A
B
- Harry Babasin b, cello
- Louis Bacon, tp
- Don Bagley b
- Buster Bailey cl
- Mildred Bailey voc
- Chet Baker tp
- Harold 'Shorty' Baker tp
- Ronnie Ball p
- George Baquet cl
- Paul Barbarin dr
- Edward Emanuel 'Eddie' Barefield cl
- Joey Baron dr, perc
- Charles Daly 'Charlie' Barnet ts, Bandleader
- Count Basie p
- Bob Bates b
- Ray Bauduc dr
- Konrad 'Conny' Bauer trb
- William Henry 'Billy' Bauer git
- Sidney Bechet cl, ss
- Bix Beiderbecke cor
- Graeme Bell p
- Louis Bellson alias Louis Balassoni dr
- Thomas P. 'Tommy' Benford dr
- Max Bennett b
- Roland Bernard 'Bunny' Berigan tp
- Sonny Berman tp
- Milt Berhart trb
- Tim Berne as
- Artie Bernstein b
- Chu (Leon) Berry ts
- Emmett Berry tp
- Eddie Bert trb
- Vic Berton dr
- Clifton 'Skeeter' Best git
- Denzil De Costa Best dr
- Barney Bigard cl
- Wallace 'Bish' Bishop dr
- Walter Bishop jr. p
- Jim Black dr, perc
- Blind Blake git, voc
- Art Blakey dr
- Jack Bland git
- Jimmy Blanton b
- Paul Bley p
- Bo Diddley alias Ellas McDaniels git, voc
- Carlo Bohländer tp
- Buddy Bolden tp
- Claude Bolling p
- Sharkey (Joseph) Bonano tp
- Sterling Belmont Bose tp
- Earl Bostic as
- Johnny Bothwell as
- Dave W. Bowman p
- Lester Bowie tp
- Will Bradley jr. dr
- Will Bradley sr. trb
- Reuben 'Ruby' Braff tp
- Helmut Brandt bars
- Wellman Braud b
- Michael Brecker ts
- Randy Brecker tp
- Simon Brehm b
- Willem Breuker as, ts, cl
- Peter Brötzmann ts, ss, cl
- Big Bill Broonzy alias William Lee Conley voc, git
- Boyce Brown as
- Cleo Brown p, voc
- Clifford Brown tp
- Lawrence Brown trb
- Pete Brown as
- Raymond 'Ray' Matthews Brown b
- Vernon Brown trb
- Dave Brubeck p
- Rainer Brüninghaus p, keyb
- George Clarence Brunies trb
- Milt Buckner p, vib
- John Edward 'Teddy' Buckner tp
- Theodore 'Teddy' Bunn git
- Albert Burbank cl
- Dan Burley p
- Ralph Burns p, arr
- Louis F. Busch alias Joe 'Fingers' Carr p
- Joseph 'Joe' Bushkin p
- Charles William 'Bill' Butterfield tp
- Don Byas ts
C
- Ernie (Ernesto) Cacereas bars
- Jackie Cain voc
- Red (George) Callendar b
- Cab Calloway voc, bandleader
- Brunson S. Campbell p
- Candido Camero bongo
- Conte Candoli tp
- Thomas 'Mutt' Carey tp
- Hoagy Carmichael p
- Harry Howell Carney bars
- Joe 'Bebop' Carroll voc
- Earl Malcolm Carruthers bars
- Benny Carter as
- James Carter as, ts
- Ron Carter b
- Wayman Carver as
- Albert Aloysius 'Al' Casey git
- Bill Casey alias William Weldon voc, git
- Lee Castle alias Lee Castaldo tp
- Big Sid Catlett dr
- Albert 'Happy' Cauldwell ts
- Walter Page Cavanaugh p
- Oscar 'Papa' Celestin cor
- Serge Chaloff bars
- Henderson Charles Chambers trb
- Paul Chambers b
- Teddy Charles alias Theodore Charles Cohen vib
- Doc Adolphus Cheatham tp
- Don Cherry trp
- Buddy (Marion) Childers tp
- Herman Chittison p
- Buddy Christian banjo, git
- Charlie Christian git
- June Christie alias Shirley Luster voc
- Kenny Clarke dr
- Stanley Clarke b
- Buck (Wilbur) Clayton trp
- Rod (George) Cless cl
- Arnett Cleophus Cobb ts
- Alvin (Al) Cohn ts
- Cozy (William) Cole dr
- June Cole tb, b
- Nat 'King' Cole p, voc
- William (Bill) Johnson Coleman tp
- Ornette Coleman ts, tp, violin
