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JAZZ

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drums

Bands: McCoy Tyner Trio, Billy Harper

Abbey Lincoln

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vocal

Bands: Solo

Abdullah Ibrahim

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piano

Bands: Solo

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trumpet

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Adam Mack

drums

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Adam Makowicz

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piano

Bands: Michal Urbaniak, Urszula Dudziak, The Jazz Darings, Solo

Adam Niewood

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soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, C Melody sax, clarinet

Bands: Bill Goodwin Quartet, Adam Niewood & His Rabble Rousers,

Adam Nussbaum

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drums

Bands: Mike Stern, John Abercrombie Trio, Michael Brecker, Joe Calderazzo, Jeff Andrews, Jerry Bergonzi, Gary Versace, Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, Gianluca Ambrosetti, Manuel Codjia, Miroslav Vitous, Steve Swallow Quintet, James Moody, Christian Jacob, George Gruntz, Karl Ratzer, Ryan Kisor, Chris Potter, Mick Goodrick, Kenny Wheeler, Dan Wall, Joe Lovano, Mark Feldmann, Don Cherry, Larry Schneider, Rick Margitza, Jackie Paris, Tom Harell, Marc Feldmann, Bob Berg, We Three

Adam Smale

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guitar

Bands: Solo

Ahmad Jamal

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piano

Bands: Solo, the Three Strings, Ahmad Jamal Trio, James Cammack, Idris Muhammad, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, George Coleman

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Fred Hopkins - bass

Herny Threadgill - alto sax, flute, baritone sax

Steve McCall - drums

Andrew Cyrille - drums

Pheeroan akLaff - drums

Airto Moreira

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percussion

Bands: Weather Report, Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, Return to Forever, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Planet Drum, Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Keith Jarrett, Zakir Hussain, Walter Brooker, George Duke, Solo

Al Cohn

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tenor sax

Bands: Zoot Sims, Woody Herman's Second Herd, Artie Shaw, Mose Allison, Bob Brookmeyer, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Tate, Jimmy Rowles, Scott Hamilton, Joe Marsala, Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey, Buddy Rich, Solo

Al Foster

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drums

Bands: Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Blue Michell, Junior Cook, Chick Corea, Gene Taylor, Sonny Fortune, Pete Cosey, Regie Lucas, Michael Henderson, Red Garland, Sam Jones, George Adams, Don Pullen, Bill Evans, Branford Marsalis, John Scofield, Darryl Jones, Mino Cinelu, Gil Evans, Sting, Bob Berg, John Mc Laughlin, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Bobby Enriquez, McCoy Tyner, Ray Brown, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Bob Cranshaw, Lew Soloff, Ray Vega, Jimmy Knepper, Dave Taylor, Christian McBride, Joe Chambers, Craig Handy, Steve Kuhn, Michel Petrucciani, Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Garrett, Geri Allen, Christian McBride, Dexter Gordon, Solo

Al Hirt

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trumpet

Bands: Pete Fountain, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Horace Heidt's Orchestra, Ina Ray Hutton, Monk Hazel, Junior Police Band, Solo

Aladar Pege

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acoustic bass

Bands: Herbie Hancock, Zana Zoltan, Walter Norris, Mingus Dynasty, Solo

Alan Broadbent

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piano, arranger, composer

Bands: Woody Herman, Diane Schuur, Chet Baker, Irene Kral, Sheila Jordan, Charlie Haden, Warne Marsh, Bud Shank, Putter Smith, Frank Gibson, Jr.

Albert Ammons

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Excellent, influential boogie-woogie pianist during the 1930-40s. He was only 42 when he died in 1949.

piano

Bands: Solo, Sippie Wallace, Gene Ammons, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis

Albert Ayler

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alto sax, tenor sax

Bands: Little Walter, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Gary Peacock, Donald Ayler, Sunny Murray, Lloyd Pearson and His Counts of Rhythm, Solo

Albert "Tootie" Heath

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Tootie, younger brother of Percy and Jimmy Heath, has played hard bop since the late 1950s.

drums

Bands: John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson, Cedar Walton, Yusef Lateef, Bobby Timmons, The Heath Brothers

Alice Coltrane

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piano, harp, organ, synthesizer

Bands: John Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, Oran Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Kenny Burrell, Terry Gibbs, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Frank Lowe, Carlos Ward, Rashied Ali, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Garrison, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Jeff "Tain" Watts, James Genus, Solo

Alison Brown Quartet

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Alison Brown - banjo

Garry West - acoustic bass

John R. Burr - piano

Kendrick Freeman - drums

David Hyer - drums

Anders Bergcrantz

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Swedish trumpeter with a real sweet tone.

trumpet

Bands: Richie Beirach, Ron McClure, Adam Nussbaum, Ed Thigpen, Billy Hart

Andre Previn

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piano, composer, conductor

Bands: Shelley Manne, Benny Carter, Dinah Shore, Julie Andrews, Houston Symphony, London Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic

Andrew Cyrille

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drums

Bands: Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet and Mary Lou Williams to Kenny Dorham, Muhal Richard Abrams, Horace Tapscott, John Carter, Mal Waldron, David Murray, Cecil Taylor, Trio 3, Andrew Cyrille's CrashPad, Vladimir Tarasov, Dialogue of the Drums, Pieces of Time, Weights and Measures, Maono, Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Dave Douglas, Henry Grimes, William Parker, Dave Burrell, Marilyn Crispell, Karl Berger

Andrew Hill

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piano

Bands: Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Joe Chambers, Richard Davis, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Hank Mobley, Tony Williams, Greg Osby, John Gilmore, Charles Tolliver, John Herbert, Eric McPherson, Greg Tardy, Scott Colley, Ron Horton, Charles Tolliver, Lee Morgan, Sam Rivers, Marty Ehrlich, Billy Drummond

Andy Narell

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steel drums

Bands: Mike Stern, Calypsociation, Caribbean Jazz Project, Paquito d'Rivera, Dave Samuals, David Sanchez, Luis Conte, Mark Walker, Jean Philippe Fanfant, Sakésho, Solo

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baritone sax, vocal

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Andy Simpkins

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acoustic bass

Bands: Freddie Hubbard, Sarah Vaughan, George Shearing, Nat Adderly, Stanley Turrentine, Lou Donaldson, Gene Harris, The Three Sounds, Carmen McRae, Stephane Grappelli, Buddy DeFranco, Kenny Burrell, Joe Williams, Don Menza, Monty Alexander

Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights

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1920s/30s Gypsy swing and blues featuring Ann Savoy's sultry voice.

Anthony Braxton

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saxes, clarinets, piano, flute, composer

Bands: Circle, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul, Kenny Wheeler, George Lewis, Ray Anderson, Leroy Jenkins, Richard Teitelbaum, Wadada Leo Smith, the Creative Construction Company, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Mal Waldron, Dave Douglas, Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Peter Brötzmann, Willem Breuker, Muhal Richard Abrams, Steve Lacy, Roscoe Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Andrew Cyrille, Wolf Eyes, Misha Mengelberg, Chris Dahlgren, Lauren Newton, Max Roach, Solo

Antonio Hart

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alto sax

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Dave Holland Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Roy Hargrove, Solo

Archie Shepp

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tenor sax, soprano sax

Bands: John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, New York Contemporary Five Band, Roswell Rudd, Jasper Van't Hof, Dresch Mihály, Eric Le Lann, Solo

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congas, percussion

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Arnett Cobb

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tenor sax

Bands: Chester Boone, Milt Larkin, Lionel Hampton's Orchestra, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson, Solo

Art Blakey

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drums

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Nichols, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Grant Green, Mary Lou Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Eckstine

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Art Blakey - drums

John Hicks - piano

Benny Green - piano

Keith Jarrett - piano

Joanne Brackeen - piano

Cedar Walton - piano

Mulgrew Miller - piano

Bobby Timmons - piano

Horace Silver - piano

Donald Brown - piano

Walter Davis - piano

James Williams - piano

Johnny O'Neal - piano

Jackie McLean - alto sax

Wayne Shorter - tenor sax

Hank Mobley - tenor sax

Johnny Griffin - tenor sax

Benny Golson - tenor sax

John Gilmore - tenor sax

Branford Marsalis - alto sax

Gary Bartz - alto sax

Billy Harper - tenor sax

Donald Harrison - alto sax

Bobby Watson - alto sax

Dale Barlow - tenor sax

Lou Donaldson - alto sax

Bill Pierce - tenor sax

David Schnitter - tenor sax

Javon Jackson - tenor sax

Wynton Marsalis - trumpet

Lee Morgan - trumpet

Chuck Mangione - trumpet

Clifford Brown - trumpet

Woody Shaw - trumpet

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet

Donald Byrd - trumpet

Terence Blanchard - trumpet

Brian Lynch - trumpet

Kenny Dorham - trumpet

Bill Hardman - trumpet

Valery Ponomarev - trumpet

Curtis Fuller - trombone

Robin Eubanks - trombone

Spanky DeBrest - acoustic bass

Jymie Merritt - acoustic bass

Doug Watkins - acoustic bass

Curly Russell - acoustic bass

Charles Farmbrough - acoustic bass

Dennis Irwin - acoustic bass

Reggie Workman - acoustic bass

Kevin Eubanks - guitar

Art Ensemble of Chicago

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Roscoe Mitchell - sax

Joseph Jarman - sax

Lester Bowie - trumpet

Malachi Favors - bass

Famoudou Don Moye - drums

Art Farmer

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trumpet, flugelhorn, flumpet

Bands: Benny Carter, Jay McShann, Lionel Hampton's Orchestra, Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Horace Silver, Gerry Mulligan, The Jazztet, Jim Hall, Steve Swallow, The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, Janne Schaffer, Sabu Martinez, Red Mitchell, Wardell Gray, Austrian Radio Orchestra, Horace Henderson, Johnny Otis, Dexter Gordon, Joe Turner, Jay McShann, Solo

Art Hodes

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piano

Bands: Sidney Bechet, Joe Marsala, Mezz Mezzrow, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy McPartland, Wingy Manone, Solo

Art Tatum

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piano

Bands: Benny Carter, Buddy DeFranco, Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Ben Webster, Harry Sweets Edison, Adelaide Hall, Tiny Grimes, Slam Stewart, Solo

Arthur Blythe

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alto sax, composer

Bands: Chico Hamilton, Gil Evans Orchestra, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette, McCoy Tyner, World Saxophone Quartet, The Leaders, John Hicks, Bob Stewart, Cecil Brooks III Solo

Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)

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clarinet, bandleader, composer

Bands: Johnny Caverello, Austin Wylie, Irving Aaronson's Commanders, Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, Mel Torme, The Gramercy Five, Solo

Arturo Sandoval

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trumpet

Bands: Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, Irakere, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad Symphony, Johnny Mathis, Gloria Estefan, Kenny G, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, Dave Grusin, Woody Herman, Herbie Hancock, Woody Shaw, Stan Getz, Céline Dion, Tito Puente, Alicia Keys, Patti LaBelle, Tony Bennett, the Miami Sound Machine

Avery Sharpe

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bass, acoustic bass

Bands: McCoy Tyner Trio, Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, Ricky Ford, Joe Ford, Solo

Avishai Cohen

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bass, composer

Bands: Chick Corea New Trio, Danilo Perez, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Pops Symphony

Avishai Cohen

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trumpet

Bands: Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudia Acuna, Jason Lindner, Omer Ivatal, John Sullivan, Jeff Ballard, Joel Frahm, Third World Love

