This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles. For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Giants of Jazz

Main article: Jazz royalty

By Birthdate
Instrumentalists Jazz royalty is a term that reflects the many great jazz musicians who have some sort of royal title in their names or nicknames. ...

• Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971)
• Earl Hines (1903–1983)
• Count Basie (1904–1984)
• Fats Waller (1904–1943)
• Sun Ra (1914-1993)
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
• Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
• Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
• Charlie Mingus (1922–1979)
• Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
• Miles Davis (1926–1991)
• John Coltrane (1926–1967)
• Ornette Coleman (born 1930)

Vocalists This article is about the American Jazz composer and performer. ... Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl Fatha Hines, (28 December 1903[1] Duquesne, Pennsylvania – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was one of the most important pianists in the history of jazz. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. ... Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sonyr Ra;[1] born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his cosmic philosophy, musical compositions and performances. ... For the Australian cricketer nicknamed Dizzy, see Jason Gillespie. ... Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... For other persons of the same name, see Charles Parker. ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. ...

• Billie Holiday (1915–1959)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
• Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed Sassy and The Divine One) (March 27, 1924, Newark, New Jersey – April 3, 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz singer, described as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century [1]. // Sarah Vaughans father, Asbury Jake Vaughan, was a carpenter and amateur...

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 Jass Band
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
• Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938)
• Red Nichols (1905–1965)

Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ... Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... Charles Buddy Bolden (September 6, 1877–November 4, 1931) was a cornetist and the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence and also credited as the founder of jazz. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl Fatha Hines, (28 December 1903[1] Duquesne, Pennsylvania – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was one of the most important pianists in the history of jazz. ... Nick LaRocca. ... Morton in the 1920s Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music. ... Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 – April 10, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz cornet player. ... Ernest Loring Red Nichols (May 8, 1905–June 28, 1965) was a United States jazz cornettist. ...

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)
• 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)

William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... Cab Calloway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. ... Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. ... Charlie Christian (29 July 1916 – 2 March 1942) was an American jazz guitarist. ... James Jimmy Dorsey (February 29, 1904 - June 12, 1957) was a prominent jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and big band leader. ... Tommy Dorsey, in a publicity shot for The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era. ... This article is about the American Jazz composer and performer. ... Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman[1] , (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician and virtuoso clarinetist, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, The Professor, and Swings Senior Statesman. // Goodman was born in Chicago, the ninth of twelve children of poor Jewish... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1901 or 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl Fatha Hines, (28 December 1903[1] Duquesne, Pennsylvania – 22 April 1983 in Oakland, California) was one of the most important pianists in the history of jazz. ... Johnny Hodges in concert, Feb. ... James Columbus (Jay or Hootie) McShann (born in 1909 or January 12, 1916) is an American blues and Swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. ... This article is about the jazz musician. ... George Paxton was a big band leader, composer, saxophonist, and arranger of swing jazz music during the late 1930s and early 1940s, and co-founder and producer of the primarily doo-wop Coed Records label in the late 1950s. ... Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York – December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time. ... Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. ... Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909–September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... 1928 Columbia Records label with caricature of Paul Whiteman Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was a popular american orchestral leader. ...

Modern innovators

• Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
• Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
• John Coltrane (1926–1967)
• Miles Davis (1926–1991)
• Bill Evans (1929–1980)
• Gil Evans (1912–1988)
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993)
• Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
• Joe Harriott (1928–1973)
• Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
• 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)
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)

David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California[1]), better known as Dave Brubeck, is a U.S. jazz pianist. ... Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. ... Coltrane redirects here. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... William John Evans (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and one of the most famous of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ... Gil Evans (13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader, active in the United States. ... For the Australian cricketer nicknamed Dizzy, see Jason Gillespie. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... 1954 Cool Jazz With Joe EP cover Joseph Arthurlin Joe Harriott (July 15, 1928 in Kingston, Jamaica-January 02, 1973 in Southampton, Hampshire) was a Jamaican jazz musician and composer, whose principal instrument was the alto saxophone. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ... Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... For other persons of the same name, see Charles Parker. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. ... Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sonyr Ra;[1] born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his cosmic philosophy, musical compositions and performances. ... Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was a bebop/hard bop percussionist, drummer, and composer. ... Theodore Walter Sonny Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Toshiko Akiyoshi (穐吉 敏子, born December 12, 1929) is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger. ...

Jazz fusion

Main article: List of jazz fusion artists

The following artists and bands have performed jazz fusion. ...

