"You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order
to know what you like, you have to know everything.”

- Ellis Marsalis                                


Important Jazz Artists


 

Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
Piano
Guitar
Bass
Drums

Vibes
Organ
Flute
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Violin
Cello
Harmonica
Steel Pan

Groups
Vocalists
Big Bands
Jazz Composers & Arrangers
Television & Film Composers
Educators
Theorists
Impresarios
Conductors
Jazz Writers
 

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  Soprano Saxophone  
David Liebman Jane Ira Bloom Kenny Garrett Wayne Shorter Sidney Bechet
         
  Sidney Bechet
Jane Ira Bloom
John Coltrane
Joe Farrell
Kenny Garrett
Steve Grossman
Steve Lacy
David Liebman
Chris Potter
Wayne Shorter
 




  Alto Saxophone  
Phil Woods Richie Cole Charlie Parker Paquito D'Rivera Lee Konitz
         
  Cannonball Adderley
Gary Bartz
Arthur Blythe
Benny Carter
Richie Cole
Ornette Coleman
Steve Coleman
John Coltrane
Paul Desmond
Eric Dolphy
Lou Donaldson
Paquito D'Rivera
Kenny Garrett
Herb Geller
Bunky Green
Jimmy Greene
Antonio Hart
Johnny Hodges
Lee Konitz
Charlie Mariano
Jackie McLean
Frank Morgan
Lennie Niehaus
Greg Osby
Charlie Parker
Art Pepper
Bud Shank
Jim Snidero
James Spaulding
Sonny Stitt
Bobby Watson
Steve Wilson
Phil Woods
John Zorn
 




  Tenor Saxophone  
Michael Brecker Sonny Rollins John Coltrane Joshua Redman Branford Marsalis
         
  Eric Alexander
Gene Ammons
Bob Berg
Jerry Bergonzi
Don Braden
Michael Brecker
Don Byas
Pete Christlieb
George Coleman
John Coltrane
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Bill Evans
Joe Farrell
Joel Frahm
Bud Freeman
Chico Freeman
Von Freeman
Stan Getz
Benny Golson
Paul Gonsalves
Dexter Gordon
Johnny Griffin
Scott Hamilton
Eddie Harris
Coleman Hawkins
Jimmy Heath
Joe Henderson
Illinois Jacquet
Clifford Jordan
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Pat LaBarbera
Harold Land
David Liebman
Charles Lloyd
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Warne Marsh
Don Menza
Bob Mintzer
Hank Mobley
James Moody
David Murray
Chris Potter
Dewey Redman
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
David Sanchez
Pharoah Sanders
Archie Shepp
Wayne Shorter
Zoot Sims

Sonny Stitt
Ira Sullivan
Lew Tabackin
Stanley Turrentine
Ben Webster
Walt Weiskopf
Frank Wess
Lester Young
 




  Baritone Saxophone  
Gerry Mulligan Pepper Adams Nick Brignola Ronnie Cuber Gary Smulyan
         
  Pepper Adams
Nick Brignola
Serge Chaloff
Ronnie Cuber
Gerry Mulligan
Cecil Payne
Sahib Shihab
Gary Smulyan
 




  Trumpet      
Tim Hagans Freddie Hubbard Dizzy Gillespie Clifford Brown Miles Davis
         
  Nat Adderley
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Terence Blanchard
Lester Bowie
Randy Brecker
Cecil Bridgewater
Clifford Brown
Donald Byrd
Don Cherry
Buck Clayton
Miles Davis
Kenny Dorham
Dave Douglas
Harry Edison
Roy Eldridge
John Faddis
Art Farmer
Dizzy Gillespie
Tim Hagans
Roy Hargrove
Tom Harrell
Freddie Hubbard
Ingrid Jensen
Thad Jones
Booker Little
Brian Lynch
John McNeil
Wynton Marsalis
Blue Mitchell
Lee Morgan
Fats Navarro
Nicholas Payton
Barry Ries
Red Rodney
Wallace Roney
Arturo Sandoval
Carl Saunders
Woody Shaw
Bobby Shew
Terell Stafford
Clark Terry
Cuong Vu
Scott Wendholt
Kenny Wheeler
 




  Trombone      
Slide Hampton Conrad Herwig J. J. Johnson Bob Brookmeyer Wycliff Gordon
         
  Bob Brookmeyer
Robin Eubanks
Carl Fontana
Curtis Fuller
Wycliff Gordon
Urbie Green
Slide Hampton
Conrad Herwig
J. J. Johnson
Julian Priester
Jim Pugh
Josh Roseman
Roswell Rudd
Steve Turre
Bill Watrous
 




  Piano      
Oscar Peterson Bill Evans Herbie Hancock Keith Jarrett Chick Corea
         
  Monty Alexander
Geri Allen
Lynne Arriale
Kenny Barron
Count Basie

Paul Bley
Alan Broadbent
Dave Brubeck
Ray Bryant
Jaki Byard
Joey Calderazzo
Michel Camilo
Bill Charlap
Cyrus Chestnut
Nat King Cole
Chick Corea
Stanley Cowell
Kenny Drew
George Duke
Taylor Eigsti
Eliane Elias
Duke Ellington
Tommy Flanagan
Hal Galper
Red Garland

