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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Charles	Sharp	Clarinet Percussion Bar Alto Sax Electronics Piri Straw Chinese-fl Alto-cl Little Instruments Korean-fl B-cl Trumpet	5	1997 - 2019
Chris	Sharp	Tenor Bass Arrangement	5	1982 - 1999
Christopher	Sharp	Trumpet	1	2021 - 2021
Dave	Sharp	El-b Bass Guitar	8	2009 - 2009
David	Sharp	Arrangement	1	2010 - 2010
Dean	Sharp	Drums Percussion	8	1999 - 2010
Doc	Sharp	Paino	1	2015 - 2015
Don	Sharp	Tenor Bass Vocals	1	1977 - 1977
Ellery	Sharp	Trumpet	1	1947 - 1947
Elliott	Sharp	Guitar Sop B-cl Electronics El-g Bass Tenor Sax Doubleneck-g-b Comp Clarinet Voice Vocals Saxes Synt 8-string-g-b El-b Fretless-g Computer D-programming Dobro Slab Sampler B-g Bar-g Sax Cond Pantar 12-string-g Alto Sax Violinoid Reeds Steel-g Laptop Mirage 8-string-guitarbass Lap-steel Samples Lap-steel-g Bj Mand 8-string-b Console-steel-g Console Steel-g Keyboards D Computer Percussion Mandocello Powerbook Doubleneck-g Bar Instruments Hawaiian G G-synt El-mandocello Double Neck Guitarbass Slab Sample Processing Doubleneck Guitarbass Arches H-line Strings 8-string Guitarbass Computers D-machine Arrangement Drums Loops Glissentar Tenor Bass 6-string-bj Paino Double-neck Guitarbass Music Box G-b El-mand El-perc Textures Tubinet 6-str-b El-d El-12-string-g Double-b-g El-fretless-g Double-pennywhistle Doubleneck G-b 8-string-g Pedal-steel-g Panter El-b-cl Double-g-b 6-string-b Triple-course Bass Pantar Lap Steel-g Hawaiian-g Doubleneck B-g Double Neck G-b Lapsteel Ocarina B-tubinet Zither 8-string-el-g	189	1972 - 2026
F.	Sharp	Vocals	2	1980 - 1980
Floyd E.	Sharp	Paino	1	1951 - 1951
Frank	Sharp	Tenor Bass	5	1944 - 1944
Fred	Sharp	Guitar	3	1942 - 1947
Geoff	Sharp	Tenor Bass	1	1973 - 1973
Gordon	Sharp	Voice Computer	1	2017 - 2017
Gus	Sharp	Clarinet Alto Sax Tenor Sax	19	1922 - 1925
Irving	Sharp	Tenor Bass	1	1945 - 1945
J	Sharp	Paino Org El-p Clavinet Synt	1	2024 - 2024
Jason	Sharp	Bar Bassax	2	2011 - 2016
John	Sharp	Guitar Percussion	4	1985 - 1990
Kael	Sharp	Trumpet	1	2011 - 2011
Karen	Sharp	Tenor Sax Bar Clarinet B-cl	27	1998 - 2022
Ken	Sharp	Tenor Bass	1	1971 - 1971
Kevin	Sharp	Vocals	1	1992 - 1992
Kim	Sharp	D Programs	1	1991 - 1991
Leola	Sharp	Vocals	1	1972 - 1972
Les	Sharp	Paino	1	1958 - 1958
Leslie	Sharp	Arrangement Paino Vocals	1	2011 - 2011
Matt	Sharp	Violin	1	1999 - 1999
Matthew	Sharp	Cello Vocals	4	2000 - 2016
Mike	Sharp	Tenor Bass	2	1980 - 1993
Molly	Sharp	Viola Violin	2	2000 - 2005
Randy	Sharp	Guitar	1	1976 - 1976
Richard	Sharp	Bassoon	1	1989 - 1989
Russell	Sharp	Tenor Bass	1	2012 - 2012
Ryan	Sharp	Trumpet	1	2010 - 2010
Sam	Sharp	Clarinet Whistle Tenor Sax	1	1995 - 1995