Baikida Carroll

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trumpet, composer

Bands: Oliver Lake, Sam Rivers, Jack DeJohnette, Graham Parker, Carla Bley, David Murray, John Carter, Michele Rosewoman, Julius Hemphill, Steve Weisberg, Charles Papasoff, Michael Gregory Jackson, Muhal Richard Abrams, John Lindberg, Pheeroan akLaff, Solo

Barney Kessel

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guitar

Bands: Oscar Peterson Trio, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Chico Marx, Charlie Barnet Big Band, Artie Shaw Big Band, Gramercy Five, Solo

Barry Altschul

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drums

Bands: Circle, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Alan Silva, Paul Bley, Simon Nabotov, Kenny Drew, Sr., Solo

Barry Harris

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piano

Bands: Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Hank Mobley, Coleman Hawkins, Solo

Ben Sidran

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piano, keys, synth

Bands: The Ardells, Steve Miller Band, Boz Scaggs, Solo

Ben Tyree

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guitar

Bands: MuthaWit, Vernon Reid, Kyp Malone, Res, Nomi, The Family Stand, Clark Terry, Elliot Sharp’s SyndaKit, Solo

Ben Webster

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tenor sax

Bands: Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Andy Kirk, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Willie Bryant, Cab Calloway, Teddy Wilson Big Band, Raymond Scott, John Kirby, Sid Catlett, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Solo

Bennie Maupin

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saxes, clarinets

Bands: Miles Davis, The Headhunters, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Jack DeJohnette, Mike Clark, Andrew Hill, Eddie Henderson, Woody Shaw, The Bennie Maupin Ensemble

Bennie Moten

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piano, big band bandleader

Bands: Harlan Leonard, Jack Washington, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing, Hot Lips Page, Count Basie, Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, Walter Page, Buster Moten, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra

Benny Carter

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alto sax, arranger, composer, bandleader

Bands: Fletcher Henderson, J.J. Johnson, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Charlie Johnson Orchestra, Oscar Peterson Trio, Ben Webster, Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Wilson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Bennie Moten, Willie Lewis Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holliday, Stephane Grappelli, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Norvo, Kay Starr, Peggy Lee, Julia Lee, Solo

Benny Golson

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tenor sax

Bands: Bop saxophonist, composer and arranger. John Coltrane, Red Garland, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Red Rodney, Art Farmer, Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Hodges, Earl Bostic, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Benny Goodman

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clarinet, big bandleader

Bands: Benny Goodman Orchestra

Benny Green

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piano, composer, arranger, producer

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Bucky Pizzarelli, Christian Mcbride, Billy Drummond, Freddie Hubbard, Ray Brown, Carl Allen, Betty Carter, Solo

Benny Powell

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trombone

Bands: Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Randy Weston's African Rhythms, Jane Jarvis, Earl May, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Count Basie, Benny Carter, The Heath Brothers, Solo

Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones)

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vocal, piano

Bands: Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Max Roach, Jacky Terrasson, Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green, John Hicks, Stephen Scott, Mulgrew Miller, Dave Holland, Buster Williams, Curtis Lundy, Ira Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Lewis Nash, Kenny Washington, Greg Hutchinson, Ray Bryant, Gigi, Gryce, Solo

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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Excellent, highly energetic jump blues/swing band that formed in 1989. Albert Collins signed a poster to the lead singer Scotty Morris, "To Scotty, the big bad voodoo daddy," hence the band's name.

Bill Evans

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piano

Bands: Miles Davis, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian, Chuck Israels, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Gary McFarland Big Band, Stan Getz, Gary Peacock, Teddy Kotick, Eddie Gomez, Marc Johnson, Larry Bunker, Arnie Wise, Joe Hunt, Philly Joe Jones, Jack DeJohnette, John Dentz, Marty Morell, Eliot Zigmund, Joe La Barbera, Herbie Fields, Tony Scott Quartet, Solo

Bill Frisell

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guitar

Bands: Solo, Paul Motian, Jan Garbarek, Ron Carter, Ginger Baker, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Tim Berne, Gavin Bryars, Philip Bailey, Andrew Woolfork, Larry Dunn

Bill Goodwin

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drums

Bands: Phil Woods, Bill Goodwin Quartet, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Jim Hall, George Shearing, Bobby Hutcherson, June Christy, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett, Manhattan Transfer, Gary Burton

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Frank LoCrasto - piano

Matt Brewer - bass

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Bill Harris

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trombone

Bands: Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Eddie Condon, Woody Herman's First Herd, Ray McKinley, Bob Chester, Charlie Barnet, Four Brothers Second Herd, Charlie Ventura, Chubby Jackson, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Flip Phillips

Bill Laurance

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piano

Bands: Roughneck

Bill Stewart

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drums

Bands: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Maceo Parker, Scott Kreitzer, Solo

Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough)

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vocal

Bands: Solo, Benny Goodman, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges, Chu Berry

Billy Childs

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piano, keys, arranger

Bands: J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Branford Marsalis, Night Flight, Allan Holdsworth, Eddie Daniels, Solo

Billy Drummond

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drums

Bands: Bobby Hutcherson, J. J. Johnson, Andrew Hill, Renee Rosnes, Jon Faddis, Mulgrew Miller, Sadao Watanabe, Peter Washington

Billy Eckstine

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trumpet, valve trombone, guitar, big bandleader

Bands: Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Benny Carter

Billy Hart

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drums

Bands: Miles Davis, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz, Buck Hill, Shirley Horn, the Montgomery Brothers, Quest

Billy Higgins

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drums

Bands: Ornette Coleman, Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, Cedar Walton, John Scofield, Charles Lloyd, Archie Shepp, Clifford Jordan, Jimmy Raney, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Sonny Clark

Billy Strayhorn

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piano, composer

Bands: Duke Ellington, Solo

Billy Taylor

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piano

Bands: Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Don Byas, Oscar Pettiford, Machito, Cozy Colt's Quintet, Slam Stewart Trio, Don Redman Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Billy Taylor Septet

Bireli Lagrene

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acoustic guitar, guitar, bass

Bands: Larry Coryell, Billy Cobham, Jaco Pastorius, Al DiMeola, Diego Imbert, Hono Winterstein, Henri Salvador, Thomas DutroncSolo

Bix Beiderbecke (Leon Bismark Beiderbecke)

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cornet, piano

Bands: Paul Whiteman Orchestra, Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra, the Wolverine Orchestra, Frankie Trumbauer, Jean Goldkette Orchestra

Blue Mitchell (Richard Allen Mitchell)

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trumpet

Bands: Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver Quintet, Al Foster, Chick Corea, Ray Charles, John Mayall, Paul Williams, Louie Bellson, Bill Holman, Tony Bennett, Harold Land, Lena Horne, Bill Berry, Earl Bostic, Chuck Willis, Solo

Bob Berg

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tenor sax

Bands: Mike Stern, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Chick Corea, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Solo

Bob Brookmeyer

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valve trombone, piano, arranger

Bands: Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band, Jimmy Giuffre, Clark Terry, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, New Art Orchestra, Solo

Bob Dorough

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piano, vocal, composer

Bands: Miles Davis, Nellie McKay, Solo

Bob James

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piano, keys, arranger, producer

Bands: Sarah Vaughan, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Grover Washington, Jr., Fourplay, Hilary James, Kirk Whalum, Solo

Bob Magnusson

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acoustic bass

Bands: Buddy Rich, Sara Vaughan, Jimmy Cobb, Art Pepper Quartet, Benny Golson Quartet, Joe Farrell Quartet, Linda Ronstadt, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Bonnie Raitt, 10,000 Maniacs, Madonna, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Jimmy Heath, Art Farmer, Kenny Barron, Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, Billy Higgins, Carl Fontana, Tommy Flanagan, Mike Wofford, Holly Hofmann, Kenny Burrell, Roger Kellaway, Randy Porter, Ernie Watts, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Peter Erskine, Bobby Shew, Bill Mays, Shorty Rogers, Bob cooper, Lou Donaldson, Clifford Jordan, George Cables, Victor Lewis, Joe Pass, Laurindo Almeida, Bud Shank

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drums

Bands: Rashaan Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorious, Mike Gibbs

Bob Sheppard

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tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Steely Dan, Rickie Lee Jones, The Manhattan Transfer, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman, Chick Corea, Billy Childs, Scott Henderson, Michael Franks, John Beasley, Marilyn Scott, Peter Erskine Trio, Bob Summers

Bobby Battle

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drums

Bands: Roland Kirk, Pharaoh Sanders, Don Pullen, Sam Rivers, Arthur Blythe, Kenny Dorham, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Ponder, David Murray, Larry Willis, Santi Debriano, Solo

Bobby Hutcherson

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vibes

Bands: Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, McCoy Tyner, Grachan Moncur III, Archie Shepp, Charles Lloyd, Andrew Hill, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Harold Land, Sam Rivers, Joe Chambers, Herbie Lewis, Curtis Amy, Al Grey, Billy Mitchell, Solo

Bobby McFerrin

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vocal, conductor

Bands: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Zawinul, Manhattan Transfer, Herbie Hancock, Jon Hendricks, Wayne Shorter, Voicestra, Astral Projection, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Solo

Bobby Watson

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alto sax, tenor sax

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Max Roach, Louis Hayes, George Coleman, Branford Marsalis, Sam Rivers, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter, Horizon, High court of Swing, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet

Booker Ervin

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tenor sax

Bands: Charles Mingus, Randy Weston, Horace Parlan, Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson, Solo

Booker Little

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trumpet

Bands: John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Johnny Griffin, Abbey Lincoln, MJT + 3, Max Roach, Solo

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tenor sax, alto sax, baritone sax

Bands: Solo, VSOP, Art Blakey, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Buckshot LeFonque, Bruce Hornsby, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Sting, Roy Hargrove, Joe Louis Walker, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, Tina Turner, Kevin Eubanks, Harry Connick, Jr., The WATTS Project

Brennan Andes

bass, vocal

Bands: The Macpodz

Brian Blade

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drums

Bands: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Kenny Garrett, Kevin Hays, Emmylou Harris, Delfeyao Marsalis, Darell Grant, Wallace Rooney, Christian McBride, Calvin Jones, Seamus Blake, Scott Wendholt, Ryan Kisor, Sam Yahel, Peter Bernstein, Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers, Joni Mitchell, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade Fellowship, John Cowherd, Chis Thomas, Melvin Butler, Myron Walden, Jeff Parker, Dave Easley, Daniel Lanois, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joni Mitchell, Seal

Brian Landrus

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saxes, clarinets, flutes, oboe, english horn, bassoon, piano, piccolo

Bands: Brian Landrus Project, George Garzone, Michael Cain, Bob Moses, John Lockwood, Ken Schaphorst Orchestra, Ayn Inserto Orchestra, Allan Chase, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, The Coasters, The Drifters, Clint Strong, The Beach Boys

Brian Torff

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acoustic bass, composer

Bands: George Shearing, Stephane Grappelli, Mel Tormé, Marian McPartland, Mary Lou Williams, Thunderstick, Cleo Laine

Bruce Forman

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guitar

Bands: Richie Cole, George Cables, Solo

Buck Clayton

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trumpet

Bands: Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, J.J. Johnson, Buck Clayton Sextet, Joe Bushkin, Tony Parenti, Jimmy Rushing, Sidney Bechet

Bucky Pizzarelli

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guitar

Bands: Benny Goodman, George Barnes, Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman, Stéphane Grappelli, John Pizzarelli, the Three Sounds, Vaughn Monroe, Martin Pizzarelli, Tonight Show Band, Dion and the Belmonts, Solo