- Buddy (William Marcell) Collette sax, flute, cl
- Lee Collins tp
- John Coltrane ts
- Alix Cambelle ts
- Ken Colyer tp
- Eddie Condon git
- Willie (John) Cook tp
- Bob Cooper ts, oboe, english horn
- Gene Patrick 'Corky' Corcoran
- Chick Corea p
- Jack James Costanzo perc
- Curtis Lee Counce b
- Ida Cox voc
- Jimmy Crawford dr
- Charlie Cyril Creath tp, bandleader
- Bob (George Robert) Crosby voc, bandleader
- Israel Crosby b
- Cutty (Robert Dewees) Cutshall trb
D
E
F
G
- Slim Gallard git, voc
- Jan Garbarek ts
- Ed Garland b
- Joe Garland ts, bars
- Erroll Garner p
- Matthew Gee jr trb
- Herbert Geller as
- Fatty George alias Franz Pressler cl
- Stan Getz ts
- Terry Gibbs vib
- Gene Gifford git, arr
- Dizzy Gillespie trp
- William 'Jazz' Gillum voc
- Jimmy Giuffre ts
- Tyree Glenn trb
- Sanford Gold p
- Nat Gonella trp
- Paul Gonsalves ts
- Babs Gonzales voc
- Big Boy (Frank) Goodie trp, cl, ts
- Benny Goodman cl, bandleader
- Henry Clay Goodwin trp
- Bob Gordon bars
- Dexter Gordon ts
- Jimmy Gourley git
- Brad Gowans trb
- Bill Grah vib, p
- Billy Graham bars, as
- Stephane Grappelly violin
- Glen 'Spike' Gray as, bandleader
- Wardell Gray ts
- Benny Green trb
- Charlie 'Big' Green trb
- Urbie Green trb
- Freddy Greene git
- Sonny Greer dr
- Tiny Grimes git
- Gigi Gryce as, flute
- Johnny Guarnieri p
- Lars Gullin bars, ts
- Fred Guy git
- Joe Guy trp
H
- Bobby Hackett tp
- Al Haig p
- Al Hall b
- Ed Hall cl
- James (Jim) Stanley Hall git
- Minor 'Ram' Hall dr
- Tubby Hall dr
- Bengt Hallberg p
- Chico Hamilton dr
- Jimmy Hamilton cl
- Lionel Hampton vib, dr
- Herbie Hancock p
- William Christopher Handy composer, tp
- Ken Hanna arr, trb
- Lil Hardin p
- Buster Harding p, arr
- Otto 'Toby' Hardwick as
- Emmett Hardy tp
- Roy Hargrove tp
- Bill Harris trb
- Little Benny Harris tp
- Eddie Harris ts, as, tp, p
- Jimmy Harrison trb
- Clyde Hart p
- Stan Hasselgard cl
- Hampton Hawes p
- Coleman 'Bean' Hawkins ts
- Erskine Ramsey Hawkins tp, bandleader
- Clancy Hayes banjo
- Edgar Junius Hayes p, bandleader
- Herbie Haymer ts
- Roy Haynes dr
- Monk Hazel dr
- James Charles Heard dr
- Ted Heath bandleader, trb
- Percy Heath b
- Neal Hefty tp, arr
- Bob Helm cl
- Scad Hemphill tp
- Fletcher Henderson p, bandleader
- Horace Henderson p, bandleader
- Scott Henderson git
- Ernie Henry as
- Woody Herman cl, bandleader
- Eddy Heywood jr. p
- Jay C. Higginbotham trb
- Andrew Hilaire dr
- Berta 'Chippie' Hill voc
- Earl 'Father' Hines p
- Milton Hinton b
- Jutta Hipp p
- Les Hite as, bandleader
- Art Hodes p
- Johnny Hodges as
- Ernst Hoellerhagen as
- Bobby Hoggart b
- Allan Holdsworth git
- Billie Holiday voc
- Peanuts Holland tp
- Elmo Hope p
- Claude Hopkins p, bandleader
- Lena Horne voc
- Darnell Howard cl
- Kid Howard tp
- Freddie Hubbard
- Armand Hug p
- Spike Hughes b, arr
- PeeWee Hunt trb
- Alberta Hunter voc
- Clarence Behrens Hutchenrider cl
- Marjorie Hyams vib
- Jack Hylton bandleader
- Dick Hyman p
I
J
K
L
M
- Frank Grillo Machito bandleader
- Kid Shots Madison cor
- Johnny Mandel trb
- Albert Mangelsdorff trb
- Emil Mangelsdorff as, cl
- Herbie Mann fl, sax
- Shelly Manne dr
- Wingy Manone tp
