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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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Tab	Smith	Alto Sax Arrangement Sop Vocals Tenor Sax Ss Clarinet Ldr	120	1936 - 1960
Taylor	Smith	Bass Vocals	1	2016 - 2016
Ted	Smith	Vocals Guitar El-g	4	1937 - 1942
Teddy	Smith	Bass	12	1956 - 1966
Teddy	Smith	Alto Sax	3	1938 - 1938
Teddy	Smith	Vocals	1	1950 - 1950
Teddy	Smith	Trumpet	1	2024 - 2024
Terry	Smith	Guitar El-g Percussion Congas	18	1967 - 2008
Thelma Lee-B.	Smith	Vocals	1	1928 - 1928
Thomas A.	Smith	Tenor Bass	1	1946 - 1946
Tiffany	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	2019 - 2019
Tim	Smith	Bass El-b Alto Sax Bar Drums Backing Vocals Tenor Sax	14	1964 - 2023
Tim	Smith	Drums Vocals	2	1965 - 2013
Tim	Smith	B-cl	2	1992 - 2001
Tim	Smith	Vocals	1	2006 - 2006
Todd	Smith	Percussion	1	1997 - 1997
Tom	Smith	flautist Tenor Bass Alto Sax Tenor Sax Trumpet Bar B-cl Clarinet Sop Arrangement Comp Paino Percussion Reeds Saxes	50	1925 - 2024
Tom	Smith	flautist Clarinet Alto Sax Tenor Sax Sax	3	1987 - 1992
Tom	Smith	Guitar	1	1969 - 1969
Tom	Smith	Trumpet	3	1985 - 1989
Tom	Smith	Tenor Bass Cond	2	1982 - 1987
Tom Pigott	Smith	Violin	1	2015 - 2015
Tommy	Smith	Tenor Sax Sop Drifter Sax flautist Cond Synt Saxes Shakuhachi Arrangement Bells	62	1983 - 2025
Tommy	Smith	Bass	1	1951 - 1951
Tommy	Smith	Trumpet	11	1922 - 1931
Tommy	Smith	Guitar	1	1974 - 1974
Tommy	Smith	Fhr	1	1952 - 1952
Tommy	Smith	Vocals	4	1945 - 1953
Toney	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	1996 - 1996
Toni	Smith	Vocals Backing Vocals	3	1979 - 1994
Tony	Smith	Trumpet Vocals Guitar Drums Cnt	27	1961 - 2005
Tony	Smith	Drums Vocals Lead Vcl Lead-vcl	8	1946 - 1981
Tony	Smith	Bass	2	1990 - 1991
Tony	Smith	Guitar B-g Vocals El-g	18	1995 - 1997
Tony	Smith	Paino	6	1979 - 1984
Tony	Smith	Tenor Bass B-tb	5	1988 - 1991
Tony "Thunder"	Smith	Drums	22	1988 - 2018
Travis	Smith	Vocals	1	2013 - 2013
Tria	Smith	Accor Vocals	1	1997 - 1997
Tristan	Smith	Eng-hrn	1	2008 - 2008
Trixie	Smith	Vocals	21	1922 - 1939
Tweed	Smith	Vocals	1	2006 - 2006
Tyrone	Smith	Paino Keyboards	4	1998 - 2008
Ulysses Jr.	Smith	Trumpet	1	1949 - 1949
V.	Smith		1	1973 - 1973
V. Jeffrey	Smith	Keyboards Drums Synt Synt Program Bass D-progams Tenor Sax	4	1989 - 2018
V.R.	Smith	Vocals	1	2007 - 2007
Valerie	Smith	Fhr	1	1969 - 1969
Vanita	Smith	Vocals	4	1946 - 1947
Verdelle	Smith	Vocals	4	1966 - 1966
Verne	Smith	AFRS Announcer Mc	3	1944 - 1945
Vernon	Smith	Trumpet	8	1946 - 1953
Vic	Smith	Tenor Bass	26	1922 - 1926
Victor	Smith	El-b	1	1984 - 1984
Victoria Lancaster	Smith	Narr Narration	2	2004 - 2004
Vince III	Smith	Paino	1	1993 - 1993
Vivian	Smith	Paino	1	1945 - 1945
VR	Smith	Vocals	4	2000 - 2012
