List of jazz musicians

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

[edit] Some of the most famous jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Charlie Mingus (1922-1979)

[edit] Noted jazz figures by period

[edit] Early jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Buddy Bolden (1877-1930)
Nick LaRocca (1889-1961)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
Joe "King" Oliver (1885-1938)
Members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band
Red Nichols (1905-1965)

[edit] Swing era

Paul Whiteman (1890-1967)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Fats Waller (1904-1943)
Charlie Christian (1918-1942)
Count Basie (1904-1984)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Benny Carter (1907-2003)

[edit] Modern innovators

Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
Ornette Coleman (Born 1930)
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Bill Evans
Gil Evans (1912-1988)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Bud Powell
Sun Ra (1914-1993)
Max Roach (born 1924)
Mary Lou Williams
Sonny Rollins

[edit] Jazz fusion

Main article: List of jazz fusion artists

[edit] Noted jazz figures by instrument

[edit] Contrabass (acoustic) and electric bass

Main article: list of jazz bassists

[edit] Cello

Mark Summer

[edit] Clarinet

Main article: list of jazz clarinetists

[edit] Cornet

[edit] Drums

Main article: list of jazz drummers

[edit] Flute

[edit] Guitar

Main article: list of jazz guitarists

[edit] Harmonica

Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans (1922- )

[edit] Multi-instrumentalists

Sidney Bechet (1897-1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
Benny Carter (1907-2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
Alice Coltrane (piano, organ, harp)
Eric Dolphy (1928-1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute, nose flute, tenor saxophone, manzello, strich, 'black mystery pipes', clarinet, gong, percussion)
Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)

[edit] Organ

Alice Coltrane
Joey DeFrancesco
Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer, real pipes)
Bill Doggett
Charles Earland
Larry Goldings
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Jack McDuff
John Patton
Trudy Pitts
Melvin Rhyne
Rhoda Scott
Shirley Scott
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
Fats Waller (1904-1943)
Reuben Wilson
Sam Yahel
Larry Young
Sun Ra (1914-1993)

[edit] Piano

Main article: list of jazz pianists

[edit] Saxophone

Main article: list of jazz saxophonists

[edit] Trombone

Main article: list of jazz trombonists

[edit] Trumpet

Main article: list of jazz trumpeters

[edit] Vibraphone

[edit] Violin

Regina Carter (1966- )
Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942)
Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
Ginger Smock (1920-1995)
Joe Venuti (1903-1978)
Michael White (b. 1933)
Claude Williams (1908-2004)

[edit] Vocal

Ernestine Anderson (born 1928)
Ivie (Ivy) Anderson (1904-1949)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Patti Austin (born 1948)
Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
Anita Baker (born 1958)
Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
Tony Bennett (born 1926)
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950)
Michael Bublé (born 1975)
Bobby Caldwell (born 1951)
Blanche Calloway (1904-1978)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Betty Carter (1930-1998)
Eva Cassidy (1963-1996)
Ray Charles (1930-2004)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
Nat King Cole (1919-1965)
Harry Connick, Jr. (born 1967)
Bing Crosby (1903-1977)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990)
Blossom Dearie (born 1928)
Matt Dusk (born 1978)
Billy Eckstine (1914-1993)
Michael Feinstein (born 1956)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Roberta Flack (born 1939)
Slim Gaillard (1911/1916-1991)
Johnny Hartman (1923-1983)
Jon Hendricks (born 1921)
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Shirley Horn (1934-2005)
Lena Horne (born 1917)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995)
Etta James (born 1938)
Al Jarreau (born 1940)
Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979)
Etta Jones (born 1938)
Sheila Jordan (born 1928)
Kevin M. Kasper (born 1988)
Stacey Kent (born 1968)
Morgana King (born 1930)
Eartha Kitt (born 1927)
Diana Krall (born 1964)
Cleo Laine (born 1927)
Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
Abbey Lincoln (born 1930)
Gloria Lynne (born 1931)
Bobby McFerrin (born 1950)
Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
Claire Martin (born 1967)
Mabel Mercer (1900-1984)
Joni Mitchell (born 1943)
Anita O'Day (1919-2006)
Esther Phillips (1935-1984)
Della Reese (born 1931)
Annie Ross (born 1930)
Dennis Rowland
Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
Diane Schuur (born 1953)
Marilyn Scott (born 1949)
Bernadette Seacrest
Ian Shaw
Jean Frye Sidwell
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
Nikoletta Szőke (born 1983)
Phoebe Snow (born 1952)
Clare Teal (born 1973)
Leon Thomas (1937-1999)
Mel Torme (1925-1999)
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)
Dinah Washington (1924-1963)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Lee Wiley (1915-1975)
Joe Williams (1918-1999)
Midge Williams (1915-1952)
Cassandra Wilson (born 1955)
Nancy Wilson (born 1937)
Monica Zetterlund (1937-2005)
Chris Williams (born 1978)
Linnzi Zaorski

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