Bud Powell (Earl Rudolph Powell)

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piano

Bands: Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Roy Haynes, Buddy Rich, Ray Brown, Percy Heath, Art Blakey, Curly Russell, Max Roach, Tommy Potter, George Duvivier, Art Taylor, Lloyd Trotman, Osie Johnson, Frank Socolow, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Oscar Pettiford, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, Kenny Clarke, Charles "Cootie" Williams, Pierre Michelot, Don Byas, Idrees Sulieman, Solo

Bud Shank

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alto sax, tenor sax, flute, clarinet

Bands: Shorty Rogers, Charlie Barnet, Stan Kenton, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Bob Cooper, Laurindo Almeida, Chet Baker, Sergio Mendes, the L.A. Four, Cyrus Chestnut

Buddy Defranco

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clarinet, big bandleader

Bands: Count Basie Septet, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, the Metronome All-Stars, Art Blakey, Kenny Drew, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Terry Gibbs, Sonny Clark, Solo

Buddy Greco

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vocal, piano

Bands: Benny Goodman, the London Symphony Orchestra, Solo

Buddy Rich

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drums, vocal

Bands: Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Bunny Berigan Orchestra, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Les Brown, Harry James, Charlie Ventura, Joe Marsala, Buddy Rich Big Band

Bunny Berigan (Rowland Bernard Berrigan)

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trumpet, vocal, big bandleader

Bands: Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, Paul Whiteman Orchestra, the Boswell Sisters, the Dorsey Brothers, Hal Kemp, Bunny Berigan Orcehstra

Buster Williams

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acoustic bass

Bands: Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, Miles Davis, Ron Cater, Chet Baker, Kenny Barron, Sathima Bea Benjamin, Larry Coryell, Stanley Cowell, Gil Evans, Frank Foster, Dexter Gordon, Joe Farrell, Shirley Horn, Illinois Jacquet, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Harold Mabern, Branford Marsalis, Carmen McRae, Frank Morgan, Hilton Ruiz, Woody Shaw, Steve Turre, McCoy Tyner, the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Buster Williams Quartet

Byron Wallen

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trumpet

Bands: Solo, Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, The Tony Kofi Trio +1

Cab Calloway

vocal

Bands: Solo

Cal Tjader

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vibes, percussion

Bands: Solo

Calvin Hill

acoustic bass

Bands: Calvin Hill Combo

Calvin Keys

guitar

Bands: Solo

Cameron Brown

acoustic bass

Bands: George Adams, Don Pullen

Cannonball Adderley (Julian Adderley)

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alto sax

Bands: Miles Davis, Oscar Pettiford, Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Louis Hayes, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Charles Lloyd, Barry Harris, Victor Feldman, George Duke, Sam Jones, Hank Jones, Art Blakey, Bobby Timmons, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, Lou Rawls, Sergio Mendes, Nancy Wilson

Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

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Chris Ruppenthal - acoustic guitar

Ed Fila - acoustic guitar

Kevin Tipple - acoustic bass

Greg Smith - clarinet

Chris Wagoner - violin, accordion

Jon Vriesacker - violin

Jim "Djeem" Huwe - percussion

Carl Cafagna

tenor sax, clarinet

Bands: Hot Club of Detroit

Carl Clements

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tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bansuri

Bands: Crosscurrent, solo

Carla Bley

piano

Bands: Solo

Carmen McRae

vocal

Bands: Solo

Cecil Bridgewater

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trumpet

Bands: Horace Silver, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Max Roach, Bridgewater Brothers Band, Solo

Cecil McBee

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Cecil Payne

baritone sax, alto sax, flute

Bands: J.J. Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Illinois Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Randy Weston

Cecil Taylor

piano

Bands: Solo

Cedar Walton

piano

Bands: Solo

Cédrick Devenyns

guitar

Bands: N JAWAZZ

Charles "Buddy" Bolden

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Some credit him with founding jazz in New Orleans around 1895.

cornet

Bands: Solo

Charles Lloyd

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tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Charles McPherson, Sr.

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Charles Mingus

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acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Charley Drayton

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bass

Bands: the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Miles Davis, Iggy Pop, Divinyls, the B-52s

Charlie Barnet

big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Charlie Byrd

guitar

Bands: Solo

Charlie Christian

guitar

Bands: Solo

Charlie Haden

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

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tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Miles Davis, Jay McShann's Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, Tiny Grimes, Noble Sissle, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine Orchestra, Charles "Cootie" Williams, Lucky Thompson, Dodo Marmarosa, Arvin Garrison, Vic McMillan, Roy Porter, J.J. Johnson, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Max Roach, Red Norvo, Ray Brown, Arvin Garrison, Vic McMillan, George Handy, Wardell Gray, Flip Phillips, Slam Stewart

Charlie Rouse

tenor sax

Bands: Thelonious Monk, Sphere

Charnett Moffett

bass, acoustic bass

Bands: Courtney Pine, Solo

Chet Baker

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trumpet

Bands: Solo

Chick Corea New Trio

Chick Corea - piano

Avishai Cohen - bass

Jeff Ballard - drums

Chick Corea's Akoustic Band

Chick Corea - piano

Dave Weckl - drums

John Patitucci - acoustic bass

Chick Webb

drums, big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Chico Chism

Bands: Solo

Chico Freeman

tenor sax

Bands: The Leaders, Solo

Chico Hamilton

drums

Bands: Solo

Chris Brubeck

bass

Bands: Dave Brubeck

Chris Cheek

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alto sax

Bands: Emilio Solla Group, Fred Hersch Trio, Frank LoCrasto, Tom Beckham Group, Paul Olenick

Chris Gregg

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alto sax, soprano sax

Bands: Solo

Chris Ruppenthal

acoustic guitar

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Chris Wagoner

violin, accordion

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Christian McBride

acoustic bass

Bands: The WATTS Project

Christopher Hollyday

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Chu Berry

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tenor sax

Bands: Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Teddy Hill, Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Sammy Stewart, Charlie Johnson Orchestra, Spike Hughes

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Chick Corea - keys

Barry Altschul - drums

Dave Holland - bass

Anthony Braxton - tenor sax

Clark Terry

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One of the best trumpet and flugelhorn players.

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, J.J. Johnson, Bob Brookmeyer, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Ben Webster, Charlie Barnet, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Billy Strayhorn, Eddie Vinson, Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, Wes Montgomery, Milt Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer, Jon Faddis, Cecil Taylor, Dianne Reeves

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trombone

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Clifford Brown

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Probably the best trumpeter ever, he mastered bop with alarming speed and precision. He tragically died in a car crash going to a gig at age 25 in 1956.

trumpet

Bands: Solo, Chris Powell, Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Teddy Edwards, Sonny Rollins, Harold Land

Coleman Hawkins

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tenor sax

Bands: Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Jack Hylton, Benny Carter, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Pettiford, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee, J.J. Johnson, Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Ben Webster, Alvin Stoller, Duke Ellington, Harry "Red" Allen

Colin Hodgkinson

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bass

Bands: The Eric Delaney Band, Back Door, Alexis Korner, Whitesnake, Jon Lord, Jan Hammer, Paul Butterfield, The Spencer Davis Group, Pete York, The Electric Blues Duo, Rocket 88

Colin Walcott

percussion

Bands: Oregon

Connie Kay

drums

Bands: Modern Jazz Quartet

Conte Candoli

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trumpet

Bands: The Doobie Brothers, Tonight Show Band, West Coast All Stars

Cootie Williams (Charles Williams)

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trumpet

Bands: Duke Ellington, big bandleader, Benny Goodman Orchestra, Charlie Parker, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bud Powell, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Count Basie

piano, big band bandleader

Bands: Count Basie Orchestra

Countdown Quartet

Courtney Pine

soprano sax, tenor sax

Bands: Solo, Charnett Moffett

Craig Aschoff

drums

Bands: Fuzzy Logic Boptet

Curtis Fuller

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trombone

Bands: Solo, Yusef Lateef, Paul Chambers, Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Blakey, Sonny Clark

Curtis Lightsey

piano

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Damon Grant

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percussion, vibraphone, marimba

Bands: The Bomb Squad, Cadets Drum Corps, University of Massachusetts Jazz Ensemble

Dan Brubeck

drums

Bands: Dave Brubeck

Dan Hicks

acoustic guitar, vocal

Bands: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Dan Hicks & His Acoustic Warriors, The Charlatans

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Dan Hicks - acoustic guitar, vocal

Dan Hicks & His Acoustic Warriors

Dan Hicks - acoustic guitar, vocal

Dan Kaufman

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piano

Bands: Dan Kaufman Group, Paul Olenick

Daryl Taylor

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bass, composer

Bands: Afrobeat Academy, Archie Bell & the Drells, Arnett Cobb, Big Jay McNeely's Sax-O-Mania II, No Angels, Yvonne Catterfeld, The Weather Girls, Brothers Keepers, The Soulpower Allstars, Gwen McCrae, Marva Whitney, Jabo & Clyde, Della Miles, The Black/Golden Gospel Pearls, Black Gospel Stars, Ayman, Deema, Witches Brew

Dannie Richmond

drums

Bands: Charles Mingus, George Adams, Don Pullen, Cameron Brown

Dave Brubeck

piano

Bands: Charlie Rouse

Dave Grusin

piano, keys

Bands: Solo

Dave Holland

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Superb bassist

bass, acoustic bass

Bands: Solo, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Circle, Sam Rivers, Stan Getz, John Abercrombie, Herbie Hancock, Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson, Chris Potter, Billy Kilson, Nate Smith, Kenny Wheeler

Dave Kikoski

guitar

Bands: Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, Seamus Blake

Dave Liebman

soprano sax

Bands: Elvin Jones, Miles Davis, Dave Liebman Group, We Three, Saxophone Summit, Chick Corea, Quest

Dave McKenna

piano

Bands: Solo

David "Fathead" Newman

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tenor sax, flute, baritone sax

Bands: Solo, Herbie Mann, Ray Charles, Stanley Turrentine, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, the Average White Band, Jimmy McGriff, Eric Clapton, Natalie Cole, Hank Crawford, Aaron Neville, Queen Latifah, Richard Tee, Dr. John, Cheryl Bentyne, David Williams

David Friesen

bass

Bands: Solo

David Murray

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, World Saxophone Quartet

David Sanborn

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Solo

David Sancious

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keys, guitar

Bands: Jack Bruce, Clem Clempson, Solo

David Williams

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acoustic bass

Bands: Ornette Coleman, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Stan Getz, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Jackie McLean, Charles Lloyd, Billy Higgins, Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway, Donald Byrd, Charlie Rouse, Roy Haynes, Billy Taylor, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, David Benoit, Frank Morgan, Hank Jones, Charles McPherson, Larry Willis, George Cables, Abdullah Ibrahim, David "Fathead" Newman, Sonny Fortune, Louis Hayes, Clifford Jordan, Abbey Lincoln, Ernestine Anderson

Denardo Coleman

drums

Bands: Ornette Coleman

Denny Zeitlin

piano

Bands: Solo

Denver Bierman

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trumpet, vocal, big bandleader

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

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Formed in 1999 in Nashville, they are a young, Christian, 12 piece, big band that plays Tower of Power-like funk, jump blues and 1930s/40s swing. Amazingly they are one of the 12 2007 finalists on TV's The Next Great American Band -- because they are actually extremely talented!

