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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James "Smitty"	Smith	Flugelhorn Trumpet	1	1993 - 1993
James Allen	Smith	Paino Keyboards	1	1993 - 1993
James Austin	Smith	Oboe	1	2013 - 2013
James B.	Smith	Trumpet	2	1992 - 2000
James Darnell	Smith	Reeds	1	1979 - 1979
James E.	Smith	Guitar	2	1990 - 2001
James Herb	Smith	Guitar	1	1982 - 1982
Jan	Smith	Drums Wbd Trumpet Vocals	1	1999 - 1999
Jana	Smith	Paino	1	2002 - 2002
Janie Louise	Smith	flautist	1	1980 - 1980
Janine	Smith	Alto Sax	1	1991 - 1991
Jason	Smith	Drums Tenor Bass	2	2004 - 2006
Jean	Smith	Oboe	1	1995 - 1995
Jeanine	Smith	Vocals	1	2012 - 2012
Jeanne	Smith	Vocals	1	1980 - 1980
Jeep	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1951 - 1951
Jeff	Smith	Trumpet Accor El-p Drums Flugelhorn Paino Bass	6	1977 - 1998
Jeff	Smith	Drums Vib Keyboard	2	1987 - 1994
Jeff	Smith	Programming	2	1987 - 1987
Jeff	Smith	Alto Sax Tenor Sax	2	1989 - 1989
Jeffery	Smith	Vocals Narration	13	1992 - 1999
Jeffrey	Smith	Keyboards Guitar Tenor Bass Hrns	2	1996 - 2025
Jennie	Smith	Vocals	1	1958 - 1958
Jeremy	Smith	Percussion	2	2017 - 2024
Jerome	Smith	Tenor Bass Tuba Sousa	5	2007 - 2023
Jerome "Pork Chops"	Smith	Drums	1	1947 - 1947
Jerry	Smith	Drums	7	1949 - 1951
Jerry	Smith	El-b	1	1974 - 1974
Jerry	Smith	Paino	1	1974 - 1974
Jessica	Smith	Backing Vocals Background Vcl Vocals	4	1976 - 1980
Jessica Lindsay	Smith	flautist	1	2023 - 2023
Jessie	Smith	Backing Vcl Vocals	5	1972 - 1977
Jessie	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax flautist Tenor Sax Sop	20	1930 - 1933
Jessika	Smith	Arrangement Alto Sax Sop	1	2015 - 2015
Jim	Smith	Drums Wbd Trumpet Paino	12	1956 - 1973
Jim	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1964 - 1964
Jim	Smith	Cnt	1	1973 - 1973
Jimetta Rose	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	2017 - 2017
Jimmie	Smith	Drums Percussion	132	1942 - 2016
Jimmie	Smith	Org Vocals	1	2018 - 2018
Jimmy	Smith	Org Paino Vocals Synt Arrangement Keyboards El-p Emcee Cond	178	1953 - 2020
Jimmy	Smith	Clarinet Tenor Sax	1	1941 - 1941
Jimmy	Smith	Vocals	3	1949 - 1949
Jimmy	Smith	Bj Guitar	8	1927 - 1946
Jimmy	Smith	Bass Tuba Vocals	35	1925 - 1949
Jimmy	Smith	Drums	3	1963 - 1977
Jimmy	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn	3	2012 - 2018
Jimmy	Smith	El-console	1	9999 - 0000
Jimmy	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1971 - 1971
Jimmy Jr.	Smith	Bass	1	1973 - 1973
Jody	Smith	Violin	1	2020 - 2020
Joe	Smith	Cnt Trumpet Drums Comp	99	1922 - 2023
Joe	Smith	Drums Percussion	14	2001 - 2017
Joe	Smith	Vcl-arr	1	2006 - 2006
Joe	Smith	Trumpet	1	2013 - 2013
Joe	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	2012 - 2012
Joe	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax	26	1923 - 1926
Joe	Smith	Drums	4	1942 - 1962
Joe	Smith	Clarinet Reeds Sop Slide-whistle Tenor Sax	4	1956 - 1972
Joe "Fox"	Smith	Drums	1	2003 - 2003
Joel	Smith	Bass Drums	14	1996 - 2017
Joey	Smith	Bass Guitar Vocals Arrangement El-b	13	1991 - 2020
John	Smith	Guitar Alto Sax Sop Bj Bass Clarinet Sax Vocals Poetry	64	1929 - 2024
John	Smith	Bass	12	1968 - 1972
John	Smith	Drums B-d	5	1967 - 1987
John	Smith	Alto Sax Tenor Sax Sop Clarinet	18	1941 - 1983
John	Smith	Keyboards Paino Vocals	7	1955 - 1989
John	Smith	Vocals Text Reader	3	1966 - 1974
John	Smith	Trumpet	1	1930 - 1930
John "Butch"	Smith	Sop	1	1977 - 1977
John "Jubu"	Smith	Rhythm-g Guitar El-g	4	1999 - 2009
John Butch	Smith	Alto Sax Sop	1	2007 - 2007
John C.	Smith	Arrangement	1	2015 - 2015
John G.	Smith	Keyboards Paino	2	1988 - 1989
John H.	Smith	Guitar	1	2015 - 2015
John R.W.G.	Smith	Paino El-p	17	1983 - 2007
John T.	Smith	Guitar	1	1991 - 1991
Johnny	Smith	Guitar Drifter	69	1947 - 1977
Johnny	Smith	Guitar	2	1942 - 1943
Johnny	Smith	Arrangement Clarinet Alto Sax	5	1935 - 1937
Johnny	Smith	Guitar Hca Vocals	1	2006 - 2006
Johnny "Hammond"	Smith	Org El-p Synt Paino Keyboard String Ens Keyboards Narr	62	1957 - 1997
Jojo	Smith	Percussion	1	2007 - 2007
Jon	Smith	Vocals Tenor Sax	5	1972 - 2017
Jonathan	Smith	Paino Guitar	3	1994 - 2011
Josea	Smith	Bass	1	1959 - 1959
Joseph	Smith	Drums	2	1932 - 1951
Joseph C.	Smith	Ldr Violin Laughing	3	1919 - 1920
Joseph III	Smith	Trumpet	3	1974 - 1976
Josh	Smith	Guitar El-g	4	1995 - 2022
Joshua	Smith	Alto Sax Live Effects Tenor Sax Reeds	2	1999 - 2001
Joshua Douglas	Smith	Tenor Sax Sop	3	2003 - 2004
JR	Smith	Drums	1	2023 - 2023
Jubu	Smith	Guitar	1	2010 - 2010
Julian	Smith	Bass El-b Drums	4	1993 - 2021
Jumaane	Smith	Trumpet Vocals	13	2001 - 2024
June	Smith	Vocals Guitar	5	1984 - 2006
June	Smith	Violin	1	1980 - 1980
Justin	Smith	Violin Trumpet Flugelhorn	3	2016 - 2023
Kate	Smith	Vocals	7	1927 - 1940
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