By instrument

Bagpipes

Main article: List of Jazz bagpipes

• Rufus Harley

Rufus Harley (born May 20, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a U.S. jazz musician of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry. ...

Bass

Main article: List of jazz bassists

• Arild Andersen
• Keter Betts
• Jimmy Blanton
• Wellman Braud (1891–1966)
• Ray Brown (1926–2002)
• Steve Brown
• Ron Carter (born 1937)
• Paul Chambers
• Stanley Clarke
• Art Davis
• Brian Day
• Richard Davis
• Pops Foster
• Jimmy Garrison
• Vivien Garry
• Coleridge Goode
• Henry Grimes
• Charlie Haden
• Stuart Hamm
• Milt Hinton
• Dave Holland
• Bill Johnson (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
• Sage Reynolds
• Steve Rodby
• Clarence Seay
• Slam Stewart
• Brian Q. Torff
• Eberhard Weber
• Gary Willis
• Eugene Wright
• Victor Wooten

The following is a list of noted jazz bassists with Wikipedia articles. ... Arild Andersen (born October 27, 1945) is a Norwegian bass player. ... Keter Betts (July 25, 1928 – August 6, 2005) was an American jazz bassist. ... Jimmy Blanton (1918 – July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist. ... Wellman Braud (January 25, 1891 - October 29, 1966) was a United States jazz string bass player. ... Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926–July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist. ... Steve Brown Steve Brown first went north to Chicago in 1915 with brother Tom in the first wave of jazz musicians to go to the city. ... Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937, Ferndale, Michigan) is an American jazz bassist. ... Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. ... Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and bass guitar as well as his numerous film and television scores. ... Arthur Art Davis (June 14, 1905 - May 9, 2000) was an animator and a director for Warner Brothers Termite Terrace cartoon studio. ... Dr. Brian Day, MRCP (UK), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (C), (born c. ... Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American double bass player who has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1977, after establishing himself for twenty-three years in New York City. ... George Murphy Foster, almost always known as Pops Foster (18 May 1892 (?) - 30 October 1969) was a jazz musician, best known for his vigorous string bass playing. ... Jimmy Garrison (March 3, 1933 – April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long association with John Coltrane from 1961 – 1967. ... Jazz bassist Vivien Garry led the Vivien Garry Quintet (which, on at least one date, included Edna Williams of The International Sweethearts of Rhythm on trumpet and Ginger Smock on violin) and the Vivien Garry Trio (which included her husband, Arv Garrison, on guitar and Wini Beatty on piano). ... Coleridge George Emerson Goode (b. ... Henry Grimes (born November 3, 1935) is a jazz double bassist. ... Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ... Stuart Stu Hamm (born February 8, 1960) is an American bass player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his virtuosic playing style and solo recordings. ... Milt Hinton born Milton John Hilton (Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d. ... Dave Holland (born October 1, 1946) is a jazz bassist and composer. ... William Manuel Bill Johnson (August 10, 1872 – December 3, 1972), was a United States jazz musician, considered the father of the slap style of string bass playing. ... Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 - July 6, 1961) was one of the most influential jazz bassists of the 20th Century. ... Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American post-bop jazz bassist. ... Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz bassist. ... Ron McClure (b. ... Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ... Keith Moore Mitchell (September 20, 1927, New York City - November 8, 1992, Salem, Oregon), better known as Red Mitchell, was an American jazz bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. ... This article is about the jazz bassist. ... John Francis Anthony Jaco Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of the fretless bass,[1][2] as well as his command of varied musical styles. ... Gary Peacock (born 12 May 1935 in Burley, Idaho) is an American jazz double-bassist. ... Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (IPA: , May 27, 1946 – April 19, 2005) was a Danish jazz bassist known for his impressive technique and an approach that could be considered an extension of the innovative work of Scott LaFaro. ... Oscar Pettiford (Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 30 September 1922-Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 September 1960) was an American jazz bassist, cellist and composer known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop. ... Sage Reynolds on Bass Bassist and composer Sage Reynolds is highly active on the Montréal music scene performing and writing in a variety of musical styles and contexts. ... Bassist Steve Rodby was born in December of 1954 in Joliet, Illinois. ... Clarence Seay (jazz bassist,composer born 1957 Washington, DC) Seay has been an acoustic bassist with the Wallace Roney Quintet for over 15 years. ... Slam Stewart Leroy Elliott Slam Stewart (September 21, 1914-December 10, 1987) was an African-American jazz bassist whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass and simultaneously hum an octave apart. ... Brian Q. Torff Brian Q. Torff (born March 16, 1954 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a world renowned bassist and composer, and is currently Music Program Director at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. ... Eberhard Weber (born January 22nd, 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a bassist and composer. ... Gary Willis is an american electric bass player most famouse for his work with Tribal tech. ... Eugene Wright (b. ... Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964 in Hampton, Virginia) is an American electric bass guitar player. ...