W. Bramwell	Smith	Drifter	1	1972 - 1972
W.D.	Smith	Org	1	1979 - 1979
Wadada Leo	Smith	Trumpet Flugelhorn Percussion Comp flautist Mbira Vocals Cond Voice Bamboo-fl Pocket-tp Electronics Gong Hca Seal-hrn Steel-o-phone Steelophone Gongs Bells Koto Mello Seal Hrn Xyl Pic-tp Drifter Cans Logs El-tp Metr Misc Small Inst Nohkan Indian-fl Balloons Bottles + Other Inst. Ghanian Fl Strings Kazoo Thumb-p Kalimba Soprano-tp Wood-fl Recorder Drums Zurna Autoharp Rattles Wooden-fl Misc. Perc Zither Eng-hrn	201	1968 - 2025
Wally	Smith	Tenor Bass	142	1951 - 1979
Wally	Smith	Clarinet Alto Sax	7	1930 - 1930
Walt	Smith	Paino	1	1980 - 1980
Walter	Smith	Trumpet Mello	50	1937 - 1941
Walter III	Smith	Tenor Sax Sax Sop Ts Comp Saxes	64	2001 - 2025
Ward	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1983 - 1983
Warren	Smith	Percussion Drums Vib Mar Tymp Gongs Marimba Vocals Glockenspiel Chimes Tamb Congas Xyl B-mar Trap-d Whistle Bass-d Triangle Arrangement Timp Ldr Voice Dunno-d Woodblock Whistles Concertmaster Mbira Balaphon Latin Perc Kettle-d Gong Synt B-marimba Snare-d Comp Cowbell Cymb Recitation B-d Balophone Bgo Vibes Asian Double-reed Horn Mallet Inst Bass-mar Vibs Tuned-d Tympani Finger-cymbals Rain Sticks	274	1958 - 2022
Warren	Smith	Tenor Bass Fhr Euphonium Euph Vocals	152	1925 - 1971
Warren	Smith	Tenor Sax	3	1930 - 1930
Warren I.	Smith	Drums Vocals Percussion	1	2006 - 2006
Wayne	Smith	Drums Paino Bass Narr Cello	12	1971 - 2022
Wayne	Smith	Vocals	1	1928 - 1928
Wayne A. Jr.	Smith	Drums	1	2008 - 2008
Wayne Anthony	Smith	Drums	1	2014 - 2014
Wayne Anthony Jr.	Smith	Drums	2	2018 - 2021
Wayne Jr.	Smith	Drums Chains	10	2010 - 2023
Wendy	Smith	Vocals Backing Vcl	3	1986 - 1996
Whit	Smith	Guitar Vocals	2	1999 - 2000
Whitney	Smith	Paino Ldr	1	1999 - 1999
Wilbert	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1956 - 1956
Wilbert Lee	Smith	Paino Guitar	1	1958 - 1958
Will	Smith	Tenor Sax Sop	2	1998 - 1998
William	Smith	Paino Tenor Sax Comp	9	1925 - 1995
William	Smith	Vocals	1	1929 - 1929
William	Smith	Keyboards	1	1979 - 1979
William	Smith	Background Vcl	1	1980 - 1980
William "Crickett"	Smith	Trumpet	1	1918 - 1918
William "Smitty"	Smith	Arrangement Vocals	1	1978 - 1978
William C.	Smith	Vocals	1	1954 - 1954
William D.	Smith	Org Paino El-p Clavinet Vocals	4	1973 - 1979
William H.	Smith	Trumpet	5	1940 - 1948
William O. "Bill"	Smith	Clarinet	3	2003 - 2015
William S.	Smith	Paino	1	1946 - 1946
Willie	Smith	Alto Sax Vocals Clarinet Arrangement Saxes Sax Bar Reeds Tenor Sax	501	1930 - 1967
Willie	Smith	Alto Sax	1	1975 - 1975
Willie	Smith	Sop	1	2001 - 2001
Willie "Big Eye"	Smith	Drums	2	1979 - 1999
Willie "Big Eyes"	Smith	Hca	1	1954 - 1954
Willie "Long Time"	Smith	Paino Vocals	3	1947 - 1954
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