List_of_jazz_musicians

List of jazz musicians

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

Giants of Jazz

Main article: Jazz royalty

By Birthdate
Instrumentalists

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)
Chet Baker (1929-1988)

Vocalists

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

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)
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)
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)
Wayne Shorter (born 1933)
Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
Sonny Stitt (born 1924)

Jazz fusion

Main article: List of jazz fusion artists

By instrument

Bagpipes

Main article: List of Jazz bagpipes

Rufus Harley

Bass

Main article: List of jazz bassists

Cello

Mark Summer

Clarinet

Cornet

Drums

Main article: list of jazz drummers

Flute

French horn

Julius Watkins

Guitar

Main article: list of jazz guitarists

Dan Faehnle

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)
Ivar Damian (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards)
Eric Dolphy (1928–1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
Victor Feldman (1934-1987), (piano, vibraphone, conga drum)
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)
Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
Frank Macchia (saxes, clarinets, flutes, ethnic winds, synthesizer)

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)

Percussion

Xavier Desandre Navarre

Saxophone

Main article: list of jazz saxophonists

Trombone

Main article: list of jazz trombonists

Sammy Smith

Trumpet

Vibraphone

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)

Vocal

Main article: List of jazz vocalists

v • d • e Jazz music

Genres	Acid jazz • Asian American jazz • Avant-garde jazz • Bebop • Crossover jazz • Dixieland • Calypso jazz • Chamber jazz • Cool jazz • Free jazz • Gypsy jazz • Hard bop • Jazz blues • Jazz-funk • Jazz fusion • Jazz rap • Latin jazz • Mainstream jazz • Modal jazz • M-Base • Nu jazz • Smooth jazz • Soul jazz • Ska jazz • Swing • Trad jazz • West Coast jazz

Topics	Jazz piano • Jazz guitar • Jazz drumming • Jazz standard • Jazz royalty • Jazz band • Big band • "Jazz"

Lists	Standards • Albums • Genres • Festivals • Clubs • Blue Note Records discography

Lists of Musicians	Musicians • Bassists • Trumpeters • Saxophonists • Drummers • Guitarists • Pianists • Vocalists • Clarinetists • Trombonists • Jazz fusion artists • Smooth jazz

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