- Fate Marable p
- Paul Mares tp
- Charlie Mariano as
- Dodo (Michael) Marmarosa p
- Lawrence Marrero banjo
- Joe Marsala cl
- Ellis Marsalis p
- Branforn Marsalis ts, ss
- Wynton Marsalis tp
- Warne Marsh ts
- Kaiser (Joseph) Marshall dr
- Mat Mathews acc
- Matty Matlock cl
- Dave Matthews sax
- Billy Maxted p
- Lyle Mays p,keyb
- Bob McCracken cl
- Dick McDonough git
- Lou McGarity trb
- Howard McGhee tp
- Red McKenzie voc
- Al McKibbon b
- Ray McKinley dr
- William McKinney bandleader
- John McLaughlin git
- Jimmy McPartland tp
- Brad Mehldau p
- Frank Melrose p
- Minnie Memphis voc
- Major Merryweather voc, p
- Louis Metcalf tp
- Pat Metheny git
- Doug Mettome tp
- Mezz Mezzrow cl
- Bubber (James) Miley tp
- Eddie Miller cl
- Glenn Miller bandleader, trb
- Punch Miller tp
- Lucky Millinder bandleader
- Charlie Mingus b
- George Mitchell tp
- Red (Keith) Mitchell b, p
- Roscoe Mitchell as, ts, ss, fl
- Miff Mole trb
- Othello Molineaux Stahlschlagzeug
- Nils Petter Molvaer
- Joe Mondragon b
- Thelonious Monk p
- Eurreal Montgomery p
- Wes Montgomery git
- Jack Montrose ts
- James Moody ts, as
- Big Chief Russell Moore trb
- Oscar Fred Moore git
- Al Morgan b
- Lee Morgan tp
- McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) voc
- Benny Morton trb
- Jelly Roll Morton p
- Sam Most as, flute
- Bennie Moten (Benjamin) bandleader
- Benny Moten (Clarence Lemont) b
- Don Moye dr, perc
- Gerry Mulligan bars
- Jimmy Mundy arr, ts
- Spud Murphy arr, cl
- Turk Murphy trb
- David Murray ts, bcl
- Vido Musso trs
- Boots Mussulli as
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Aaron Sachs cl, ts
- Eddie Safranski b
- Edgar Melvin Sampson sax, arrangeur
- Arturo Sandoval tp
- Heinz Sauer ts
- Eddies Sauter bandleader, arrangeur
- Tony Sbarbaro dr
- Michael Schiefel voc
- Peter Schilperoort cl
- Hawe Schneider trb
- Elmar Schoebel p
- Gene Schroeder p
- Ed Schuller b
- George Schuller dr
- Gunter Schuller frh, cond, comp, arr
- Bob Scobey tp
- John Scofield git
- Bud Scott Banjo, git
- Rhoda Scott org
- Shirley Scott org,p
- Cecil Xavier Scott cl, ts
- Ronnie Scott ts
- Tony Scott cl
- Al Sears ts
- Gene Sedric ts, cl
- Bud Shank as, flute
- Ed Shaughnessy dr
- Charlie Shavers tp
- Artie Shaw cl
- Arvell Shaw b
- Woody Shaw tp
- George Albert Shearing p
- Jack Sheldon tp
- Archie Shepp ts, ss
- Bobby Sherwood git, tp
- Larry Shields cl
- Bob Shoffner tp
- Wayne Shorter as, ts
- Joe Shulman b
- Horace Silver p
- Omer Victor Simeon cl
- Zoot Sims ts
- Zutty Singleton dr
- Buster Smith as, cl
- Carson Raymond Smith b
- Jimmy Smith org
- Joe Smith tp
- Mammie Smith voc
- Stuff Smith violin
- Tab Smith as
- Willie Smith as
- Willie 'The Lion' Smith p
- Elmer Snowdon banjo, git
- Eddy South violin
- Muggsy Spanier cor
- Speckled Red p
- William O'Neil Spencer dr
- Jess Alexandria Stacy p
- Bobby Stark tp
- Johnny St. Cyr banjo
- Leroy 'Slam' Stewart b
- Rex William Stewart cor
- Sonny Stitt ts
- Billy Strayhorn p, arrangeur
- Joe Sullivan p
- Sun Ra p, keyb
- Ralph Sutton p
- Reinhold Svensson p
- Earl Bowman Swope trb
- Roosevelt Sykes voc
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