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)
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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
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Nigel Portman	Smith	Bass Paino Org	2	1997 - 2000
Nikki	Smith	Coro	3	2013 - 2015
Nishla	Smith	Vocals Paino	4	2020 - 2025
Nolan	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn Horns	38	1976 - 2002
Nolan Jr.	Smith	Trumpet	1	1979 - 1979
Norm	Smith	flautist Tenor Sax Sax Bar Saxes	6	1970 - 1979
Norman	Smith	Clarinet Tenor Sax Alto Sax	4	1925 - 1929
O.C.	Smith	Vocals	24	1956 - 2000
Oliver	Smith	Bass	1	2016 - 2016
Osborne	Smith	Vocals Talking	3	1960 - 1965
Oscar	Smith	Bj Guitar Bass	25	1939 - 1983
Oscar	Smith	Bass	3	1944 - 1945
Oscar	Smith	Pic	1	1981 - 1981
Otis	Smith	Percussion Congas Vocals	6	1970 - 1970
Page	Smith	Cello	2	1982 - 2017
Paige "Ox Tail"	Smith	El-b	1	1990 - 1990
Paige Anthony	Smith	Bass	1	1994 - 1994
Pam	Smith	Fhr	3	1976 - 1979
Pappy	Smith	Tenor Bass	5	1944 - 1948
Paris	Smith	Vib	2	1980 - 1984
Pat	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1990 - 1990
Patricia	Smith	Voice Cello	2	1984 - 2002
Patricia Ann	Smith	Vocals	2	1968 - 1968
Patrick	Smith	Tenor Sax Clarinet Sop flautist Pedal-steel-g Saxes Trumpet Brother Vib Handclapping	8	1992 - 2024
Patsy	Smith	Vocals	2	1971 - 1992
Patti	Smith	Strings Vocals	2	1996 - 2009
Paul	Smith	Paino Celeste Synt Keyboards Org El-p Bass Harpsichord Clavs Clavinet Cel Cello	352	1944 - 2011
Paul	Smith	Guitar	1	1956 - 1956
Paul	Smith	Bass El-b	9	1970 - 2012
Paul	Smith	Bj Fiddle	7	1981 - 1981
Paul	Smith	Drums Percussion	6	1969 - 2006
Paul E.	Smith	Guitar	1	1954 - 1954
Paul H.	Smith	Bass	1	2010 - 2010
Paul Jason	Smith	Paino Guitar	2	1992 - 1992
Paul Tillman	Smith	Drums	1	1996 - 1996
Percy	Smith	Drums	4	1996 - 2005
Perry	Smith	Clarinet Tenor Sax Vocals Guitar Comp Sop Speech	30	1925 - 2024
Perry	Smith	Drums	1	1971 - 1971
Perry	Smith	Guitar El-g	9	2007 - 2020
Pete	Smith	Guitar Arrangement 9-string-g Vocals Bass El-b Drums Backing Vocals Drifter Trumpet Cond El-g	17	1962 - 2022
Pete	Smith	Tenor Bass	7	1972 - 1987
Pete	Smith	Drums	2	1984 - 1985
Peter	Smith	Paino Percussion B-tb flautist Guitar Clarinet Saxes Oboe Vocals	11	1971 - 2019
Phil	Smith	Trumpet Sax Vocals	5	1997 - 2024
Philip	Smith	Trumpet	1	2002 - 2002
Philip A.	Smith	Trumpet	1	1990 - 1990
Philip G.	Smith	Clarinet Vocals Sax	1	1997 - 1997
Phillip	Smith	El-tp B-tp	1	1975 - 1975
Phyllis	Smith	Vocals	1	1964 - 1964
Pinetop	Smith	Paino Vocals Speech	8	1928 - 1929
Plato	Smith	Trumpet	4	1972 - 1982
Preston	Smith	Guitar Hca Sitar	1	2006 - 2006
Putter	Smith	Bass Tuba Vocals	64	1973 - 2018
Quiana	Smith	Vocals	1	2013 - 2013
Quinntinn B.	Smith	Vocals	1	2010 - 2010
Quinnton	Smith	Vib	1	2013 - 2013
R.	Smith	Drums	1	2003 - 2003
R.T.	Smith	Paino	2	1951 - 1951
Rachel	Smith	Bar	1	2019 - 2019
Ralph	Smith	B-g Org	2	1945 - 1963
Randy	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn Arrangement Bass Drums	9	1990 - 2018
Rashad	Smith	Percussion	1	2015 - 2015
Ray	Smith	Paino flautist Saxes Alto Sax Drums Sax Woodwinds Clarinet A-cl Drifter Alto-fl Winds Sop B-cl Tenor Sax	124	1955 - 2025
Ray	Smith	Drums Ldr	30	1975 - 1996
Ray	Smith	Vocals El-g Guitar	5	1975 - 1982
Ray "Dutch"	Smith	Talking	1	1936 - 1936
Raymond	Smith	Bar-hrn Paino	4	1936 - 1986
Rex	Smith	Cnt	1	1927 - 1927
Rhonda	Smith	Bass Harp Fretless-b	8	1981 - 2022
Rhys	Smith	Tenor Bass	2	2006 - 2008
Richard	Smith	Guitar El-g Mand El-b El-12-string-g El-sitar Tenor Sax	51	1981 - 2017
Richard	Smith	Drums Bgo	7	1963 - 1968
Richard	Smith	Trumpet	3	1949 - 1949
Richard "Drahseer"	Smith	Drums	1	1998 - 1998
Richard J.	Smith	Arrangement	4	1940 - 1940
Rick	Smith	Guitar African-d Percussion	10	1979 - 2012
Rick	Smith	Saxes Tenor Sax D Program Sax	4	1984 - 1986
Rion	Smith	Drums	3	2008 - 2009
Rita	Smith	Vocals	1	1933 - 1933
Rob	Smith	Trumpet Tenor Sax Sop Flugelhorn Saxes Paino El-b Keyboards Clarinet Ldr	28	1987 - 2020
Rob	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1986 - 1986
Robbie	Smith	Drums Trumpet Vocals Percussion	3	1988 - 2011
Robby	Smith	Vocals	1	1993 - 1993
Robert	Smith	Paino Arrangement Alto Sax Bass Tenor Sax Woodwinds Bar	13	1929 - 2004
Robert	Smith	Drums	2	1993 - 1993
Robert	Smith	Paino Arrangement	2	1993 - 1994
Roberto "Capitan"	Smith	Percussion Vocals	1	2013 - 2013
Robin	Smith	Paino El-p Woodwinds Drifter Vocals	6	1979 - 2023
Robyn	Smith	Synt	1	1986 - 1986
Rod	Smith	Fhr flautist	2	1988 - 2006
Roddy	Smith	Guitar	6	2000 - 2018
Roderick	Smith	Saxes Reeds	2	1952 - 1979
Roger	Smith	Guitar Amplified-g Spanish-g	43	1975 - 2007
Roger	Smith	Misc Inst Keyboards Bass Org D Programming Paino Background Vcl El-p	14	1996 - 2010
Roger	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1945 - 1945
Roger	Smith	Cello	3	1988 - 1993
Roger	Smith	Drums	1	1954 - 1954
Rollen	Smith	Tenor Sax	9	1922 - 1923
Rollin	Smith	Vocals	2	1929 - 1931
Romola	Smith	B-cl	1	2016 - 2016
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