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
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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
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Doug	Smith	Bass	4	1979 - 2001
Dr. Charles Joseph	Smith	Paino	1	2019 - 2019
Dr. J.B.	Smith	Drifter	1	1994 - 1994
Dr. Lonnie	Smith	Org Paino Synt Vocals Keyboards Arrangement Keyboard Organ Handclap Choir El-p Clavinet	134	1962 - 2024
Dr. O.C.	Smith	Vocals	2	2000 - 2002
Duane	Smith	Org	1	1975 - 1975
Duke	Smith	Clarinet	1	1924 - 1924
Dwayne	Smith	Arrangement Paino Keyboards	2	1984 - 1988
Dwayne "Smitty"	Smith	Bass El-b	21	1988 - 2005
Dwight	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1980 - 1980
Earl	Smith	Vocals Backing Vocals Clarinet	7	1977 - 1998
Earl "Buster"	Smith	Drums	3	1958 - 1991
Earl "Chinna"	Smith	Guitar El-g	2	1986 - 2005
Earl C. "Buster"	Smith	Drums Announcement	20	1986 - 1992
Earl J. Jr.	Smith	Backing Vcl	1	1994 - 1994
Ed	Smith	Drums Vib Percussion Mar Paino Sax	29	1982 - 2009
Eddie	Smith	Bj Guitar Bass Trumpet	182	1950 - 1965
Eddie	Smith	Trumpet	13	1944 - 1961
Eddie	Smith	Gembe Percussion	3	1992 - 1992
Eddie	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1951 - 1951
Eddie	Smith	Paino	1	1953 - 1953
Edgar	Smith	Tuba Tenor Bass Bass-horn	20	1985 - 1994
Edgar	Smith	Bass	1	1985 - 1985
Edna	Smith	Bass	2	1946 - 1946
Edward	Smith	Percussion Poetry Drums	7	1947 - 2000
Edward "Ronnie" Jr.	Smith	Drums	1	2003 - 2003
Effie	Smith	Vocals	7	1944 - 1953
Eileen	Smith	Viola	1	2016 - 2016
El	Smith	Percussion	1	1983 - 1983
Elizabeth	Smith	Vocals	3	1926 - 1927
Ellen	Smith	Vocals Viola	6	1971 - 2006
Ellie	Smith	Tenor Bass	5	2013 - 2024
Elmer	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax Vocals	1	1957 - 1957
Elsie	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1958 - 1958
Emily Austin	Smith	Cello	1	2025 - 2025
Emma	Smith	Violin Vocals	18	2005 - 2024
Emma	Smith	Violin	2	2002 - 2012
Enoch Jr.	Smith	Paino Comp Arrangement Org Vocals	9	2009 - 2024
Eric	Smith	Bass El-b Cond	4	1964 - 2003
Eric	Smith	Trumpet	2	2017 - 2019
Erik	Smith	Drums Percussion	14	1991 - 2025
Erle	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax Tenor Sax	7	1954 - 1967
Ernest	Smith	Bass Bassax	2	1929 - 1940
Ernest "Six"	Smith	Choir	1	1954 - 1954
Ernie	Smith	Guitar	1	2022 - 2022
Ernie "Chester"	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax Bar Bassax Tenor Sax Oboe	39	1924 - 1937
Estherine	Smith	Vocals	1	1962 - 1962
Ethan	Smith	Vocals	1	2001 - 2001
Ethel	Smith	Org	7	1959 - 1960
Eugene	Smith	Paino Vocals	2	1951 - 1960
Evan	Smith	Clarinet Bar B-cl Tenor Sax	3	2004 - 2008
Eve	Smith	Vocals Paino	4	1950 - 1998
Evelyn	Smith	Violin	2	1982 - 1982
Faber	Smith	Alto Sax Vocals	4	1930 - 1940
Faras B.	Smith	Drums Backing Vocals	1	1996 - 1996
Fats	Smith	Vocals	3	1937 - 1937
Fletcher	Smith	Paino Doctored-p Org Harpsichord Guitar Vocals	37	1943 - 2010
Floyd	Smith	Guitar El-g El-hawaiian-g Vocals	60	1937 - 1972
Floyd	Smith	Saxes Tenor Sax	3	1940 - 1940
Francine	Smith	Background Vcl	1	1984 - 1984
Francis	Smith	Bar Clarinet Tenor Sax	2	1923 - 2013
Frank	Smith	Alto Sax Bass Tenor Sax Clarinet Reeds flautist Vib Bar El-b Saxes	37	1948 - 2011
Frank	Smith	Clarinet Sop	8	1922 - 1923
Frank	Smith	Tenor Sax	2	1965 - 1966
Frank	Smith	Tenor Sax Alto Sax flautist	3	1981 - 1981
Frank	Smith	Paino El-p	10	1937 - 1993
Frank	Smith	Bass	11	1975 - 2008
Frank	Smith	Tuba	5	1929 - 1931
Frankie	Smith	Vocals	1	1947 - 1947
Fraser	Smith	Tenor Sax Comp Saxes Sax	5	2017 - 2025
Fred	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn El-b	4	1980 - 1993
Fred	Smith	Clarinet Reeds	3	1980 - 1981
Fred	Smith	Bass	5	1952 - 1982
Freddy	Smith	Guitar Bj	6	1926 - 1931
G.	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1945 - 1946
G.E.	Smith	Guitar	1	1988 - 1988
Gabe	Smith	Drums	1	2013 - 2013
Gareth	Smith	Trumpet	5	2008 - 2023
Garrett	Smith	Tenor Bass Bass B-tb	9	1981 - 2018
Gary	Smith	Guitar El-g El-stereo-g Stereo-g Electronics	17	1989 - 2011
Gary	Smith	Drums Percussion	3	1972 - 1997
Gary	Smith	Tenor Bass	8	1981 - 2004
Gary	Smith	Paino	2	1992 - 1996
Gaylen	Smith	Bar	1	2017 - 2017
Geechie	Smith	Trumpet Vocals	26	1939 - 1951
Gene	Smith	Tenor Bass Alto Sax Arrangement Sop flautist Tenor Sax	20	1979 - 2005
Gene	Smith	Alto Sax	1	1984 - 1984
Gene M.	Smith	Sax	4	1992 - 1993
Geoff	Smith	Bass Drums	2	1930 - 1997
George	Smith	Tenor Sax Clarinet Alto Sax Reeds Violin Saxes Sax	85	1919 - 1961
George	Smith	Violin	7	1913 - 1929
George	Smith	Tuba	6	1967 - 1969
George	Smith	Trumpet	1	1936 - 1936
George "Chuck"	Smith	Bass	1	1998 - 1998
George "Harmonica"	Smith	Hca	10	1962 - 1981
George C.	Smith	Vocals	1	1977 - 1977
George M.	Smith	Guitar	1	1946 - 1946
Georgia	Smith	Vocals	1	1955 - 1955
Gerald	Smith	Guitar	7	1975 - 2004
Gerald "Twig"	Smith	Guitar	1	2006 - 2006
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