Musician List

This index refers to the 236,879 individual jazz musicians (1,478,936 total entries) included in over 256,741 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of December 2022.

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Musician Listing Updates:
Musicians who wish to have their listings updated are asked to submit full discographical data as per the following list – Please submit this information for each release you wish to have added to the database:

  • Leader name and country
  • Album title
  • Musicians including instrument(s) played
  • Recording location(s) (city) and venue if a live recording
  • Recording date(s)
  • Tunes played (as listed on release)
  • Record label name and release number [LP, CD, Download]
  • Country of origin of Record label

If you are unable to send us this information, please send us scans or photocopies of the releases.

First Name Last Name Instruments Sessions Recording Years
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SlotA
  • Vocals
12018 - 2018
A Filetta
  • Choir
11994 - 1994
Giampieroa Marcia
  • El-b
12003 - 2003
Andria Porta
  • El-b
21976 - 1976
TheA Strings
  • Strings
41984 - 1989
LaurieA'Court
  • Tenor Sax
11999 - 1999
RasulA-Salaam
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
22013 - 2015
A-Soma
  • Vocals
12003 - 2003
Alex "TNT"A.
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
12004 - 2004
AmaniA.W.-Murray
  • Alto Sax
31990 - 1990
Hans van derAa
  • Guitar
51965 - 1968
John van derAa
  • Rhythm-g
  • Guitar
21968 - 1973
DaveAaberg
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
51994 - 2006
MichaelAaberg
  • Keyboards
21997 - 2019
MikeAaberg
  • Keyboards
12010 - 2010
PhilAaberg
  • Paino
  • P
101986 - 1996
KnutAabo
  • Paino
  • El-p
11995 - 1995
MichaelAabye
  • Percussion
12000 - 2000
MichaelAadal
  • Comp
  • Guitar
12022 - 2022
HaraldAadland
  • Violin
21994 - 2004
TerjeAadne
  • Fhr
31982 - 1998
SteinarAadnekvam
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
12017 - 2017
MetteAaen
  • Vocals
11993 - 1993
Niels OveAaen
  • Tenor Bass
11995 - 1995
JoseAaftink-Kooijman
  • Fhr
11991 - 1991
CecilAagaard
  • Vocals
51940 - 1941
EgonAagaard
  • Accor
21970 - 1981
KathyAagaard
  • Viola
12011 - 2011
KimAagaard
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
131995 - 2019
KnudAagaard
  • Bass
11995 - 1995
MikkelAagaard
  • Tenor Bass
22020 - 2021
Julie DahleAagard
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
22011 - 2017
FroyAagre
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
32005 - 2008
BrotherAah
  • Fhr
  • flautist
  • Drums
  • Natural Sounds
  • Sitar
21968 - 1975
Anne VagAaknes
  • Viola
12013 - 2013
Ase VagAaknes
  • Violin
22013 - 2016
EspenAalberg
  • Drums
  • Gamelan
162004 - 2016
CoenAalberts
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • flautist
41984 - 2018
David vanAalderen
  • Drums
  • Clarinet
  • Synt
  • Violin
  • Vocals
  • Bass
  • Sax
  • Didgeridoo
  • Percussion
11992 - 1992
RhondaAalderks
  • Hrn
  • Horn
21992 - 1994
HelgeAalefjaer
  • Paino
  • Synt
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
41981 - 1987
KnutAalefjaer
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Mar
161998 - 2022
TomAalfs
  • Violin
41995 - 1999
KiAallen
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
Bertus vanAalst
  • Unknown Inst
11989 - 1989
KatriAaltio
  • Vocals
11983 - 1983
JanneAalto
  • Cello
21996 - 2002
JuhaniAalto
  • Tenor Bass
261961 - 1991
JussiAalto
  • Tenor Bass
211959 - 1976
MattiAalto
  • Paino
51987 - 1998
OssiAalto
  • Drums
51939 - 1951
Satu-MaijaAalto
  • Viola
  • Violin
12020 - 2020
SeppoAalto
  • Guitar
  • Trumpet
41991 - 1998
...Aaltonen
  • Tenor Bass
31971 - 1973
HarryAaltonen
  • Drums
91954 - 1991
HoneyAaltonen
  • Drums
  • Vocals
21985 - 1986
JuhaniAaltonen
  • flautist
  • Tenor Sax
  • Alto-fl
  • Sop
  • Alto Sax
  • B-fl
  • Saxes
  • Sax
  • Reeds
  • Pic
  • Voice
  • C-fl
  • Bells
  • Clarinet
  • Percussion
  • Wood-fl
1311964 - 2020
MongoAaltonen
  • Percussion
  • Vib
91986 - 2016
TapioAaltonen
  • Percussion
  • Congas
31980 - 2002
Tapio "Mongo"Aaltonen
  • Percussion
371982 - 2016
VesaAaltonen
  • Drums
  • Percussion
61970 - 1986
PeteAan
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Vib
121970 - 1974
MarkAanderud
  • Paino
32001 - 2002
SveinAarbostad
  • Bass
22003 - 2004
Svein OttoAarbostad
  • Bass
581978 - 2013
RobAardse
  • Percussion
11974 - 1974
RoelAardse
  • Bass
11979 - 1979
Jon MariusAareskjold
  • Electronics
12014 - 2014
StianAareskjold
  • Arrangement
  • Pic-tp
  • Ldr
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
12008 - 2008
AndreasAarflot
  • Keyboards
  • Synt
  • Paino
51986 - 1987
MikkelAargaard
  • Tenor Bass
12017 - 2017
EinarAaro
  • Bj
  • Paino
  • Guitar
231974 - 2016
HenrikAaroe
  • Vocals
12000 - 2000
"Shoeless" HenryAaron
  • Saxes
11996 - 1996
AbeAaron
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bar
  • Sop
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • B-cl
  • Ss
  • Sax
1181948 - 1968
AdainaAaron
  • Vocals
11999 - 1999
AnnaAaron
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
BobAaron
  • Synt
  • Sampler
  • Paino
41988 - 1999
CyrusAaron
  • Spoken-word
12020 - 2020
DaveAaron
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
31967 - 1968
DavidAaron
  • Tenor Sax
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Vocals
61998 - 2005
JoeAaron
  • Clarinet
21985 - 2003
JoyceAaron
  • Vocals
11987 - 1987
LeeAaron
  • Vocals
12000 - 2000
LorinAaron
  • Tenor Bass
21942 - 1942
LucaAaron
  • Guitar
12015 - 2015
PeterAaron
  • Effects
  • Guitar
12014 - 2014
PhilAaron
  • Paino
31993 - 2012
RickAaron
  • flautist
12003 - 2003
RobertAaron
  • Keyboards
  • Plastic Fl
  • Comp
  • Tack Piano
  • flautist
  • Syn
  • Synt
  • Sax
51980 - 1995
StephanieAaron
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
TomAaron
  • Triangle
11974 - 1974
DonAarone
  • Oboe
11960 - 1960
RubenAaronovitch-Bruce
  • Vocals
12022 - 2022
AlAarons
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Flh
  • Flh
1661945 - 2010
AlbertAarons
  • Trumpet
11996 - 1996
DavidAarons
  • Alto Sax
11950 - 1950
MichaelAarons
  • Guitar
  • Vib
22015 - 2022
AbeAaronson
  • Alto Sax
  • Clarinet
101928 - 1941
IrvingAaronson
  • Ldr
  • Paino
  • Drifter
  • Vocals
321926 - 1935