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)
Record label name and release number [LP, CD, Download]
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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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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
Hubert	Thompson	Tenor Sax	1	1929 - 1929
Hugh	Thompson	Paino	1	1950 - 1950
Ian	Thompson	Cello	1	2016 - 2016
Isaiah J.	Thompson	Paino Comp Backing Vocals	10	2016 - 2024
Jack	Thompson	Trumpet Reeds	8	1939 - 1951
Jack	Thompson	Clarinet	1	1978 - 1978
Jacob	Thompson	Paino	1	2016 - 2016
James	Thompson	Bagpipes	1	1965 - 1965
James "Moody"	Thompson	Org	1	1972 - 1972
James Calvin	Thompson	Bass	1	2006 - 2006
Jason	Thompson	Keyboards	1	2008 - 2008
Jay	Thompson	Guitar	1	1980 - 1980
Jay A.	Thompson	El-g Comp El-b Classical-g Guitar Keyboards	8	1986 - 1993
Jenny	Thompson	Violin	1	2007 - 2007
Jeter	Thompson	Paino Keyboards El-p	22	1962 - 2005
Jim	Thompson	Percussion	1	1997 - 1997
Jim	Thompson	Guitar	1	1981 - 1981
Jimmy	Thompson	Tenor Bass	10	1953 - 1957
Jimmy	Thompson	Vocals	1	1956 - 1956
Jo	Thompson	Vocals	1	2010 - 2010
Joe	Thompson	Tenor Bass	4	1998 - 2002
John	Thompson	Bass Paino Drums Cnt Flugelhorn	6	1969 - 1993
Johnny	Thompson	Arrangement Vocals	212	1942 - 1955
Jon	Thompson	flautist Sax Tenor Sax Mel Clarinet Sop	8	1999 - 2013
Josh	Thompson	Trumpet	2	1998 - 1999
Joshua	Thompson	Synt	1	1988 - 1988
Joshua P.	Thompson	El-g	1	2003 - 2003
Judith	Thompson	Viola	1	1993 - 1993
Julie	Thompson	Tenor Sax	3	1973 - 1973
June	Thompson	Vocals	1	2002 - 2002
Kachiro	Thompson	Cua Congas Buleador	2	2002 - 2002
Kareem	Thompson	Steel-pan-d	1	2020 - 2020
Karen	Thompson	Vocals	1	1980 - 1980
Katherine	Thompson	Harp	1	1949 - 1949
Kathryn	Thompson	Harp Vocals	10	1946 - 1979
Kay	Thompson	Vocals Paino	21	1933 - 1957
Keith	Thompson	Recorder Pic Oboe flautist Reeds	2	1978 - 1981
Kim	Thompson	Drums	8	2003 - 2014
Kyle	Thompson	Drums	6	2004 - 2019
Lachie	Thompson	Clarinet Alto Sax	1	1964 - 1964
Lachlan	Thompson	flautist Tenor Sax	3	2022 - 2022
Larry	Thompson	Drums Percussion	35	1985 - 2006
Laurie	Thompson	Drums Wbd Woodblocks Whistle Effects Percussion Siren	85	1963 - 2012
Lee	Thompson	Paino	1	1960 - 1960
Leonard	Thompson	Paino Keyboards Comp El-p	16	1995 - 2015
LeRoy	Thompson	Trumpet Vocals	1	1970 - 1970
Les	Thompson	Hca Vocals	10	1951 - 1980
Leslie	Thompson	Trumpet Tenor Bass	16	1930 - 1937
Leslie	Thompson	Hca	1	1980 - 1980
Lester	Thompson	Flugelhorn	1	1977 - 1977
Linda	Thompson	Vocals	4	1976 - 1976
Lloyd	Thompson	Bass	6	1956 - 1988
Lloyd	Thompson	Vocals	4	1944 - 1951
Lorenzo	Thompson	Vocals	1	2018 - 2018
Loretta	Thompson	Harp	6	1946 - 1946
Loretta	Thompson	Vocals	1	1957 - 1957
Louis	Thompson	Bass Tuba	8	1928 - 1936
Lowell	Thompson	B-g	1	1971 - 1971
Lucky	Thompson	Tenor Sax Sop Arrangement Speaking Vocals	269	1944 - 1973
Lucky	Thompson	Drums	2	1999 - 2002
Lynn	Thompson	Translation	1	1995 - 1995
Mac	Thompson	B-g El-b	2	1971 - 1971
Magnus	Thompson	Vocals	1	2020 - 2020
Malachi	Thompson	Trumpet Flugelhorn Cnt Vocals Percussion Conch-shell Steerhorn Conch Shell Recitation	43	1972 - 2006
Marc Anthony	Thompson	Paino Bass Strings Hca Backing Vocals Synt	2	2004 - 2023
Margery	Thompson	Vocals	1	1996 - 1996
Mark	Thompson	Paino Synt Keyboards Bass	8	1984 - 2003
Mark	Thompson	Trumpet Flugelhorn	4	1983 - 1992
Mark Anthony	Thompson	Bass Sequencer El-b	2	1994 - 1995
Marshall	Thompson	Drums Percussion Congas Timb Jazz-d	42	1958 - 1978
Marvin	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	2014 - 2014
Mary	Thompson	Vocals	1	2009 - 2009
Matt	Thompson	Bass Violin Uke	8	1993 - 2005
Mayo	Thompson	Vocals D-machine Guitar D-computer Accor	5	1981 - 1991
Michael	Thompson	Guitar El-g String-synt Ac-g Fhr Percussion El-b Hrn Rhythm-g	62	1981 - 2023
Michael	Thompson	Vocals	1	1984 - 1984
Michael T.A.	Thompson	Drums Percussion Paino Soundrhythium-perc Balafon Box-d Bell	29	1998 - 2022
Michael TA	Thompson	Drums Percussion African-tree-d	2	2023 - 2025
Mike	Thompson	Paino Synt-strings Arrangement Accor Synt Strings Comp Horn El-p Org	25	1981 - 2024
Mike	Thompson	Fhr	4	1997 - 2004
Moe	Thompson	Vocals	2	1926 - 1927
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