
- James Newton
- Sam Rivers (born 1923)
- Jeremy Steig
- Dave Valentin
French horn
Guitar
Guitar Synthesizer
Multi-instrumentalists
- Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
- Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
- Benny Carter (1907–2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
- Alice Coltrane (piano, organ, harp)
- Eric Dolphy (1928–1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
- Victor Feldman (1934–1987), (piano, vibraphone, conga drum)
- Dick Johnson (1925–2010) (clarinet, alto saxophone, flute)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute, nose flute, tenor saxophone, manzello, strich, '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 (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)
Organ
- Alice Coltrane
- Joey DeFrancesco
- Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer, real pipes)
- Bill Doggett
- Charles Earland
- Larry Goldings
- Richard "Groove" Holmes
- Jack McDuff
- Amina Claudine Myers (born 1942)
- John Patton
- Trudy Pitts
- Melvin Rhyne
- Rhoda Scott
- Shirley Scott
- Jimmy Smith
- Lonnie Smith
- Lonnie Liston Smith
- Fats Waller (1904–1943)
- Reuben Wilson
- Larry Young
- Sun Ra (1914–1993)
- Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)(Piano)
- Harold Ivory Williams Jr. (organ, keyboard, piano, sitar)
- Dan Fogel (Hammond-B3 organ)
Piano
Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
- Louis Armstrong
- Chet Baker
- Hugh Masakela
- Miles Davis
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Clifford Brown
- Lee Morgan
- Roy Hargrove
- Dave Douglas
- Terence Blanchard
- Nicholas Payton
- Wynton Marsalis
- Maynard Ferguson
- Freddie Hubbard
- Jon Faddis
- Arturo Sandoval
- Allen Vizzutti
- Art Farmer
Vibraphone
- Peter Appleyard
- Roy Ayers
- Gary Burton
- John Cocuzzi
- Walt Dickerson
- Stefon Harris
- Lionel Hampton
- Jay Hoggard
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Milt Jackson
- Max Miller
- Joe Locke
- Steve Nelson
- Red Norvo
- Chuck Redd
- Jerry Tachoir
- Cal Tjader
- James Westfall
Violin
- Billy Bang (born 1947)
- Regina Carter (born 1966)
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
- Valentin Gregor (born 1963)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (born 1942)
- Stuff Smith (1909–1967)
- Ginger Smock (1920–1995)
- Eddie South (1904–1962)
- Joe Venuti (1903–1978)
- Michael White (born 1933)
- Claude Williams (1908–2004)
- Ray Nance (1913–1976)
- Mark Feldman (born 1955)
- Noel Webb (born 1958)
Vocal
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