Eroll Garner
Larry Goldings
Benny Green
Dave Grusin
Al Haig
Herbie Hancock
Sir Roland Hanna
Barry Harris
Gene Harris
Hampton Hawes
Fred Hersch
Andrew Hill
Earl Hines
Christian Jacob
Ahmad Jamal
Bob James
Keith Jarrett
Bill Evans
Victor Feldman
Hank Jones
Geoffrey Keezer
Wynton Kelly
Kenny Kirkland
Steve Kuhn
John Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Marian McPartland
Harold Mabern
Bill Mays
Lyle Mays
Brad Mehldau
Mulgrew Miller
Thelonious Monk
Jason Moran
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Alan Pasqua
Danilo Perez
Oscar Peterson
Michel Petrucciani
Bud Powell
Makoto Ozone
Renee Rosnes
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Sergio Salvatore
Joe Sample
George Shearing

Matthew Shipp
Horace Silver

Art Tatum
Billy Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Jacky Terrasson
Bobby Timmons
Lennie Tristano
McCoy Tyner
Cedar Walton
Kenny Werner
Randy Weston
James Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Teddy Wilson
Joe Zawinul
 




  Guitar      
Joe Pass Bill Frisell Pat Metheny Wes Montgomery Mike Stern
         
  John Abercrombie
Howard Alden
Laurindo Almeida
George Benson
Peter Berstein
Gene Bertoncini
Joshua Breakstone
Jimmy Bruno
Kenny Burrell
Charlie Byrd
Charlie Christian
Larry Coryell
Al DiMeola
Herb Ellis
Kevin Eubanks
Tal Farlow
Bill Frisell
Mick Goodrick
Freddie Green
Grant Green
Jim Hall
Scott Henderson
Allan Holdsworth
Charlie Hunter
Barney Kessel
Earl Klugh
Julian Lage
John McLaughlin
John McLean
Russell Malone
Pat Martino
Pat Metheny
Ben Monder
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Bucky Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
Jimmy Raney
Django Reinhardt
Emily Remler
Kurt Rosenwinkel
John Scofield
Mike Stern
Ralph Towner
Mark Whitfield
Atilla Zoller
 




  Bass      
Ray Brown Jaco Pastorius John Patitucci Christian McBride Victor Wooten
         
  Jimmy Blanton
Ray Brown
Dave Carpenter
Ron Carter
Paul Chambers
Stanley Clarke
John Clayton
Scott Colley
Richard Davis
Jimmy Garrison
Eddie Gomez
Charlie Haden
Percy Heath
Milt Hinton
Dave Holland
Anthony Jackson
Alphonso Johnson
Sam Jones
Scott LaFaro
Cecil McBee
Christian McBride
Marcus Miller
Charlie Mingus
William Parker
Jaco Pastorius
John Pattitucci
Niels Ørsted Pedersen
Oscar Pettiford
Lynn Seaton
Steve Swallow
Miroslav Vitous
Buster Williams
Victor Wooten
Reggie Workman
 




  Drums      
Peter Erskine Jack DeJohnette Steve Gadd Tony Williams Buddy Rich
         
  Joey Baron
Louie Bellson

Ed Blackwell
Brian Blade
Art Blakey
Terri Lynne Carrington
Dennis Chambers
Joe Chambers
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham

Vinnie Colaiuta
Steve Davis
Jack DeJohnette
Billy Drummond
Peter Erskine
Al Foster
Steve Gadd
Chico Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
Billy Hart
Roy Haynes
Tootie Heath
Billy Higgins
Papa Jo Jones
Philly Jo Jones
Elvin Jones
Connie Kay
Billy Kilson
Gene Krupa
Stan Levy
Shelly Manne
Butch Miles
Airto Moreira
Bob Moses
Paul Motian
Alphonse Mouzon
Idris Muhammed
Lewis Nash
Adam Nussbaum
Ralph Peterson
Tito Puente
Bernard Purdie
Buddy Rich
Danny Richmond
Max Roach
Mickey Roker
Marvin “Smitty” Smith
Steve Smith
Ed Soph
Bill Stewart
Grady Tate
Ed Thigpin
Kenny Washington
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Dave Weckl
Lenny White
Tony Williams
Matt Wilson
 




  Vibes   Organ   Flute   Clarinet   Bass Clarinet  
Gary Burton Jimmy Smith Herbie Mann Eddie Daniels Eric Dolphy
         
  Roy Ayers
Gary Burton
Dave Friedman
Terry Gibbs
Lionel Hampton
Stefon Harris
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson

Joe Locke
Johnny Lytle
Steve Nelson
Red Norvo
Dave Samuels
Cal Tjader
Joey DeFrancesco
Charles Earland
Larry Goldings
Richard Holmes
Jack McDuff
Jimmy McGriff
John Medeski
Tony Monaco
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Reuben Wilson
Larry Young
Sam Yahel
Eric Dolphy
Joe Farrell
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Yusef Lateef
Hubert Laws
David Liebman
Charles Lloyd
Herbie Mann
James Moody
Bud Shank
Lew Tabackin
Frank Wess
Sidney Bechet
Don Byron
Paquito D'Rivera
Eddie Daniels
Buddy DeFranco
Pete Fountain
Jimmy Giuffre
Benny Goodman
Woody Herman
Artie Shaw
Phil Woods
Eric Dolphy
Bob Mintzer
Art Pepper




  Violin       Cello   Harmonica   Steel Pan  
Stephane Grappelli Mark O'Connor David Baker Toots Theileman Andy Narell
         
  Regina Carter
Jerry Goodman
Stephane Grappelli
Michal Urbaniak
  Mark O'Connor
Jean-Luc Ponty
Stuff Smith
Joe Venuti
    David Baker   Toots Theileman
Gregoire Maret
    Andy Narell  




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