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list of jazz musicians
This is an alphabetically ordered list of jazz musicians, including both instrumentalists and vocalists. See also jazz, swing, bebop, Dixieland, Kansas City style, New Orleans style, Chicago style, Latin jazz, free jazz, jazz-rock, and scat.
- Rashied Ali
- Fred Anderson
- Lester Bowie
- Willem Breuker
- Teresa Brewer
- Beryl Audrey Bryden
- Jaki Byard
- Charlie Byrd
- Donald Byrd
- Adolphus Anthony Cheatham
- Don Cherry
- Cy Coleman
- Alice Coltrane
- Chris Connor
- Pete Cosey
- Hank Crawford
- John Philip William Dankworth
- Blossom Margrete Dearie
- Sacha Distel
- Bill Dixon
- Dorothy Donegan
- Kenny Drew
- George Duke
- Guy Durosier
- Harry Edison
- Herb Ellis
- Tal Farlow
- Arthur Stewart Farmer
- Malachi Favors
- Maynard Ferguson
- Tommy Lee Flanagan
- Helen Forrest
- Frank Benjamin Foster III
- Von Freeman
- Hank Garland
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Stéphane Grappelli
- Bob Haggart
- Chico Hamilton
- Roland Pembroke Hanna
- Eddie Harris
- Jeff Healey
- Percy Heath
- Joe Henderson
- Andrew Hill
- Alois Maxwell Hirt
- Freddie Hubbard
- Illinois Jacquet
- Leroy Jenkins
- Jonah Jones
- Duke Jordan
- Barney Kessel
- Pete La Roca
- Steve Lacy
- Abbey Lincoln
- Huey Long
- Herbie Mann
- Michael (“Dodo”) Marmarosa
- Susannah McCorkle
- Jack McDuff
- Bernie McGann
- George Melly
- Mulgrew Miller
- James Moody
- Joe Morello
- Frank Morgan
- Ella Mae Morse
- Paul Motian
- David (“Fathead”) Newman
- Red Norvo
- Anita O’Day
- Michel Petrucciani
- Dewey Redman
- Rita Reys
- Paul William Rutherford
- Henri Gabriel Salvador
- Maria Schneider
- Bud Shank
- George Shearing
- Nina Simone
- Esbjörn Svensson
- Buddy Tate
- Billy Taylor
- John Martin Tchicai
- Ed Thigpen
- Bebo Valdés
- George Abel Van Eps
- Malcolm Earl (Mal) Waldron
- Cedar Walton
- David Spencer Ware
- Grover Washington, Jr.
- Benny Waters
- Frank Wess
- Tony Williams
- Joe Zawinul