Denver Bierman - trumpet, vocal

Mike "Motown" Kemp - tenor sax

Tony Marvelli - bass, guitar, mandolin, keys, drums

Jeff Pardo - keys

Jared Ribble - drums

Dewey Redman

tenor sax

Bands: Pat Metheny

Dexter Gordon

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Dick Hyman

piano

Bands: Solo

Dirk Shumaker

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bass, vocal

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Solo

Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks Gillespie)

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trumpet

Bands: Charlie Parker, Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, Slam Stewart, Sarah Vaughan, Lucky Thompson, George Handy, Arvin Garrison, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, Al Haig, Jimmy Heath, Mulgrew Miller, Claudio Roditi, Ray Brown

Django Reinhardt

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acoustic guitar

Bands: Stephane Grappelli, Hot Club de France, Andre Ekyan, Ralph Schécroun, Alf Masselier, Roger Paraboschi, Jean Sablon, Jean Tranchant

Doc Cheatham (Adolphus Cheatham)

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trumpet

Bands: Solo

Doc Severinsen (Carl Severinsen)

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trumpet

Bands: Tonight Show Band, Clarke/Boland Big Band, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band, Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, Solo

Dodo Marmarosa

Considered one of the best bop pianists, playing mostly in the 1940s.

piano

Bands: Gene Krupa, Charlie Barnet, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Artie Shaw, Barney Kessel, Roy Eldridge, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Howard McGhee, Gene Ammons

Don Alias

percussion

Bands: Steps Ahead

Don Byas

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Christian, Benny Carter, Big Joe Turner, Bennie Moten, Buck Clayton, Don Redman, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, George Wallington, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Art Blakey

Don Cherry

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trumpet

Bands: Charles Mingus

Don Pullen

piano

Bands: Charles Mingus

Donald Byrd

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trumpet

Bands: the Blackbyrds, George Wallington, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Red Garland, Jazz Lab Quintet, Gigi Gryce, Pepper Adams, Herbie Hancock, the Mizell Brothers, Jazzmatazz, Solo

Donald Harrison

tenor sax

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Dorothy Donegan

piano, vocal

Bands: Solo

Drew Sayers

tenor sax

Bands: The Superpowers, Raymond Williams and his Brass Band. Kris Allen, Dead Cat Bounce

Duke Ellington

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piano, big band bandleader

Bands: Duke Ellington Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Solo

Earl Bostic

big band bandleader

Bands: Solo

Earl Klugh

guitar

Bands: Solo

EB3

Eberhard Weber

acoustic bass

Bands: Jan Garbarek, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny

Ed Blackwell

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drums

Bands: Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy Quintet, Randy Weston, Archie Shepp, Old and New Dreams

Ed Cherry

guitar

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie

Ed Fila

acoustic guitar

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Ed Kelly

piano

Bands: Solo

Ed Thigpen

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drums

Bands: Excellent drummer from the early 50s to the present. Cootie Williams, Dinah Washington, Johnny Hodges, Bud Powell, Billy Taylor, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Ammons, Teddy Edwards, Donald Byrd, Howard McGhee, Milt Jackson, The Staple Singers, Charles Brown, Clark Terry, Thad Jones

Eddie Bert

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trombone

Bands: Sam Donahue Orchestra, Red Norvo, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman's Bebop Orchestra, Solo

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

tenor sax

Bands: Charles "Cootie" Williams

Eddie Condon

Played Dixieland starting in 1921 and owned a jazz club in New York from 1945 to 1964.

banjo, guitar, big bandleader, piano, vocal

Bands: Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Red Nichols, Pee Wee Russell

Eddie Gomez

bass, acoustic bass

Bands: Gato Barbieri, Steps Ahead

Eddie Harris

tenor sax, organ, electric piano

Played bop on the sax and jazz/funk on the electric piano in the late 1960s. He was also known for inventing new instruments in the early 1970s and writing "Freedom Jazz Dance."

Bands: Cedar Walton, Les McCann, Albert Lee, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Chris Squire, Alan White, Tony Kaye, Rufus Reid

Eddie Henderson

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trumpet

Bands: Solo

Eddie Jefferson

vocal

Bands: Solo

Eddie Marshall

drums

Bands: Bebop & Beyond

Eddie Moore

drums

Bands: Dewey Redman

Elcid

trombone

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Eliane Elias

piano, keys

Bands: Steps Ahead, Solo

Elizabeth Windau

piano

Bands: Solo

Elizabeth Windau Quartet

Ella Fitzgerald

vocal

Bands: Solo

Ellis Larkins

piano

Bands: Solo

Elvin Jones

drums

Bands: John Coltrane, Solo

Emily Remler

guitar

Bands: Larry Coryell

Eric Arellano

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tenor sax

Bands: Operation Panda, V.O.D. Quartet, Tales of Wayne Shorter

Eric Dolphy

tenor sax, soprano sax

Bands: Solo, Charles Mingus

Eric Gale

guitar

Bands: Solo

Ernest Tibbs

acoustic bass

Bands: Natalie Cole, David Benoit, Andy Summers, Allan Holdsworth

Ernestine Anderson

vocal

Bands: Solo

Ernie Watts

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, the Rolling Stones

Errol Garner

piano

Bands: Solo

Eubie Blake

piano

Bands: Solo

Evan Perri

guitar

Bands: Hot Club of Detroit

Fabio Morgera

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trumpet

Bands: solo, JoJo Kuo & The Afro-Beat Collective, Need For Peace, Nublu Orchestra, Turbulence, Roy Hargrove, Groove Collective, Alvin Queen, Village Vanguard Orchestra, Maxwell, Mingus Big Band

Famoudou Don Moye

drums

Bands: Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Leaders

Fats Navarro (Theodore Navarro)

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trumpet

Bands: Andy Kirk, Billy Eckstine, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Clarke, Tadd Dameron, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Howard McGhee, Bud Powell

Fats Waller

piano

Bands: Solo

Firecracker Jazz Band

Fletcher Henderson

big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Frank Foster

tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bandleader

Bands: Count Basie Orchestra

Frank LoCrasto

piano

Bands: Bill Goodwin Quartet

Frank Morgan

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Frank Schellenberger

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keys, composer, producer

Bands: Afrobeat Academy, Mocky and the Saskamodie Orchestra, Siri Svegler, Bantu, Brothers Keepers, Della Miles, Denyo, D Flame, Ekow Alabi Savage, Kabu Kabu, Katja Riemann, King Sweat, Jacuzzi, Lisa Who, Meral, Nneka, Nosliw, Pegah Ferydoni, Rolf Zacher, Samy Deluxe, Smudo, Taylor Savvy, Torch, Tony L, US5, Witches Brew

Frank Tusa

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acoustic bass

Bands: Paul Bley, Open Sky, Stan Getz

Freddie Green

guitar

Bands: Count Basie

Freddie Hubbard

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trumpet

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Solo

Freddie Keppard

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trumpet

Bands: Solo

Free Flight

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Jim Walker - flute

Fuzzy Logic Boptet

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Jim Wright - Warr touch-style guitar

Robin Rader - sax, flute

Polly Klemmer - piano, keys

Dave Sanford - drums

Craig Aschoff - drums

Dave Erwin - trumpet

Gabor Szabo

guitar

Bands: Solo

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drums

Bands: Vorcza

Gary Burton

vibes

Bands: Chick Corea

Gary Peacock

acoustic bass

Bands: Keith Jarrett

Garry West

acoustic bass

Bands: Alison Brown Quartet

Gato Barbieri

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Gaylord Birch

drums

Bands: The Pointer Sisters, Lydia Pense & Cold Blood

Gene Ammons

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Gene Krupa

drums, big bandleader

Bands: Solo

George Adams

tenor sax

Bands: Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond, Don Pullen, Cameron Brown

George Benson

guitar, vocal

Bands: Solo

George Cables

piano

Bands: Solo

George Coleman

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

George Howard

soprano sax

Bands: Solo

George Marsh

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drums, percussion

Bands: David Grisman Quintet, Timeless Pulse Quintet, John Abercrombie, Mel Graves, Maria Muldaur, Tom Buckner, Sam Andria, Jimmy Williams, Barbara Streisand, Mose Allison, Harold Land, Joe Henderson, Denny Zeitlin, Terry Riley, William Allaudin Mathieu, Pauline Oliveros, Kronos Quartet, Mel Martin, Chuck Berry, Loading Zone, The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood

George Masso

trombone

Bands: Solo

George Mraz

acoustic bass

Bands: Stan Getz

George Nardello

piano

Bands: Solo

George Robert

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

George Shearing

piano

Bands: Solo

Geri Allen

piano

Bands: Solo

Gerry Mulligan

baritone sax

Bands: Solo, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie

Gigi Gryce

alto sax, flute, clarinet, big band bandleader

Bands: Solo

Gil Evans

piano

Bands: Miles Davis

Glen David Andrews

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trombone, vocal

Bands: Glen David Andrews & the Lazy Six, Glen David Andrews Band

Glen "The Kid" Marhevka

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trumpet

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Glen Moore

acoustic bass

Bands: Oregon

Glenn Miller

trombone, big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

piano

Bands: Solo

Gordon Kilroy

drums

Bands: Roughneck

Greg Osby

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alto sax

Bands: Solo

Greg Smith

clarinet

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Griffin Bastian

drums

Bands: The Macpodz

Groove Collective

Grover Washington, Jr.

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Gypsy Strings of Detroit

Hal Galper

piano

Bands: Phil Woods

Hampton Hawes

piano

Bands: Solo, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker

Hank Crawford

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Hank Garland

piano

Bands: Solo

Hank Jones

piano

Bands: Solo

Hank Mobley

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Harold Land

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Harry James

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trumpet, big bandleader

Bands: Harry James Orchestra

Henry Butler

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Placing Henry Butler, who is blind, in any one genre is just about criminal, because he's one of the very best pianists whether he's playing jazz, funk, blues, R&B, classical, gospel or rock, often in one song! Bad pun, but he's truly a must-see musician!

piano, keys, vocal

Bands: Solo, Corey Harris, Rhythm Council

Henry Hung

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trumpet

Bands: Aphrodesia, Big Bang, James Moody, Stanley Clarke, The Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Pyeng Threadgill, Mitch Marcus, The BJ Papa Quintet, Downtown Uproar

Henry Threadgill

baritone sax

Bands: Air

Herb Ellis

guitar

Bands: Solo

Herbie Hancock

piano, keys

Bands: VSOP, The Headhunters, Solo

Herbie Lewis

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acoustic bass

Bands: Cannonball Adderley, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land, Jackie McLean, Archie Shepp, McCoy Tyner

Herbie Mann

flute

Bands: Solo

Herlin Riley

Wikipedia

drums

Bands: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Ahmad Jamal

Higgs Boson

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keys

Bands: Chuck Scirocco, Kevin Jeffries, Pete Claridge, Tom Hooper, Rob Townsend, Martin Lewison, Brendon Taylor

Horace Silver

piano

Bands: Solo

Horace Tapscott

piano

Bands: Solo

Hot Club of Detroit

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Evan Perri - acoustic guitar

Julien Labro - button accordion

Carl Cafagna - tenor sax, clarinet

Paul Brady - acoustic guitar

Shannon Wade - acoustic bass

Hot Club of San Francisco

Houston Person

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, Etta Jones

Howard Alden

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guitar

Bands: Joe Bushkin, Ruby Braff, Joe Williams, Warren Vache, Red Norvo, Woody Herman

Howard Johnson

baritone sax, tuba

Bands: Solo

Howard McGhee

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trumpet

Bands: Lionel Hampton, Andy Kirk, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet

Hubert Laws

flute

Bands: Solo

Hudah

trumpet

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Hugh Masekela

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trumpet

Bands: Solo

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

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Smoove - trumpet

June Baji - trumpet

Hudah - trumpet

Jafar Baji - trumpet

Elcid - trombone

Clef - trombone

L. T. - sousaphone

Rocco - baritone sax

Idris Muhammad

Wikipedia

drums

Bands: Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Pharoah Sanders, Grover Washington, Jr.