Cello

• Mark Summer

Mark Summer is the Turtle Island String Quartets cellist as of 2005. ...

Clarinet

Main article: list of jazz clarinetists

This is an alphabetical list of jazz clarinetists for whom Wikipedia has articles. ...

Cornet

• Nat Adderley
• Louis Armstrong
• Bix Beiderbecke
• Jeff Hughes
• Red Nichols
• Chris Tyle

Nathaniel Adderley (November 25, 1931 - January 2, 2000) was an American jazz cornetist who played in the hard bop and soul jazz genres. ... Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... Dr. Jeff Hughes is an American traditional jazz cornet player. ... Ernest Loring Red Nichols (May 8, 1905–June 28, 1965) was a United States jazz cornettist. ... // Chris Tyle (born in Vancouver, Washington, May 1955) is a traditional jazz (i. ...

Drums

Main article: list of jazz drummers

This list of jazz drummers attempts to include all those for whom Wikipedia has an article. ...

Flute

• Peter Guidi
• Moe Koffman
• Hubert Laws
• Yusef Lateef
• Herbie Mann
• James Newton
• Sam Rivers (born 1923)
• Jeremy Steig

Moe Koffman (December 28, 1928-March 28, 2001) was a Canadian jazz musician and composer. ... Hubert Laws is an American jazz flutist, who also studied classical music. ... Album cover of Eastern Sounds Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. ... Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), better known as Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flutist and important practitioner of world music. ... James W. Newton (b. ... For the bass guitarist named Sam Rivers, see Sam Rivers (bass guitarist) or Limp Bizkit. ... Jeremy Steig, the son of The New Yorker cartoonist William Steig, is notable as one of the few jazz flutists playing flute exclusively, as opposed to doubling from other woodwinds (others are James Newton, and, for most of his career, Herbie Mann). ...

French horn

• Julius Watkins

Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 - April 4, 1977) was an American jazz and bebop musician, and one of the very first jazz French horn players. ...

Guitar

Main article: list of jazz guitarists

Dan Faehnle See also Jazz guitar Category:Jazz guitarists by genre The following is a list of notable jazz guitarists, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western Swing, latin jazz, and jazz-rock fusion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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)
• 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)
• Charles Mingus (bass, piano)
• Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
• Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
• John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
• Frank Macchia (saxes, clarinets, flutes, ethnic winds, synthesizer)

Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ... Jaki Byard (June 15, 1922 - February 11, 1999) was a jazz piano player. ... Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. ... Alice Coltrane (b. ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... Roland Kirk Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1936 - December 5, 1977) was a blind American jazz multi-instrumentalist, playing tenor saxophone, flute and other reed instruments. ... Album cover of Eastern Sounds Dr. Yusef Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston, October 9, 1920) is an American jazz musician. ... Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. ... Ray Willis Nance (1913 - 1976) was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. ... Helge Schneider 2002 Helge Schneider (b. ... John Douglas Surman (born on 30 August 1944 in Tavistock, England), is a jazz saxophone, clarinet and synthesizer player. ...

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)
• Harold Ivory Williams Jr. (organ, keyboard, piano, sitar)

== Alice Coltrane (b. ... Joey DeFrancesco (b. ... Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich, Germany), is a jazz musician and Hammond organist whose 1980s recordings helped to revive interest in the Hammond organ. ... Bill Doggett (February 16, 1916 _ November 13, 1996) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Larry Goldings is a jazz organist born August 28, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Richard Arnold (Groove) Holmes (1931 – 1991) was an American jazz organist who performed in the soul jazz genre. ... Brother Jack McDuff (September 17, 1926 - January 23, 2001) was a jazz organist and bandleader prominent during the soul jazz era of the 1960s. ... Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942 in Blackwell, near Atkins, Arkansas) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. ... John Patton (1935 - 2002) (sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton) was a soul jazz organ player. ... Trudy Pitts (1933) was a jazz keyboardist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1960s. ... Melvin Rhyne (b. ... Rhoda Scott is an American jazz musician. ... Shirley Scott (born March 14, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died March 10, 2002) was a jazz and soul organist. ... A young Jimmy Smith, on the 1958 album House Party Jimmy Smith, nicknamed The Incredible Jimmy Smith, (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was a jazz musician whose Hammond B-3 electric organ performances helped to popularize this instrument. ... Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. ... Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. ... Reuben Lincoln Wilson (Born April 9, 1935) is known as The Godfather of Acid Jazz. He started his music in the 1960s. ... Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (born October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey-died March 30, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. ... Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sonyr Ra;[1] born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his cosmic philosophy, musical compositions and performances. ... Harold Ivory Williams, Jr. ...