Sammy	Sharp	Trumpet	1	1971 - 1971
Sean	Sharp	Vocals	1	2014 - 2014
Si	Sharp	Alto Sax	6	1923 - 1924
Sidney	Sharp	Violin Strings Concert Master Ldr Concertmaster	27	1964 - 1987
Stanley	Sharp	Cello	1	2003 - 2003
Steve	Sharp	Bass Trumpet	2	1995 - 2015
Susanna	Sharp	Voice	1	2000 - 2000
Todd	Sharp	El-g	1	2003 - 2003
Tom	Sharp	Clarinet Vocals Alto Sax	2	1976 - 1989
Toni	Sharp	Vocals	1	1957 - 1957
Tony	Sharp	Bass	17	1988 - 2013
Wayne	Sharp	Fhr	1	1959 - 1959
Wilf	Sharp	Trumpet	3	1982 - 2000
William	Sharp	Recorder Drums Processing Clarinet Alto Sax Bj Org Trumpet Guitar Hca Percussion W	1	1985 - 1985
The Sid	Sharp Strings		1	1976 - 1976
Al	Sharpe	Drums	5	1982 - 2007
Alan	Sharpe	Guitar	3	1971 - 1975
Amy	Sharpe	Bj Guitar Bjo Vocals	14	1986 - 1997
Avery	Sharpe	Bass El-b Vocals Voice 6-string-el-b Comp Percussion Keyboards 6-string-b MJH-b	77	1979 - 2024
Bernie	Sharpe	Trumpet	3	1959 - 1959
Bill	Sharpe	Bass Drums Keyboards	4	1966 - 2012
Bill	Sharpe	Keyboards	2	1982 - 1984
Bill	Sharpe	El-b	1	1986 - 1986
C.	Sharpe	Alto Sax Sax Percussion	3	1984 - 1994
Chi	Sharpe	Percussion Gong	8	1993 - 1998
Chinalin	Sharpe	Vocals	1	1969 - 1969
Chris	Sharpe	B-tb Tenor Bass	4	2013 - 2017
Clarence	Sharpe	Alto Sax	4	1956 - 1985
Cynthia "THiA"	Sharpe	Spoken Word	1	2019 - 2019
D.	Sharpe	Drums Voices Vocals	12	1978 - 1983
Deborah	Sharpe	Vocals	1	1984 - 1984
E. Lyle	Sharpe	Tenor Sax Clarinet	3	1925 - 1925
Eddie	Sharpe	Clarinet Alto Sax Bar	7	1924 - 1925
Eva	Sharpe	Vocals	1	1939 - 1939
J.	Sharpe	Violin	1	1962 - 1962
Jack	Sharpe	Paino	1	1935 - 1935
Jackie	Sharpe	Bar Tenor Sax Alto Sax B-cl Clarinet Saxes	21	1955 - 1989
Jade	Sharpe	Vocals	1	1994 - 1994
James	Sharpe	Bj	1	1903 - 1903
Jason	Sharpe	Bar	1	2010 - 2010
Jim	Sharpe	Reeds Bar	23	1973 - 1984
John	Sharpe	Violin	5	1968 - 1975
John	Sharpe	Tenor Bass	5	1969 - 1980
Kevin	Sharpe	D Programming Choir Dir Keyboards	1	1994 - 1994
Len "Boogsie"	Sharpe	Steel-pan-d Steel-pan Tenor Pan Steel-d	6	1982 - 2008
Lyle Eddie	Sharpe	Arrangement Clarinet Alto Sax Tenor Sax Eng-h	6	1925 - 1926
Mal	Sharpe	Tenor Bass Ldr	3	2006 - 2012
Paris	Sharpe	Vocals	1	2011 - 2011
Ray	Sharpe	Guitar	1	1963 - 1963
Sadie	Sharpe	Backing Vocals	1	2021 - 2021
Susanna	Sharpe	Vocals	2	1989 - 1994
Tom	Sharpe	Drums	1	2020 - 2020
Toni	Sharpe	Vocals	1	1956 - 1956
Tony	Sharpe	Bass	1	1996 - 1996
Benita	Sharpe-Sanders	Vocals	1	1994 - 1994
Joe	Sharper	Drums	2	1970 - 1972
Alex	Sharples	Trumpet Flugelhorn	1	2015 - 2015
Jim	Sharples	Tenor Sax	2	1970 - 1970
Keith "Tank"	Sharples	Tuba Penny-whistle	2	1996 - 1999
Andrew	Sharpley	Turntable Vocals Sampler	2	1991 - 1999
Jesse	Sharps	Sop Bamboo-fl Tenor Sax Reeds Bar Ldr	11	1976 - 2009
The	Sharps	Vcl Group	3	1957 - 1958
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