Ignacio Berroa

drums

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie

Illinois Jacquet

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Ira Sullivan

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trumpet, saxes, flutes

Bands: Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Wardell Gray. Roy Eldridge, Art Blakey, Red Rodney, Solo

J.J. Johnson

trombone

Bands: Solo

Jack DeJohnette

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drums

Bands: Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Keith Jarrett

Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Jack McDuff

organ

Bands: Solo

Jack Teagarden

trombone

Bands: Solo

Jack Walrath

drums

Bands: Solo

Jackie McLean

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Jafar Baji

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trumpet

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Jake Shimabukuro

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Jake is a ukulele virtuoso who plays mostly jazz with varying doses of blues, folk, funk, bluegrass, classical and rock.

ukulele

Bands: Solo

Jaki Byard

piano

Bands: Solo

Jaleel Shaw

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tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

bass

Bands: Ornette Coleman, Man vs. Machine

James Blood Ulmer

guitar

Bands: Solo, Man vs. Machine

James Carter

flute

Bands: Solo

James Kerwin

acoustic bass

Bands: avid Grisman, Jerry Garcia

James Moody

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

James Newton

Wikipedia

flute

Bands: Solo

James P. Johnson

Wikipedia

piano

Bands: Solo

James Spaulding

alto sax, flute

Bands: Solo

Jamie Masefield

mandolin

Bands: Jazz Mandolin Quartet

Jan Garbarek

alto sax

Bands: Solo, Eberhard Weber

Jared Ribble

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drums

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Jared Sims

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saxes, flute, clarinet, piano

Bands: Sam Kininger Band, Miracle Orchestra, Jared Sims Trio, Blueprint Project, Mango Blue, Akashic Record, Toussaint Liberator and Buru Style, Dead Cat Bounce, Phat Beats -n- Noize, Cecil McBee, Han Bennink, Ran Blake, Matisyahu, DJ Logic, Oteil Burbridge, Artie Shaw Band, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

Jay Beckenstein

soprano sax

Bands: Spyrogyra

Jazz Mandolin Project

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Jamie Masefield - mandolin

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Jeff Ballard

drums

Bands: Chick Corea New Trio

Jeff Pardo

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keys

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Jeff "Tain" Watts

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drums

Bands: The WATTS Project, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Jeff Tain Watts Quartet

Jeff Andrews

Jazzozieri

acoustic bass

Bands: Mike Stern, Michael Brecker Band

Jeff Carney

acoustic bass

Bands: Stan Getz

Jeff Coffin

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Bela Fleck & the Flectones, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet

Jeff Coffin Mu'tet

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Jeff Coffin - tenor sax, alto sax

Jeff Sipe - drums

Roy "Futureman" Wooten - drums

Tom Giampietro - drums

Alana Rocklin - bass

Doug Belote - drums

Tyler Wood - keys

Chris Walters - piano

Pat "Happy" Bergeson - guitar

Derico Watson - drums

Lamar Carter - drums

Kofi Burbridge - keys, flute

Roy Agee - trombone

Rod McGaha - trumpet

Chester Thompson - keys

Victor Wooten - bass

Paul Brantley - cello

Jeff Golub

guitar

Bands: Rod Stewart, Billy Squier, Solo

Jelly Roll Morton

piano

Bands: Solo

Jenny Scheinman

violin

Bands: Charming Hostess, Scott Amendola

Jerry Bergonzi

tenor sax

Bands: Dave Brubeck

Jesse Clayton

keys

Bands: The Macpodz

Jessica Lurie

tenor sax, alto sax, flute, vocal

Bands: Living Daylights, Jessica Lurie Ensemble

Jessica Lurie Ensemble

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Jessica Lurie - tenor sax, alto sax, flute, vocal

Jessica Williams

piano

Bands: Solo

Jessy Blondeel

tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, clarinet

Bands: Taraf Dékalé, Ubik Band, Carte ŕ 4, Greg Leroy trio, le Global, Vincent Vansteene Quintet, Sewaryé, le Balcon, N'jawazz, Sebastien Willart Quintet

Jim Campilongo

guitar

Bands: Jim Campilongo & the 10 Gallon Cats

Jim "Djeem" Huwe

percussion

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Jim Hall

guitar

Bands: Solo

Jim Pepper

Wikipedia

tenor sax, soprano sax, flute

Bands: Don Cherry, Naná Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott, Kenny Werner, John Scofield, Ed Schuller, Hamid Drake, The Freee Spirits

Jim Stephanson

guitar, vocal

Bands: Washington, D.C. jazz, rockabilly and blues guitarist influenced by Chet Atkins, Danny Gatton, Les Paul and Mississippi John Hurt. The Blue Rhythm Boys, Billy Hancock, Jimmy & the Blue Dogs

Jim Wright

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Extremely influential touch-style Warr guitarist (Stanley Jordan-esque guitar/bass playing), who in 1998 was one of the first to use "uncrossed 4ths" tuning (for an explanation, see this 1/17/07 blog.

Warr touch-style guitar

Bands: Fuzzy Logic Boptet, Solo

Jimmy Blanton

Wikipedia

acoustic bass

Bands: Duke Ellington

Jimmy Cobb

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Played in Miles Davis' legendary band from 1957-1963, including on "Kind of Blue," the most popular and arguably the best album in jazz history.

drums

Bands: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Paul Chambers, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Winton Kelly, Kenny Burrell, J.J. Johnson, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, David "Fathead" Newman, Mike Stern, George Coleman, Dave Liebman, Michael Brecker, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Dinah Washington

Jimmy Dorsey

big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Jimmy Garrison

acoustic bass

Bands: John Coltrane

Jimmy Giuffre

clarinet, sax, arranger, composer

Bands: Woody Herman, Shorty Rogers, Jim Hall, Ralph Pena, Pee Wee Russell, Bob Brookmeyer, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow, Kiyoshi Tokunaga, Randy Kaye, Jim Atlas

Jimmie Lunceford

alto sax, big bandleader

Bands: Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra

Jimmy McPartland

cornet

Bands: Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Solo

Jimmy Smith

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organ

Bands: Kenny Burrell, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine, Solo

Jimmy Witherspoon

vocal

Bands: Solo

Jo Jones

drums

Bands: Count Basie, Walter Page, Jazz at the Philharmonic

Joe Albany

piano

Bands: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Warne Marsh, Benny Carter

Joe Beck

guitar

Bands: Solo

Joe Diorio

guitar

Bands: Solo

Joe Farrell

tenor sax, soprano sax

Bands: Solo

Joe Henderson

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tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Joe Lovano

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, John Scofield

Joe Pass (Joseph Anthony Passalaqua)

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guitar

Bands: Benny Carter, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, George Shearing, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna, Louis Bellson, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Řrsted Pedersen, Joe Williams, Della Reese, Johnny Mathis, Gerald Wilson, Bud Shank, Les McCann, Toots Thielmans, Chet Baker, Clifford Scott, Les McCann, Nancy Wilson, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Carmen Mc Rae, Tommy Gunima, Red Mitchell, Martin Drew, Freddie Hubbard, J.J. Johnson, Roy Eldridge, Buddy De Franco, Jimmy Rowles, Bobby Durham, John Piscano, Colin Bailey, Mickey Roker, Roy Clark, Steven Crapelli, Paulinho Da Costa, Tony Pastor, Charlie Barnet, Solo

Joe Venuti

violin

Bands: Eddie Lang, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Bing Crosby, Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, the Boswell Sisters, Zoot Sims, Jethro Burns, Curly Chalker, Eldon Shamblin

Joey Calderazzo

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piano, keys

Bands: Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Solo

Joey DeFrancesco

organ

Bands: Solo

John Bunch

piano

Bands: Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Eddie Condon, Solo

John Carter

flute

Bands: Solo

John Coltrane

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tenor sax, soprano sax, alto sax

Bands: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Howard McGhee All Stars, Johnny Hodges, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, "Philly" Joe Jones, Johnny Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Mal Waldron, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Cannonball Adderley, Milt Jackson, Steve Kuhn, McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Pete La Roca, Billy Higgins, Elvin Jones, Reggie Workman, Eric Dolphy, Johnny Hartman, Joe Webb Band, King Kolax Band, Solo

John Gilmore

Wikipedia

tenor sax, bass clarinet, percussion

Bands: Sun Ra, Clifford Jordan, Art Blakey, Paul Bley, Andrew Hill, Pete La Roca, McCoy Tyner

John Handy

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, Class

John Jacobs

bass

Bands: Elizabeth Windau Quartet

John Lewis

piano

Bands: Modern Jazz Quartet

John Liqouri

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guitar

Bands: Solo

John R. Burr

piano

Bands: Alison Brown Quartet

John Santos

percussion

Bands: Solo

John Stubblefield

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

John Tchicai

alto sax, clarinet

Bands: New York Contemporary Five, New York Art Quartet, John Coltrane, Irčne Schweizer, Yo Miles, Solo

John Wiitala

acoustic bass

Bands: Joe Henderson, James Moody, Benny Golson, Jessica Williams, Mark Levine, Bruce Forman

Johnny Griffin

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Johnny Hodges

tenor sax

Bands: Duke Ellington

Jon Faddis

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trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Eubie Blake, Gil Evans, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Kool and the Gang, Greg Osby, James Williams, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Jimmy Heath, Trumpet Summit Band, Slide Hampton, Luther Vandross, Quincy Jones, Billy Joel, Stanley Clarke, Solo

Jon Hendricks

vocal

Bands: Solo

Jon Vriesacker

violin

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

Jonathan Blake

drums

Bands: Paul Olenick

Joseph Jarman

sax, reeds, percussion

Bands: One of the first members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and the Art Ensemble of Chicago.

