Musician List

This index refers to the 247,325 individual jazz musicians (1,538,059) included in over 266,860 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of February 2025.

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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]
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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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...	Smitalem	Bass	1	1938 - 1938
"Chalk"	Smith	Vocals	1	1922 - 1922
...	Smith	Cnt	41	1903 - 1912
...	Smith	Org	1	1983 - 1983
Aaron	Smith	Guitar Vocals	4	1946 - 1947
Aaron	Smith	Drums Percussion	3	1976 - 2006
Aaron	Smith	Clarinet Sop	1	1998 - 1998
Aaron	Smith	Trumpet	1	2006 - 2006
Ada "Bricktop"	Smith	Vocals	1	1955 - 1955
Adrian	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	1986 - 1986
Adriano	Smith	Paino	1	1953 - 1953
Aiden	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	2010 - 2010
Al	Smith	Bass Trumpet Vocals Ldr Drums flautist Cond Drifter	19	1952 - 1986
Al	Smith	Vocals	2	1959 - 1960
Al	Smith	Cnt Vocals Ldr	14	1954 - 1980
Al	Smith	Drums Percussion	1	1970 - 1970
Alan	Smith	Drums	5	1963 - 2002
Alan "Dallas"	Smith	Sop Alto Sax flautist	3	1986 - 1991
Albert	Smith	Tuba	4	1927 - 1927
Albert R.	Smith	Tuba	1	1927 - 1927
Alberta	Smith	Vocals	1	1939 - 1939
Alejandro	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	2001 - 2001
Alex	Smith	Paino Drums Bass Org Arrangement El-b	17	1946 - 2018
Alex	Smith	Paino	2	1955 - 1956
Alex Busby	Smith	Bass	1	2015 - 2015
Alexandria	Smith	Trumpet	1	2019 - 2019
Alfonso	Smith	Congas	2	1994 - 2004
Alice	Smith	Vocals	13	1936 - 2019
Alissa	Smith	Viola	1	2019 - 2019
Allan	Smith	Drums Bassoon Trumpet	5	1968 - 2010
Allen	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn	40	1949 - 2009
Allen	Smith	Paino	2	1947 - 1947
Allen	Smith	Bass	1	1992 - 1992
Alma	Smith	Paino Vocals	3	1945 - 1948
Alton	Smith	Voice Bass Vocals	3	1959 - 2021
Amalie	Smith	Bass	1	2007 - 2007
Amanda	Smith	Fhr Violin	2	2004 - 2016
Amy	Smith	flautist	1	1990 - 1990
Andre	Smith	Tenor Bass Vocals	2	1969 - 1999
Andrea	Smith	Vocals	1	1978 - 1978
Andrew	Smith	Drums Guitar Tenor Bass Vocals	16	1954 - 2022
Andy	Smith	Tenor Bass Drums Bass Trumpet	45	1974 - 2023
Andy	Smith	Drums	2	1982 - 1996
Andy	Smith	Unknown Inst	1	1986 - 1986
Andy Arthur	Smith	Vocals	1	2024 - 2024
Ange	Smith	Vocals	3	1993 - 1994
Angela	Smith	Trumpet Vocals	4	1984 - 2005
Angela Anderson	Smith	Bassoon	1	2019 - 2019
Angus	Smith	Vocals	1	2002 - 2002
Ann	Smith	Vocals	2	1995 - 1995
Annette	Smith	Paino	1	1960 - 1960
Anthony	Smith	Paino Vib Glockenspiel Mar	7	1999 - 2015
Arif	Smith	Percussion	2	2018 - 2020
Arlene	Smith	Vocals	4	1954 - 2006
Art	Smith	Alto Sax Reeds Drums	4	1942 - 1978
Arthur	Smith	Trumpet	3	1956 - 1976
Arthur	Smith	flautist Bar Reeds Woodwinds	6	1950 - 1976
Arthur "Guitar Boogie"	Smith	Guitar	1	1945 - 1945
Arthur C.	Smith	flautist	1	1946 - 1946
Arthur Pascau	Smith	Guitar	2	2017 - 2023
Artie	Smith	Drums	1	1963 - 1963
Ashleigh Elizabeth	Smith	Vocals	1	2012 - 2012
Aubrey	Smith	Vocals	1	2000 - 2000
Audie	Smith	Keyboards	1	1993 - 1993
Audrey	Smith	Vocals	1	1974 - 1974
Axel	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1963 - 1963
Axl	Smith	Ad Libs Vocals Rap	1	2007 - 2007
Badera	Smith	Guitar	1	2006 - 2006
Barnabas	Smith	Bass	1	2008 - 2008
Barney	Smith	Bass	9	1948 - 1949
Barry	Smith	Bass Drums	25	1973 - 2008
Barry	Smith	Drums	10	1982 - 1994
Barry "Frosty"	Smith	Drums	6	1991 - 2004
Beasley	Smith	Arrangement	1	1958 - 1958
Becky	Smith	Clarinet Vocals	2	1996 - 1998
Ben	Smith	Alto Sax Clarinet Tenor Bass Drums Tenor Sax Bar Percussion Vocals Arrangement Simmons-d Guitar Djembe	66	1931 - 2011
Benny	Smith	Guitar	1	1958 - 1958
Bessie	Smith	Vocals Kazoo	90	1923 - 1933
Betty	Smith	Tenor Sax Vocals	17	1953 - 1983
Bevan	Smith	El-synt	1	1998 - 1998
Biff	Smith	Paino	3	2003 - 2013
Bill	Smith	Clarinet Cnt Vocals Hca Arrangement B-cl Bar Comp Ldr Trumpet	78	1946 - 2018
Bill	Smith	Sop Sopranino Alto-cl Percussion Concertina Drums Eb-cl Bell	20	1976 - 2000
Bill	Smith	Hca Cnt Trumpet Vocals	4	1993 - 2006
Bill	Smith	Trumpet Hca Cnt Flugelhorn Vocals	3	1978 - 2014
Bill	Smith	Bass Vocals	3	1945 - 1947
Bill	Smith	Vocals	1	1960 - 1960
Bill	Smith	Clarinet Tenor Sax Sop	1	2002 - 2002
Bill	Smith	Bass	1	1975 - 1975
Bill	Smith	Drums Ldr	25	1934 - 2007
Bill	Smith	Guitar	3	1960 - 1962
Bill	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1989 - 1989
Billy	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1947 - 1947
Billy	Smith	Trumpet	7	1932 - 1945
Billy	Smith	Trumpet	1	1967 - 1967
Birch	Smith	Cnt Trumpet	5	1956 - 1997
Bob	Smith	Tenor Bass Vocals Paino Clarinet Drums Horns Vib	35	1942 - 2000
Bob	Smith	Tenor Bass Vocals	3	1989 - 1990
Bob	Smith	Drums	3	1953 - 1958
Bob	Smith	Paino	2	1982 - 1984
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