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
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Pete	Smith	Arrangement Drifter Cond	3	1968 - 1972
Pete	Smith	Trumpet	1	2001 - 2001
Peter	Smith	Paino	5	2008 - 2019
Peter	Smith	Percussion flautist Clarinet Saxes	2	1994 - 1998
Peter	Smith	Vocals	1	1971 - 1971
Peter	Smith	Oboe	1	2019 - 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	65	1973 - 2025
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
Ron	Smith	Tenor Bass B-tb Tuba Bass Drums	25	1962 - 2015
Ron	Smith	Guitar D-mach Synt Rhythm-g	14	1985 - 2008
Ronnie	Smith	Arrangement Paino	1	2014 - 2014
Rose	Smith	Paino	1	1965 - 1965
Ross	Smith	Trumpet	19	1948 - 1992
Rowan	Smith	Paino Vocals Amplified Snare-d Alto Sax	32	1965 - 2012
Roy	Smith	Tenor Sax Arrangement Drums flautist Clarinet Saxes Alto Sax Reeds	31	1949 - 1971
Roy R.	Smith	Guitar	1	1983 - 1983
Ruby	Smith	Vocals Talking	9	1938 - 1971
Rudy	Smith	Steel-d Double Tenor Steel Pan Percussion Oildrum Tenorpan Tenor Pan Congas Steel-pans Steel Pan	11	1971 - 2017
Rufus	Smith	Bass Arrangement El-b	7	1944 - 1970
Russ	Smith	Tenor Sax	1	1947 - 1947
Russel	Smith	Cnt V-tb Trumpet	3	1978 - 2009
Russell	Smith	Trumpet Tenor Bass Bass V-tb Flugelhorn	140	1919 - 1999
Russell	Smith	V-tb Cnt Vocals	7	1977 - 1987
Russick	Smith	Cello	1	2010 - 2010
Rusty	Smith	Trumpet	2	2000 - 2017
Ruthie	Smith	Vocals Sax Saxes Ldr Voice Alto Sax Sop	4	1984 - 1987
Ryan	Smith	Melodica Org Cheeba Tenor Bass	2	2009 - 2016
Ryan Ross	Smith	Live Coding Electronics Prepared-p Synt	1	2018 - 2018
Sal	Smith	Tuba Bass	4	1980 - 1986
Sam	Smith	Tenor Bass Bass	11	1982 - 2023
Sam	Smith	Paino Vocals	1	1984 - 1984
Samuel	Smith	Vocals	1	1998 - 1998
Sandra	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	2006 - 2006
Sandy	Smith	Paino	1	1960 - 1960
Sara P.	Smith	Recorder Tenor Bass Muffin Tin Glockenspiel Cymb Vocals	1	1996 - 1996
Scott	Smith	Paino Keyboards	2	1990 - 1994
Scott	Smith	Guitar	1	1988 - 1988
Sean	Smith	Bass	61	1984 - 2026
Sharon	Smith	Vocals	2	1992 - 2004
Shawn	Smith	Backing Vocals	1	1992 - 1992
Sheila	Smith	Vocals Percussion Drums	6	1993 - 2002
Sheldon	Smith	Paino	10	1946 - 1947
Shelton	Smith	Paino	5	1948 - 1949
Sidney	Smith	flautist Tenor Sax	3	1967 - 1967
Simon	Smith	Violin	1	2010 - 2010
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