Joshua Levy

piano

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Joshua Redman

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Joyce Cooling

guitar

Bands: Solo

Jules Broussard

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Julian Priester

trombone

Bands: Solo

Julien Labro

button accordion

Bands: Hot Club of Detroit

Julius Hemphill

baritone sax

Bands: Solo, World Saxophone Quartet

June Baji

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trumpet

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Junior Mance

Bop pianist from 1947 to the late 80s and inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame.

piano

Bands: Gene Ammons, Lester Young, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington

Justin Carpenter

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trombone

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Justin Mullens

trumpet

Bands: Justin Mullens & The Delphian Jazz Orchestra, Paul Olenick

Justin Mullens & The Delphian Jazz Orchestra

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Justin Mullens - trumpet

Kai Winding

trombone

Bands: Solo, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, J. J. Johnson

Karl Hunter

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alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Kasper Villaume

MySpace Home Page

piano

Bands: Superb Danish pianist. Ed Thigpen, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Leroy Jones, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Allan Bothcinsky, Danny Moss, Alex Riel, Jesper Lundgaard, Katrine Madsen, Jesper Thilo, Bob Rockwel, Bent Jćdig

Kei Akagi

keys

Bands: Solo, Kasumi Watanabe

Keiko Matsui

Home Page Wikipedia

piano

Bands: Solo

Keith Jarrett

piano

Bands: Solo

Kendrick Freeman

drums

Bands: Alison Brown Quartet

Kenn Hughes

trombone

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Kenny Barron

piano

Bands: Solo

Kenny Burrell

guitar

Bands: Solo

Kenny Clarke

drums

Bands: Solo

Kenny Dorham

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Bop-oriented trumpeter from the mid-1940s until 1972.

trumpet

Bands: Solo, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, The Be Bop Boys, Lionel Hampton, Mercer Ellington, Charlie Parker Quintet, a href="Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers">Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, The Jazz Prophets, Max Roach Quintet, Joe Henderson

Kenny Garrett

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Miles Davis, Solo

Kenny Kirkland

piano, keys

Bands: Branford Marsalis

Kenny Wheeler

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trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Anthony Braxton, Azimuth, the Dave Holland Quintet, John Dankworth Orchestra, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Mike Gibbs Orchestra, Tony Oxley Sextetm, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Paul Gonsalves, Lee Konitz, Keith Jarrett, Theo Jörgensmann Quartet, David Sylvian, Steve Coleman, Spiritualized

Kevin Eubanks

guitar

Bands: Solo, Tonight Show Band

Kevin Tipple

acoustic bass

Bands: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble

King Oliver (Joseph Oliver)

cornet, trumpet, bandleader, composer

Bands: Louis Armstrong , Dixie Syncopators, King Oliver and the Creole Serenaders, Onward Brass Band, Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, Baby Dodds, Solo

King Oliver and the Creole Serenaders

King Oliver - cornet

Johnny Dodds - clarinet

Louis Armstrong - cornet

Honore Dutrey - trombone

Lil Hardin - piano

Bill Johnson - acoustic bass, banjo

Baby Dodds - drums

Kirk Lightsey

piano

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Kirk Whalum

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tenor sax

Bands: Bob James, Solo

Kurt Sodergren

drums

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

L. T.

sousaphone

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Lage Lund

guitar

Bands: Seamus Blake

Lalo Schifrin

piano

Bands: Solo

Larance Marable

drums

Bands: Charlie Haden, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Zoot Sims, George Shearing, Chet Baker

Larry Goldings

piano, keys

Bands: Carla Bley, Michael Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Jim Hall, Jon Hendricks, Pat Metheny, Maceo Parker, John Pizzarelli, John Scofield, James Taylor

Larry Grenadier

acoustic bass

Bands: John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Bill Stewart

Larry Vukovich

piano

Bands: Jon Hendricks, Solo

Laurindo Almeida

guitar

Bands: Solo

Lawrence Connell

tenor sax

Bands: Mr. Beegle

Lee Konitz

alto sax

Bands: Chick Corea, Lennie Tristano, Kenny Wheeler, Solo

Lee Morgan

trumpet

Bands: James "Spanky" DeBrest, a href="Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers">Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Dizzy Gillespie, Curtis Fuller, Philly Joe Jones, Wynton Kelly, Clifford Jordan, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson, Bennie Maupin, Billy Harper, Solo

Lennie Tristano

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piano

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Bill Evans, Warne Marsh, Billy Bauer

Les McCann

piano, keys

Bands: Solo

Les Paul

guitar

Bands: Solo

Lester Bowie

trumpet

Bands: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Solo

Lester Young

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Lew Tabackin

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flute, tenor sax

Bands: Tal Farlow, Elvin Jones, Phil Woods, Donald Byrd, Roland Hanna, Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band, John Lewis, Randy Brecker, Warne Marsh, The Dick Cavett Show band

Lewis Nash

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The musicians he's played with reads like a Who's Who of jazz and is a testament to how great a drummer he's been since the late 1970s.

drums

Bands: Sonny Stitt, Art Pepper, Red Garland, Lee Konitz, Barney Kessell, Slide Hampton, Betty Cater, Ron Carter, Branford Marsalis, J.J. Johnson, Don Pullen/George Adams Quartet, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Art Farmer, Clark Terry, Milt Jackson, Tommy Flanagan, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove, Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, Nancy Wilson

Lionel Hampton

vibes, drums

Bands: Solo

Lior Kuperberg

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soprano sax, tenor sax

Bands: Music Plus Quintet, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Astrid Serierse, Eric Vaarzon Morel, Leoni Jansen, Lenny Kuhr, Klezmokum

Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble

Living Daylights

Dale Fanning - drums

Arne Livingston - bass, acoustic bass

Jessica Lurie - alto sax, flute

Lonnie Plaxico

acoustic bass

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

Los Van Van

Louis Bellson

drums, bandleader

Bands: Solo

Lucky Thompson (Eli Thompson)

tenor sax, soprano sax

Bands: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, the Lucky Seven, Tommy Flanagan, Ted Buckner, Don Redman, Lucky Millinder, Big Sid Catlett, Dinah Washington, Boyd Raeburn

Macabre Chupacabre

Machito

percussion, bandleader

Bands: Solo

Maciek Grzywacz

Bands:

Mal Waldron

piano

Bands: Solo

Malachi Favors

bass

Bands: Art Ensemble of Chicago

Manu Dibangu

alto sax

Bands: African-Jazz, Kekele, Grand Kalle & African Jazz, Fela Kuti, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Don Cherry, the Fania All-Stars

Marc Johnson

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Marcus Miller

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bass

Bands: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Frank Sinatra, LL Cool J, Eric Clapton

Marcus Roberts

piano

Bands: Solo

Marian McPartland

piano

Bands: Solo

Marilyn Crispell

piano

Bands: Solo

Mark Isham

piano

Bands: Solo

Mark Soskin

piano

Bands: Solo

Mark Whitfield

guitar

Bands: Solo

Marvin "Smitty" Smith

drums

Bands: Tonight Show Band

Matt Brewer

bass

Bands: Bill Goodwin Quartet

Matt Pavolka

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bass

Bands: The Matt Pavolka Band, Paul Olenick

Matti Klein

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keys, composer

Bands: Kabu Kabu, Mo' Blow, Yellow Cello, Defne Sahin Group, Peter Tenner Jazz Orchester, Berliner Tanz Orchester

Max Roach

drums

Bands: Solo, Miles Davis

Maynard Ferguson

trumpet, Firebird (slide trumpet), Superbone (trombone w/ slide and valves)

Bands: Innovations Orchestra, Birdland Dream Band, Big Bop Nouveau, Chick Corea, Mark Colby, Steve Gadd, Slide Hampton, Don Ellis, Don Sebesky, Willie Maiden, John Bunch, Joe Zawinul, Joe Farrell, Jaki Byard, Lanny Morgan, Rufus Jones, Bill Berry, Don Menza, Stan Kenton, Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra, Stan Wood, Roland David, Johnny Holmes, Dennis DiBlasio, Dianne Shurr, Michael Feinstein

McCoy Tyner

piano

Bands: McCoy Tyner Trio, John Coltrane

McCoy Tyner Trio

Mel Graves

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Mel Lewis

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Mel Martin

saxes, flutes, clarinets

Bands: Mel Martin/Benny Carter Quintet, Bebop and Beyond, Wes Montgomery, John Handy, The Loading Zone, Cold Blood, Azteca, Listen, Boz Scaggs, Mel Martin Quartet, The Tenor Conclave, Mel Martin Big Band, Roger Kellaway, Jeff Chambers, Harold Jones, Doug Sahm’s Honky Blues Band, Wayne Talberty, Chuck Berry, Dr. John, Benny Carter All Star Tribute Band, Brad Buethe, Don Friedman, Robb Fisher, Jeff Marrs, John Santos, Barry Finnerty

Mel Torme

vocal

Bands: Solo

Michael Manring

bass

Bands: Solo

Michel Petrucciani

piano

Bands: Solo

Michelle Rosewoman

piano

Bands: Solo

Mick Goodrick

guitar

Bands: Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Midnight Serenaders

Mike "Motown" Kemp

tenor sax

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Mike Nock

piano

Bands: Solo

Miles Davis

trumpet

Bands: John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Gil Evans, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Percy Heath, Horace Silver, Lester Young, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Gerry Mulligan, Wayne Shorter, George Coleman, Kenny Garrett, Tony Williams, Billy Eckstine Band, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Barney Wilen, Pierre Michelot, René Urtreger, Kenny Clarke, Jimmy Cobb, Wynton Kelly, Hank Mobley, Sonny Stitt, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moreira, Bennie Maupin, Gary Bartz, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Sonny Sharrock, Billy Cobham, Carlos Garnett, Mtume, Reggie Lucas, Badal Roy, Khalil Balakrishna, Al Foster, Pete Cosey, Dave Liebman, Sonny Fortune, Bill Evans, Marcus Miller, Mino Cinelu, John Scofield, Darryl Jones, Robert Irving III, George Duke, Bennie Reitveld

Milt Hinton

acoustic bass

Bands: Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Shelly Manne

Milt Jackson

vibes

Bands: Modern Jazz Quartet

Milton Nascimiento

vocal

Bands: Solo

Mingus Dynasty

Miroslav Vitous

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acoustic bass

Bands: Solo, Weatehr Report, Pat Metheny

Modern Jazz Quartet

Mose Allison

piano, vocal

Bands: Solo

Mulgrew Miller

piano

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

N JAWAZZ

Hassan Boussou - acoustic bass, vocal

Cédrick Devenyns - guitar

Arnaud Clerc - congas, percussion

Jessy Blondeel - saxes, clarinet

Nana Vasconcelos

percussion

Bands: Pat Metheny, Gato Barbieri

Nancy Wilson

vocal

Bands: Solo

Nat Adderley

trumpet

Bands: Solo, Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, J.J. Johnson, Woody Herman, Sonny Fortune, Vincent Herring

Nat King Cole

piano, vocal

Bands: Solo

Neil Innes

bass

Bands: Roughneck

New Orleans Jazz Vipers

New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Nicholas Payton

trumpet

Bands: Solo

Nick Ayers

percussion, flute, vocal

Bands: The Macpodz

Nick Brignola

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Nitcho Jazz

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Nitcho Reinhardt - acoustic guitar

Youri Reinhardt - acoustic guitar

Tony Reinhardt - acoustic guitar

Nitcho Reinhardt

acoustic guitar

Bands: Nitcho Jazz

Niels-Henning Orsted Petersen

acoustic bass

Bands: Solo

Norbert Satchel

tenor sax, baritone sax

Bands:

Norman Simmons

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piano

Bands: Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Anita O'Day, Joe Williams

Odean Pope

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Old and New Dreams

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Don Cherry - trumpet

Dewey Redman - tenor sax

Charlie Haden - acoustic bass

Ed Blackwell - drums

Oliver Jackson

drums

Bands:

Oliver Lake

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alto sax, composer

Bands: World Saxophone Quartet, Steel Quartet, Big Band, Trio 3, Mary Redhouse, Flux String Quartet, Chinese Poet Huang Xiang, N.J .Tap Ensemble, Patricia Williams

Operation Panda

Oregon

Orlando la Fleming

bass

Bands: Seamus Blake

Ornette Coleman

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Solo, Pat Metheny

Oscar Peterson

piano

Bands: Solo

Oscar Pettiford

Bands: Solo

Ostinato

Paco Delucia

guitar

Bands: Solo, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola, Bireli Lagrene

Paquito D'Rivera

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alot sa, soprano sax, clarinet

Bands: Ying Quartet, Turtle Island String Quartet, Mark Summer, pianist Alon Yavnai, Yo-Yo Ma, National Symphony Orchestra, London Royal Symphony, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Costa Rican Symphony Orchestra, American Youth Philharmonic, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