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Percussion

• Xavier Desandre Navarre

Saxophone

Main article: list of jazz saxophonists

This is a list of jazz saxophonists. ...

Trombone

Main article: list of jazz trombonists

This is a list of notable jazz trombonists: (see also: trombonists, [[Category:Jazz trombonists]], [[Category:Trombonists]], and [[Category:Classical trombonists]] Back to jazz, trombone, or trombonists. ...

Trumpet

Main article: list of jazz trumpeters

This is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters for whom Wikipedia has articles. ...

Vibraphone

• Peter Appleyard
• Roy Ayers
• Gary Burton
• John Cocuzzi
• Walt Dickerson
• Stefon Harris
• Lionel Hampton
• Bobby Hutcherson
• Milt Jackson
• Max Miller
• Joe Locke
• Steve Nelson
• Red Norvo
• Chuck Redd
• Jerry Tachoir
• Cal Tjader
• James Westfall

Peter Appleyard (born August 26, 1928) is a Canadian Jazz vibraphonist. ... Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940, Los Angeles) is a funk, soul and jazz vibraphone player. ... Gary Burton (born on 23 January 1943 in Anderson, Indiana) is a jazz vibraphone player, known for developing the then-innovative technique of playing the instrument with four mallets, rather than the usual two. ... John Cocuzzi (born 1964) is an American jazz, blues, and swing musician who specializes in vibraphone and piano, as well as drums. ... Walter Roland Dickerson(born April 16, 1928 or 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz vibraphone player most associated with post-bop. ... Stefon Harris is an American jazz vibraphonist, considered one of the most promising young jazz musicians today. ... Lionel Hampton with George W. Bush Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908, Louisville, Kentucky – August 31, 2002 New York City), was a jazz bandleader and percussionist. ... Bobby Hutcherson (born January 27, 1941 in Los Angeles) is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. ... Milton (Milt) Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist and one of the most important figures in the hard bop style. ... Joseph Paul Locke (born March 18, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, U.S.) - US jazz vibraphonist and composer. ... Steve Nelson is a common name that refers to many people The New England Patriots American football player Steve Nelson The vibraphonist Steve Nelson The disc jockey and radio producer Steve Nelson The singer songwriter Steve Nelson (stevenelsonmusic. ... Red Norvo (31 March 1908- 6 April 1999) was one of jazzs early vibraphonists. ... Chuck Redd is a an American drummer and vibraphonist. ... Contemporary jazz Vibist, Jerry Tachoir. ... Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925–May 5, 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician. ... James Westfall is a jazz vibraphonist born in Houston, Texas. ...

Violin

Further information: Musical styles (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)

// Jazz The earliest references to jazz performance using the violin as a solo instrument are documented during the first decades of the 20th century. ... Billy Bang (b. ... Regina Carter Regina Carter (born in Detroit, Michigan in 1966) is an American jazz violinist. ... Stéphane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 – December 1, 1997) was a French pioneer jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt. ... Valentin Gregor (born May 1963, Bonn, Germany) is a jazz violinist, singer and composer. ... Grappelli (left) and Jean-Luc Ponty (right). ... Stuff Smith was one of the big three of pre-bop violinists along with Joe Venuti and Stephane Grappelli. ... Ginger Smock (1920-1995) was a versatile violinist, orchestra leader, and local Los Angeles television personality. ... Eddie South (November 27, 1904 - April 25, 1962) was an American jazz violinist. ... Giuseppe (Joe) Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and violinist. ... Michael White (b. ... Claude The Fiddler Williams (February 22, 1908 – April 26, 2004) was an American jazz violinist and guitarist. ... Ray Willis Nance (1913 - 1976) was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. ... Mark Feldman is a violinist active in the areas of Jazz, chamber music and quartets. ...

Vocal

Main article: List of jazz vocalists

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