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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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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Burnett	Thompson	Paino Comp	4	1994 - 1997
Burt	Thompson	Bass Vocals	2	1971 - 1984
Butch	Thompson	Paino Clarinet E-flat Cl Ldr	116	1964 - 2011
C. Creighton	Thompson	Vocals	1	1919 - 1919
Cami	Thompson	Vocals	4	1984 - 2011
Carroll	Thompson	Vocals Backing Vocals Vcl Arr	8	1990 - 2022
Carroll	Thompson	Guitar	6	1938 - 1946
Casey	Thompson	El-b Ac-b	1	2012 - 2012
Catherine	Thompson	Synt	1	2008 - 2008
Cathy	Thompson	Violin	7	1993 - 2004
Chantal	Thompson	Vocals	1	2014 - 2014
Charles	Thompson	Paino Vocals	2	1962 - 1962
Charles	Thompson	Drums	2	1946 - 1947
Charlie	Thompson	Paino Vocals Tenor Bass	7	1944 - 1962
Charlie	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	1971 - 1971
Chas	Thompson	D-synt Percussion	1	1986 - 1986
Ches	Thompson	Fhr	1	1962 - 1962
Chester	Thompson	Drums Percussion Org El-d Vocals Keyboard El-keyboards Keyboards Perc Program Prog Programming Sequencing	67	1966 - 2022
Chester	Thompson	Org Synt	4	1970 - 2011
Chester	Thompson	Bass El-b	1	1979 - 1979
Cheter	Thompson	Drums	1	1970 - 1970
Chris	Thompson	Vocals Backing Vocals Voice Percussion Bass Drums Paino El-p Vib Tenor Sax	19	1973 - 2021
Chuck	Thompson	Drums	30	1946 - 1957
Claudia	Thompson	Vocals	3	1959 - 1959
Cle	Thompson	Vocals	1	2006 - 2006
Colin	Thompson	Clarinet Bass	13	1950 - 1958
Colin	Thompson	Bass	3	1955 - 1958
Collin	Thompson	Clarinet	1	1956 - 1956
Creighton	Thompson	Vocals Drums	2	1920 - 1936
Dale	Thompson	Trumpet	4	1972 - 2002
Dan	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	1947 - 1947
Dana	Thompson	Tenor Sax	1	1999 - 1999
Daniel	Thompson	Guitar Comp Bass Vocals	25	2006 - 2024
Danny	Thompson	Bass Bar flautist B-tb	29	1963 - 1997
Danny Ray	Thompson	Bar flautist Percussion Alto Sax Bgo Libflecto Vocals Neptunian Bassoon Reeds Lib-perc EVI Neptunian Libflecto Neptunian Libflecto Sax Handclapping 4	123	1967 - 2018
Darren	Thompson	Backing Vocals	1	2021 - 2021
Darryl	Thompson	Guitar El-g Bass Keyboards Synt	13	1975 - 1994
Dave	Thompson	Guitar	2	2009 - 2013
Dave	Thompson	Bass	1	1986 - 1986
Dave	Thompson	Drums	1	1982 - 1982
David	Thompson	Bass Vocals Alto Sax Hrn Trumpet	6	1978 - 2004
Dawes	Thompson	Guitar Bj	12	1947 - 1996
Dawn	Thompson	Vocals	1	1985 - 1985
Derek	Thompson	Drums	1	1981 - 1981
Dexter	Thompson	Tenor Bass	3	1975 - 1980
Diana	Thompson	Wbd	1	1996 - 1996
Dick	Thompson	Paino Org Keyboards El-p	7	1968 - 1992
Dickie	Thompson	Guitar Vocals G El-g	27	1945 - 1986
Dicky	Thompson	El-g	2	1958 - 1958
Don	Thompson	Bass Paino Vib El-b Arrangement El-p Keyboards Tenor Bass Percussion Bar Mar Viola Tenor Sax	242	1940 - 2024
Don	Thompson	Tenor Bass Tenor Sax Paino Vocals	6	1940 - 1989
Don	Thompson	Tenor Sax	6	1952 - 1967
Don	Thompson	Trumpet	1	1978 - 1978
Donna	Thompson	Voice Drums Vocals	4	1969 - 2024
Doug	Thompson	Vocals	1	1977 - 1977
Earl	Thompson	Trumpet Arrangement	35	1926 - 1940
Earma	Thompson	Paino	3	1998 - 2007
Ed	Thompson	Vocals	1	1940 - 1940
Ed	Thompson	Bass El-b	2	1965 - 1982
Eddie	Thompson	Paino El-p Org Synt	54	1948 - 1984
Eilidh	Thompson	Vocals	1	1989 - 1989
Emery	Thompson	Trumpet Cnt Vocals	17	1945 - 1991
Emma	Thompson	Paino	1	1960 - 1960
Emmanuel Hakim	Thompson	Drums	1	2005 - 2005
Emory	Thompson	Trumpet	1	1945 - 1945
Eric	Thompson	Trumpet Drums Cymb	17	1956 - 2004
Eric	Thompson	Drums	1	1985 - 1985
Eric M.	Thompson	Drums	1	2009 - 2009
Ernest	Thompson	Bar	23	1944 - 1947
Evan	Thompson	Paino	3	1965 - 1965
Evelyn	Thompson	Vocals	7	1926 - 1927
Francis	Thompson	Drums	1	1996 - 1996
Frank	Thompson	Bass Paino	8	1951 - 1956
Frank	Thompson	Bass	3	1954 - 1955
Frank	Thompson	Drums	1	1980 - 1980
Frankie	Thompson	Drums	1	1962 - 1962
Fred	Thompson	Trumpet	6	1959 - 1961
Fred	Thompson	Drums	1	1957 - 1957
Fred	Thompson	Org	1	1962 - 1962
Freddie	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	1968 - 1968
Freddy	Thompson	Paino	1	1950 - 1950
French	Thompson	Arrangement Vocals	1	1971 - 1971
Gail	Thompson	Cond Bar	4	1986 - 1999
Garth	Thompson	Drums	1	1967 - 1967
Geoff	Thompson	Tuba	3	1969 - 2005
George	Thompson	Bass Drums Tenor Bass Percussion Didgeridoo	36	1950 - 2006
George	Thompson	Drums	26	1945 - 1945
George	Thompson	Trumpet	1	1975 - 1975
Glen	Thompson	Bj Guitar	1	1964 - 1964
Greg	Thompson	Trumpet	1	1978 - 1978
Hakim Emanuel	Thompson	Drums Triangle	3	1977 - 1977
Harold	Thompson	Bass Percussion El-b	4	1958 - 2005
Harold	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	1997 - 1997
Harry	Thompson	Trumpet Alto Sax Tenor Bass	16	1922 - 1972
Harvey	Thompson	Vocals Backing Vocals Sax Tenor Sax	18	1970 - 2017
Harvey	Thompson	Tenor Sax Horns Bar	14	1986 - 1996
Hayward	Thompson	Drums	1	1964 - 1964
Henry	Thompson	Trumpet	2	1929 - 1931
Howard	Thompson	Trumpet Drums	15	1947 - 2005
Howie	Thompson	Bass	3	1995 - 2004
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