Pat Martino

guitar

Bands: Solo

Patrice Rushen

piano

Bands: Solo

Paul Brady

acoustic guitar

Bands: Hot Club of Detroit

Paul Chambers

acoustic bass

Bands: John Coltrane, Miles Davis

Paul Gonsalves

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tenor sax

Bands: Duke Ellington, Solo

Paul Hemmings

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guitar

Bands: the Paul Hemmings Trio

Paul Horn

Home Page Wikipedia

flute

Bands: Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett

Paul McCandless

tenor sax

Bands: Oregon, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Paul Mehling

guitar

Bands: Hot Club of San Francisco

Paul Motian

drums

Bands: Chick Corea, Solo

Paul Olenick

MySpace Home Page

trombone

Bands: solo, Aretha Franklin, Robin Eubanks, Oliver Lake, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Les Elgart, Ray Anthony, Billy May Orchestra, Keter Betts, Charlie Persip, Rich Perry, Ben Monder, Terrell Stafford, JoJo Kuo & The Afro-Beat Collective

Paul Shearer

guitar

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Paul Whiteman

big bandleader

Bands: Paul Whiteman Orchestra

Pee Wee Erwin (George Erwin)

Wikipedia All Music Answers

trumpet, big bandleader

Bands: Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Ray Noble, Joe Haymes, Isham Jones

Peer Neumann

MySpace Home Page YouTube

keys

Bands: Afrobeat Academy, Peer Neumann Trio

Pepper Adams

baritone sax

Bands: Donald Byrd

Percy Heath

acoustic bass

Bands: Modern Jazz Quartet, The Heath Brothers

Pete Beltran

trombone

Bands: Buddy Rich

Pete Candoli

trumpet

Bands: Duke Ellington, Doobie Brothers, Tonight Show Band, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney

Pete Escovedo

percussion

Bands: Solo

Pete Fountain

clarinet

Bands: Junior Dixieland Band, Phil Zito's International Dixieland Express, Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Harry Connick, Jr., Solo

Peter Apfelbaum

keys

Bands: The Heiroglyphics

Peter Epstein

tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax

Bands: Solo, The Collective

Peter Washington

acoustic bass

Bands: Frank Morgan

Petite Blonde

Bill Evans - alto sax

Victor Bailey - acoustic bass

Dennis Chambers - drums

Chuck Loeb - guitar

Pharoah Sanders

tenor sax, percussion

Bands: Solo

Phil Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings

Phil Upchurch

bass

Bands: Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Groove Holmes, B. B. King, Dizzy Gillespie

Phil Woods

alto sax

Bands: Solo, Steely Dan

Philippe Saisse

keys

Bands: David Sanborn, Narada Michael Walden, Al DiMeola, Billy Cobham, Tom Scott, Steve Kahn, Alphonso Johnson, Chaka Khan, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The B-52s

Phillip Catherine

guitar

Bands: Larry Coryell, Solo

Philly Joe Jones

drums

Bands: Miles Davis Quintet, Solo

Polly Klemmer

keys

Bands: Fuzzy Logic Boptet

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Quest

Dave Liebman - soprano sax

Richie Beirach - piano

Billy Hart - drums

Ron McClure - acoustic bass

Quincy Jones

Bands: Solo

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

tenor sax, alto sax

Bands: Solo

Ralph Gordon

bass

Bands: The Blue Rhythm Boys

Ralph Towner

guitar

Bands: Solo, Jan Garbarek

Randy Brecker

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: The Brecker Brothers, Soulbop, Clark Terry's Big Band, the Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver Quintet, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Dreams, Spectrum, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Charles Mingus, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco, Dennis Chambers

Randy Strom

MySpace

Stanley Jordan-esque guitar/bass playing

Warr touch-style guitar/bass

Bands: Solo

Randy Weston

piano, composer, bandleader

Bands: Bullmoose Jackson, Frank Culley, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne, Solo

Ravi Coltrane

tenor sax

Bands: Elvin Jones

Ray Brown

acoustic bass

Bands: Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Solo

Ray Lema

piano, guitar

Bands: Solo

Ray Obiedo

guitar

Bands: Herbie Hancock, Julian Priester, Sheila E, Rhythmus 21, Kick, Solo

Ray Paczkowski

organ, keys, clavinet, vocal

Bands: Vorcza

Rebecca Griffin

vocal

Bands: Solo

Red Callender

acoustic bass, tuba

Bands: Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Charlie Parker, Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young

Red Garland

piano

Bands: Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Lester Young

Red Holloway

tenor sax

Bands: Yusef Lateef, Dexter Gordon, Roosevelt Sykes, Willie Dixon, Junior Parker, Lloyd Price, John Mayall, Billie Holiday, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rushing, Arthur Prysock, Dakota Staton, Eddie Vinson, Wardell Gray, Sonny Rollins, Red Rodney, Lester Young, Joe Williams, Redd Foxx, B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Aretha Franklin, Sonny Stitt, Memphis Slim, Lionel Hampton

Red Norvo

vibes

Bands: Solo

Red Rodney (Robert Rodney Chudnick)

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Charlie Parker, Jimmy Dorsey, Elliot Lawrence, Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Ira Sullivan, Jerry Wald

Reggie Grisham

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trumpet

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Reggie Workman

acoustic bass

Bands: Trio 3, Solo

Reginald Veal

acoustic bass

Bands: Wynton Marsalis

Renee Rosnes

piano

Bands: Solo

Richard Underhill

Bands: Solo

Richie Beirach

piano

Bands: Quest

Richie Cole

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Rob Lavers

tenor sax

Bands: Roughneck, The New Mastersounds

Robert Hurst

acoustic bass

Bands: Wynton Marsalis, Elvin Jones

Robin Eubanks

trombone

Bands: Art Blakey, Dave Holland, Bobby Previte, M-Base, Steve Turre, Solo

Robin Rader

saxes, flute

Bands: Fuzzy Logic Boptet

Robinson Morse

bass, acoustic bass, trombone

Bands: Vorcza

Rocco

baritone sax

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Rodney Whitaker

MySpace

bass

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis Sextet, Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Joshua Redman, Kenny Garrett, Branford Marsalis, John Lewis, Tommy Flanagan, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerald Carl Allen, Hank Jones, Marian McPartland, Kenny Burrell, Bob James, Benny Golson, Jon Carl Hendricks, Wycliffe Gordon, Jon Faddis, Betty Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Curtis Fuller, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Roman Matusevich

gutiar

Bands: Solo

Ron Carter

acoustic bass

Bands: Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, VSOP, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter Nonet

Ronnie Laws

sax, flute

Bands: Earth, Wind & Fire, Arthur Adams, Howard Hewett, Ramsey Lewis, Jeff Lorber, Hugh Masekela, Alphonse Mouzon, David Sea, Sister Sledge, Boney James, Rick Braun, Kirk Whalum, Larry Carlton, Solo

Roscoe Mitchell

sax

Bands: Art Ensemble of Chicago

Ross Huff

MySpace YouTube

trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal

Bands: The Macpodz

Roughneck

MySpace

Roy Ayers

vibes, composer

Bands: Fela Kuti, Solo

Roy Eldridge

trumpet

Bands: Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Solo

Roy Hargrove

trumpet

Bands: Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Watson, Superblue, Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Johnny Griffin, Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis, Solo

Roy Haynes

drums

Bands: Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Grimes, Christian McBride, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Horace Tapscott, Andrew Hill

Rufus Reid

acoustic bass

Bands: Dexter Gordon, The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra, Jack DeJohnette, Thad Jones, Nancy Wilson, Eddie Harris, Bob Berg, Solo

Russell Procope

clarinet, alto sax

Bands: Duke Ellington , Benny Carter, Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, Tiny Bradshaw, Teddy Hill, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie Bryant

Ryan Blotnick

guitar

Bands: Solo, Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Lee Konitz, Jonathan Rossman, Tyshawn Sorey, Thomas Morgan, Albert Sanz, Bill McHenry, R.J. Miller, Chris Higgins, Pete Robbins and Centric, Free Association, Oblique Mads Mouritz and the Bleeding Hearts

Sadao Watanabe

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Sam Gatlin

saxes, bass, keybs, guitar, drum machine

Bands: Solo

Sam Rivers

tenor sax

Bands: Solo, Dizzy Gillespie

Santi DeBriano

acoustic bass

Bands: Dorothy Donegan

Saragh Vaughan

vocal

Bands: Solo

Scott Amendola

drums

Bands: TJ Kirk, Solo

Scott Joplin

piano

Bands: Solo

Scott LaFaro

acoustic bass

Bands: John Coltrane

Scotty Morris

MySpace

vocal

Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Scott Steward

MySpace AllAboutJazz

trumpet

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Seamus Blake

tenor sax

Bands: Victor Lewis

Seth Paris

baritone sax, soprano sax

Bands: Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble, Seth Paris Big Band, the Seth Paris Quintet and the Marin Jazz Ensemble, Nikhil P. Yerawadekar Quintet, Pinkie

Shabaka Hutchings

clarinet, tenor sax

Bands: Ayetoro, Tomorrow's Warriors, Soweto Kinch

Shamarr Allen

trumpet

Bands: Rebirth Brass Band, Galactic

Shannon Wade

acoustic bass

Bands: Hot Club of Detroit

Shelly Manne

drums

Bands: Conte Condoli, Teddy Wilson, Milt Hinton, Shorty Rogers

Sherman Ferguson

Wikipedia All Music

drums

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Benny Carter, Charles Earland, Al Martino, John Heard, Tom Ranier

Shorty Rogers (Milton Rogers)

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Red Norvo, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne, Art Pepper, Andre Previn, Jimmy Giuffre, Britain's National Youth Jazz Orchestrak, Bud Shank, Lighthouse All Stars, Will Bradley

Sidney Bechet

clarinet, soprano sax, tenr sax, piano, bass, drums, composer

Bands: Louis Armstrong, Tommy Ladnier Orchestra, Clarence Williams Blue Five, Max Miller

Skerik's Synocpated Septet

Slam Stewart (Leroy Stewart)

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acoustic bass

Bands: Slim Gaillard (Slim & Slam), Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum, Tiny Grimes, Red Norvo, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Erroll Garner, Gene Krupa, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, Cozy Cole, Buck Clayton, Walter Foots Thomas, Roy Eldridge, Zutty Singleton, Joe Turner, Stephane Grappelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Johnny Guarnieri, Major Holley, Illinois Jacquet, Teresa Brewer, Benny Carter, Hot Lips Page, Teddy Wilson, Ben Webster, Trummy Young, Ike Quebec, Fats Waller, Una Mae Carlisle, Rose Murphy, Charlie Shavers, Specs Powell, Grady Tate, Dick Farney, Pat Flowers, Hank Jones, George Duvivier, Al Casey, Jo Jones, John Pizzarelli, Herbie Fields, Beryl Booker, Dick Hyman, Oliver Jackson, Milt Buckner, Jimmy Shirley, Jackie Williams, Wild Bill Davis, Peter Appleyard, Gene Rodgers, Tony Graye, George Wein, Helen Ward, Sherri Maricle, Al Hamme

Slide Hampton

trombone

Bands: Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Slim Gaillard, Solo

Smoove

MySpace CD Baby

trumpet, keys, beat machines, DJ

Bands: Hypnotoc Brass Ensemble

Snooky Young (Eugene Young)

trumpet

Bands: Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Tonight Show Band, Louie Bellson, Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra

Sonny Fortune

alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, flute, clarinet

Bands: Miles Davis, Nat Adderley, Elvin Jones, Mongo Santamaría, Leon Thomas, McCoy Tyner, Roy Brooks, Buddy Rich, George Benson, Rabih Abou Khalil, Roy Ayers, Oliver Nelson, Rashied Ali, Pharoah Sanders, Solo

