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
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Biff	Smith	Paino	3	2003 - 2013
Bill	Smith	Clarinet Cnt Vocals Hca Arrangement B-cl Bar Comp Ldr Trumpet	79	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
Bob	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1926 - 1926
Bob	Smith	Vocals	1	1947 - 1947
Bob	Smith	Alto Sax	1	1976 - 1976
Bob	Smith	Guitar	1	1991 - 1991
Bobby	Smith	Alto Sax Drifter Arrangement Vocals	65	1943 - 1983
Bobby	Smith	Drums	1	1947 - 1947
Boppin' Bob	Smith	Drums	1	1999 - 1999
Boston	Smith	Paino	1	1959 - 1959
Boyer	Smith	Trumpet	5	1934 - 1935
Brad	Smith	Trumpet Paino Tenor Bass	17	1963 - 2015
Brad	Smith	Flugelhorn Trumpet	1	1992 - 1992
Brad	Smith	Paino	1	1994 - 1994
Bram	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn	7	1975 - 1979
Breeze	Smith	Percussion Drums Loops	3	2018 - 2021
Brenda	Smith	Vocals	1	1996 - 1996
Brett	Smith	Saxes	1	2013 - 2013
Bria	Smith	Choir	1	2008 - 2008
Brian	Smith	Tenor Sax flautist Sop Saxes Sax Percussion Reeds Alto-fl Woodwinds Bamboo-fl Tamb	95	1967 - 2007
Brian	Smith	Bass Pic-b Octobass Triple Contrabass Viol	20	1977 - 2010
Brian	Smith	Drums	3	1971 - 2020
Brian	Smith	Classical-g	1	2002 - 2002
Brian	Smith	Paino	1	2003 - 2003
Brian	Smith	Trumpet	1	2007 - 2007
Brian	Smith	Clarinet	1	1994 - 1994
Britton	Smith	Vocals	1	2016 - 2016
Brooks	Smith	Sop	2	1970 - 1972
Bruce	Smith	Percussion Drums Hand D Congas Vocals	28	1975 - 1997
Bryan	Smith	Guitar Tuba Bass Alto Sax Euph	4	2001 - 2014
Bud	Smith	Tenor Bass	28	1936 - 1942
Bud	Smith	Tenor Sax	6	1939 - 1941
Buddy	Smith	Drums Percussion	8	1947 - 1960
Buddy	Smith	Vocals	6	1972 - 2010
Buster	Smith	Arrangement Drums Alto Sax	10	1937 - 1987
Buster	Smith	Drums	21	1959 - 2003
Buster	Smith	Alto Sax Clarinet Arrangement Guitar	18	1929 - 1959
Butch	Smith	Bass	1	1973 - 1973
Buzz	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1936 - 1936
Byron J.	Smith	Drifter	1	1996 - 1996
C. Ray	Smith	Arrangement Sax flautist	1	1996 - 1996
C.E.	Smith	Trumpet	1	1935 - 1935
Cal	Smith	Guitar Bj	19	1924 - 1931
Caleb	Smith	Tenor Bass	4	2021 - 2025
Calvin	Smith	Fhr Hrn	9	1988 - 2005
Carey T.	Smith	Guitar	3	2001 - 2008
Carl	Smith	Trumpet	14	1936 - 1956
Carl	Smith	Bass Tuba	3	1931 - 1931
Carl	Smith	Bass	1	1999 - 1999
Carl	Smith	Tenor Sax Sax	9	2000 - 2007
Carlton Jumel	Smith	Vocals	1	2024 - 2024
Carol	Smith	Clarinet	1	1973 - 1973
Carole Mason	Smith	Bassoon	1	2012 - 2012
Carrie	Smith	Vocals	44	1974 - 2003
Carson	Smith	Bass Arrangement	106	1952 - 1998
Catherine Hazel	Smith	Spoken Word	1	2011 - 2011
Cecil	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1930 - 1930
Cecilia	Smith	Vib Comp Mar	16	1992 - 2022
Chad	Smith	Woodwinds Clarinet B-cl	2	2023 - 2024
Chana	Smith	Cnt	1	2002 - 2002
Charles	Smith	Trumpet Paino Guitar Flugelhorn Percussion Drums Sop Synt-b Vocals	8	2002 - 2017
Charles	Smith	Cnt	6	1912 - 1919
Charles	Smith	Paino	2	1923 - 1923
Charles	Smith	Tenor Sax	2	1931 - 1931
Charles "Fat Smitty"	Smith	Paino	2	1925 - 1925
Charlie	Smith	Drums Congas Arrangement Comp Percussion Ldr	70	1948 - 2003
Charlie	Smith	Paino	2	1949 - 1953
Charlie	Smith	Trumpet	3	1984 - 1984
Charlie	Smith	Vocals	1	1949 - 1949
Chas	Smith	Sound Sculptures Electronics	1	2021 - 2021
Cherry	Smith	Text	1	2021 - 2021
Ches	Smith	Drums Percussion Vib Electronics Glockenspiel Tymp Vocals Gongs Congas Comp Tanbou Voice Dumbek Tam Tam Metal Perc IPad Tam-tam Programming Mar D-machine Haitian Tambou Arrangement Keyboards Cymb Carpentry Shakers Tubular Bells Bell Timp Effects Backing Vocals	121	1999 - 2025
Chester	Smith	Alto Sax Bar Clarinet	9	1932 - 1932
Chester E.	Smith	Org	2	2002 - 2014
Chet	Smith	Synt	2	1989 - 2004
Chick	Smith	Trumpet Paino	71	1930 - 1950
Chris	Smith	Tenor Bass Trumpet V-tb Programming B-tb Keyboards B-g	54	1964 - 2025
Chris	Smith	Bass El-b	11	2005 - 2018
Chris	Smith	Keyboards Org	2	1993 - 2021
Chris	Smith	Trumpet Drifter Flugelhorn Arrangement Comp	20	1975 - 1998
Chris	Smith	Hca	1	1987 - 1987
Chris	Smith	Drums Arrangement Comp Percussion Steel-pan	9	1991 - 2024
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