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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Musicians including instrument(s) played
Recording location(s) (city) and venue if a live recording
Recording date(s)
Tunes played (as listed on release)
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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
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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
Kathryn	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1996 - 1996
Keely	Smith	Vocals Vcl-2 Vcl-3	52	1949 - 2004
Keith	Smith	Trumpet Vocals Tenor Bass	66	1960 - 2017
Keith	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	1963 - 1982
Keith	Smith	Guitar	3	2006 - 2010
Keith	Smith	Drums Percussion	2	1999 - 2000
Kelly	Smith	Clarinet Tenor Sax	11	1944 - 1950
Ken	Smith	Cnt Bass Arrangement Tuba Guitar	16	1972 - 2018
Ken	Smith	Drums	3	1944 - 1947
Kendrick	Smith	EWI	1	2020 - 2020
Kenery	Smith	Vocals Bass	1	1994 - 1994
Kenneth	Smith	El-b	1	1974 - 1974
Kenny	Smith	Drums Guitar	2	1956 - 2001
Kent	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn	5	1987 - 2016
Kent	Smith	Alto Sax Tenor Sax flautist Sop	2	1981 - 1982
Kevin	Smith	Bass Drums	13	1983 - 2023
Kevin	Smith	Background Vcl	1	1985 - 1985
Kevin	Smith	Orchestral Arr	8	1986 - 1986
Kidder	Smith	Bass	1	1962 - 1962
Kim	Smith	Vocals	1	2001 - 2001
Kincaid	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	1998 - 1998
Kirk	Smith	Bass El-b	34	1978 - 2025
Krista	Smith	Fhr	1	1988 - 1988
Kristy	Smith	Vocals	1	1994 - 1994
Kyle	Smith	Guitar	1	2015 - 2015
L.B.	Smith	Guitar	2	2000 - 2000
LaDonna	Smith	Violin Viola Vocals Voice Paino Org Accor Electronics Bass Keyboards Drums Harp Objects Arp 2600 Violin-ukulele Percussion Piano-harp	43	1976 - 2018
Laila	Smith	Voice	1	2019 - 2019
Lamar	Smith	El-g Guitar	4	2009 - 2019
Lamont	Smith	Congas Percussion	2	1988 - 1988
Lance	Smith	Vocals Paino	2	1956 - 1956
Lance	Smith	Guitar	1	1981 - 1981
Lane	Smith	Vocals	1	1974 - 1974
Langston	Smith	Bass	1	2005 - 2005
Langston "Skip"	Smith	Bass	3	2000 - 2012
Larry	Smith	Alto Sax Tenor Sax Paino flautist Trumpet Keyboards Unknown Inst Flugelhorn Vocals	14	1990 - 2009
Larry	Smith	Electronics	1	1986 - 1986
Larry	Smith	Spoken Word	1	1998 - 1998
Laura	Smith	Vocals Cello	15	1924 - 2011
Lavay	Smith	Vocals	5	1995 - 2008
Lavergne	Smith	Vocals Paino	4	1954 - 1956
Lawson	Smith	Baritone Voice	1	1952 - 1952
LB	Smith	Guitar	1	1999 - 1999
Lee	Smith	Bass El-b	32	1977 - 2024
Leigh	Smith	Trumpet Cnt Vocals Ldr Whistling	4	1966 - 1997
Leo	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn	1	1969 - 1969
Leonard	Smith	Paino	3	1913 - 1914
Leonard	Smith	Trumpet	2	1937 - 1937
Leonie	Smith	Arrangement Vocals	1	2002 - 2002
Leroy	Smith	Drifter Clarinet Violin Alto Sax	7	1921 - 1940
Leroy	Smith	Drums	2	1945 - 1946
Les	Smith	Drums	2	1944 - 1944
Les	Smith	Trumpet	1	1986 - 1986
Leslie	Smith	Background Vcl Vocals Backup Vcl Voice	13	1979 - 2017
Leslie	Smith	Guitar	7	1930 - 1930
Leslie O.	Smith	Chorus	1	1988 - 1988
Lester	Smith	Tenor Sax	5	1925 - 1927
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