Sonny Rollins

tenor sax, alto sax, piano

Bands: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Tommy Flanagan, Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew, Solo

Sonny Sharrock

guitar

Bands: Solo

Sonny Stitt

tenor sax

Bands: Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Tiny Bradshaw, Thad Jones, Chick Corea, Billy Eckstine, Bud Powell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Solo

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetsky)

tenor sax

Bands: Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Horace Silver, Johnny Smith, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz Sextet, Charlie Byrd, Chick Corea, Tony Williams, Stanley Clarke, Solo

Stan Kenton

piano

Bands: Solo

Stanley Cowell

piano

Bands: Solo, the Heath Brothers

Stanley Jordan

guitar

Bands: Solo

Stanley Turrentine

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Stefano Bedetti

Bands:

Stephane Grappelli

violin

Bands: Django Rheinhardt

Steve Coleman

soprano sax

Bands: Solo

Steve Gilmore

Bands: Phil Woods

Steve Lacy

alto sax

Bands: Solo

Steve Marcus

soprano sax, tenor sax

Bands: Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Herbie Mann, Gary Burton, Jazz Composers' Orchestra, Fourplay, The Count's Rock Band, Steve Smith and Buddy's Buddies, Stan Kenton

Steve McCall

drums

Bands: Air

Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy

Steve Swallow

acoustic bass

Bands: Pat Metheny

Steve Turre

trombone, conch shell

Bands: Solo

Sun Ra

piano

Bands: Solo

Sweets Edison (Harry Edison)

trumpet

Bands: Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, Jeter-Pillars Orchestra, Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Lucky Millinder, Ben Webster

Symbology

Matt Endahl - keys

Joey Dosik - saxes

Tyler Duncan - saxes

Gary Prince - guitar

Theo Katzman - drums

Aaron Gold - drums, percussion

Doug Stuart - bass

Tadd Dameron

piano, arranger, composer

Bands: Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Bull Moose Jackson

Tain & the Ebonix

Tal Farlow

guitar

Bands: Solo

Ted Daniel

MySpace AllAboutJazz

trumpet

Bands: The Ted Daniel Sextet

Teddy Charles

piano

Bands: Solo

Teddy Edwards

tenor sax

Bands: Dexter Gordon, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Tom Waits, Howard McGhee, Roy Milton, Houston Person, Wynonie Harris, Vince Guaraldi, Joe Castro, Ernie Andrews, Solo

Teddy Wilson

piano

Bands: Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Red Norvo, Buck Clayton, Ben WebsterSolo

Terell Stafford

trumpet

Bands: Horizon, McCoy Tyner's Latin All-Star Band, Benny Golson's Sextet, McCoy Tyner's Sextet, Kenny Barron Sextet, Frank Wess Quintet, Jimmy Heath Big Band, Jon Faddis Orchestra, Cedar Walton, Sadao Watanabe, Clayton Brothers, Herbie Mann, Matt Wilson, Billy Taylor Trio, Mulgrew Miller, Derrick Hodge, Dana Hall, Steve Wilson, Dick Oatts, Harry Allen, Jesse Davis, solo

Terence Blanchard

trumpet

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Lionel Hampton, The WATTS Project, Donald Harrison

Terje Rypdal

guitar

Bands: Solo

Terri Lyne Carrington

drums, composer, producer

Bands: Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Kevin Eubanks, Donald Harrison, Greg Osby, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, George Coleman, Stan Getz, James Moody, Lester Bowie, Pharoah Sanders, Cassandra Wilson, David Sanborn

Terry Gibbs

vibes

Bands: Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, Solo

Thad Jones

trumpet, big bandleader, composer, arranger

Bands: Count Basie, Hank Jones, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Eclipse, The Danish Radio Big Band

The Blue Rhythm Boys

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Gypsy swing jazz, blues and hokum, featuring Tom Mitchell, who played guitar with Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks from 1993-2003.

The Brass Group

The Heath Brothers

The L.A. Four

Bud Shank - alto sax

Ray Brown - acoustic bass

Chuck Flores - drums

Laurindo Almeida - acoustic guitar

Shelley Manne - drums

Jeff Hamilton - drums

The Macpodz

Nick Ayers - percussion, flute, vocal

Brennan Andes - bass, vocal

Jesse Clayton - keys

Griffin Bastian - drums

Ross Huff - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal

The Mad Cossack

The New Six Jazz Project

The Palmetto Bug Stompers

The Royal Garden Trio

The Rusty Scott Organ Group

The WATTS Project

Branford Marsalis - tenor sax, soprano sax

Terence Blanchard - trumpet

Christian McBride - acoustic bass

Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums

Thelonious Monk

piano

Bands: John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian, Kenny Clarke, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Oscar Pettiford, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson, Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse, John Ore, Frankie Dunlop, Larry Gales, Ben Riley, Al McKibbon, Kai Winding, Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan, Gigi Gryce, Jerry Newman, Solo

Thomas Heflin

trumpet

Bands:Thomas Heflin Jazz Quartet

Tiny Grimes

guitar

Bands: Art Tatum, Slam Stewart

Tito Puente

percussion

Bands: Solo

Tom Harrell

trumpet

Bands: Phil Woods, Steve Turre, Joe Lovano, Mike Stern, Dewey Redman, Howard Johnson, John Abercrombie, Ray Drummond, Yoron Israel, Bill Goodwin, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, John Scofield, Bob Berg, Billy Childs, Jon Faddis, Ralph Moore, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Kenny Garrett, Kenny Barron

Tom Mitchell

Yellow Car

guitar, vocal

Bands: Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Ann Savoy & her Sleepless Knights, Double Scotch, Lindy Hop Heaven, Brooks Tegler's Hot Jazz, The Blue Rhythm Boys

Tommy Dorsey

big bandleader

Bands: Solo

Tommy Flanagan

piano

Bands: John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald, Wes Montgomery, Pee Wee Russell, Ted Dunbar, Tal Farlow, Curtis Fuller, Wilbur Little, Elvin Jones, Art Pepper, Thad Jones, Kenny Burrell, J.R. Monterose, Solo

Tony Lujan

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Solo, Ozomatli

Tony Marvelli

MySpace

bass, guitar, mandolin, keys, drums

Bands: Denver & the Mile High Orchestra

Tony Reinhardt

acoustic guitar

Bands: Nitcho Jazz

Tony Williams

drums

Bands: Tony Williams' Lifetime, the New Tony Williams' Lifetime, VSOP, Miles Davis

Toots Thielemans

harmonica

Bands: Solo

Torsten Goods

guitar, vocal

Bands: Solo

Trilok Gurtu

tabla

Bands: John McLaughlin Trio, Solo

Trio 3

Andrew Cyrille - drums

Oliver Lake - alto sax

Reggie Workman - acoustic bass

Ulf Wakenius

guitar

Bands: Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Niels-Henning Řrsted Pedersen, Jack DeJohnettes, Bill Evans, Bob Berg, Randy Brecker, Niels Lan Doky, Chris Minh Doky, Lars Danielsson, Niels Lan Doky piano, Ira Coleman, Billy Hart

ulu

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Luca Benedetti - guitar

Scott Chasolen - keys

Aaron Gardner - sax, flute

David Hoffman - drums

Justin Wallace - bass

Brian Killeen - bass

Russ Kleiner - drums

Josh Dion - drums

Dave Hertzberg - bass

Victor Bailey

bass

Bands: Soulbop, Elements

Victor Feldman

drums, piano

Bands: Ronnie Scott, Woody Herman Herd, Buddy DeFranco, Benny Goodman, George Shearing, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Tom Waits, Joe Walsh

Victor Lewis

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"Lewis is a master of shading and color, and the kind of timekeeper that could teach a clock new ways to tick" says jazz writer Bill Kohlhasse.

drums

Bands: , Mike Stern, Stan Getz, Hank Crawford, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Woody Shaw, Kenny Barron, Sonny Rollins, Art Farmer, Cecil McBee, Don Alias, J.J. Johnson, Gary Bartz, Eddie Henderson, Christian McBride, Johnny Griffin, Larry Willis, John Hicks, Abbey Lincoln, John Stubblefield, Grover Washington Jr., The Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Watson, Joe Farrell, Earl Klugh, Hubert Laws, Carla Bley, David Sanborn, Solo

Victor Prieto

accordion

Bands: Carlo DeRosa, Allison Miller, Solo

Victor Wooten

bass

Bands: Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Solo

Vince Lateano

drums

Bands: Cal Tjader, Bruce Forman, Al Cohn, Herb Ellis, John Carney, Frank Tusa, Woody Shaw, Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, the Woody Herman Orchestra

Vorcza

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Ray Paczkowski - organ, keys, clavinet, vocal

Gabriel Jarrett - drums

Robinson Morse - bass, acoustic bass, trombone

Wallace Roney

trumpet

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, solo

Wardell Gray

Played bop from the late 1930s-1955.

tenor sax

Bands: Earl Hines Orchestra, Dodo Marmarosa, Benny Carter, Billy Eckstine, Dexter Gordon, Benny Goodman, Count Basie Orchestra, Tadd Dameron, Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, Art Farmer

Warne Marsh

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Played "Cool" West Coast Jazz from the mid-40s to the late 80s and was known for his use of the high register, grainy tone and rhythmically subtle lines.

tenor sax

Bands: Buddy Rich Big Band, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Kai Winding, Terry Gibbs, Roy Eldridge, Billy Eckstine, Lester Young, Billy Taylor, Metronome Allstars, Supersax, Oscar Pettiford, Art Pepper, Paul Motian, Joe Albany, Kenny Clarke

Warren Gale

YouTube CD Baby

trumpet

Bands: Solo

Waymon Reed

trumpet, flugelhorn

Bands: Ira Sullivan, James Brown, Count Basie, Frank Foster, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band, Sarah Vaughan

Wayne Horvitz

Home Page Wikipedia All Music

keys, composer

Bands: The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, the Four Plus One Ensemble, John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Elliott Sharp, Danny Barnes, Tucker Martine, Butch Morris, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Philip Wilson, Michael Shrieve, Carla Bley, Tim Young, Bobby Previte, Skerik, Douglas September

Wayne Shorter

tenor sax, soprano sax

Bands: Weather Report, Solo

Wes Montgomery

guitar

Bands: Solo

Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan

Willem Breuker

trumpet, bandleader

Bands: Willem Breuker Kollektief

Woody Herman

clarinet, big bandleader

Bands: Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd

Woody Shaw

trumpet

Bands: Solo, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Eric Dolphy, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Johnny Griffin, Jackie McLean, Dexter Gordon, Joe Farrell, Pharoah Sanders, Kenny Garrett, Horace Silver, Kenny Clarke, Booker Ervin, Larry Young, Archie Shepp, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, David Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Buster Williams, Ron Carter, Andrew Hill, Slide Hampton, Frank Foster, Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Terri Lynne Carrington, Lenny White, George Cables, Louis Hayes, Steve Turre

World Saxophone Quartet

Wycliffe Gordon

trombone

Bands: Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Kelly

piano

Bands: Miles Davis

Wynton Marsalis

trumpet

Bands: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the New Orleans Civic Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Wynton Marsalis Septet

Youri Reinhardt

acoustic guitar

Bands: Nitcho Jazz

Yusef Lateef

tenor sax

Bands: Solo

Zoot Sims

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alto sax

Bands: Al Cohn, Chick Corea, Solo