Musician List

This index refers to the 254,436 individual jazz musicians (1,584,832 entries) included in over 275,579 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of October 2026.

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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]
Country of origin of Record label

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First Name	Last Name	Instruments	Sessions	Recording Years
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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	2	1964 - 2006
Lachlan	Thompson	flautist Tenor Sax	3	2022 - 2022
Larry	Thompson	Drums Percussion	36	1985 - 2006
Laurie	Thompson	Drums Wbd Woodblocks Whistle Effects Percussion Siren	83	1963 - 2012
Lawrie	Thompson	Drums	1	2003 - 2003
Lee	Thompson	Paino	1	1960 - 1960
Leonard	Thompson	Paino Keyboards Comp El-p	17	1995 - 2015
LeRoy	Thompson	Trumpet Vocals	1	1970 - 1970
Les	Thompson	Hca Vocals	10	1951 - 1980
Leslie	Thompson	Trumpet Tenor Bass	17	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	Hca Backing Vocals Paino Bass Strings Synt	3	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	63	1981 - 2025
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
Nathan	Thompson	Tapes Drums Keyboards F Guitar Hca Violin Whistle Sax Autoharp	1	1995 - 1995
Nathaniel	Thompson	Vocals	1	2013 - 2013
Nichol	Thompson	Tenor Bass	5	1996 - 2014
Nick	Thompson	Tenor Sax Clarinet Bar Sop	5	2001 - 2006
Nicol	Thompson	Tenor Bass	3	2003 - 2015
Nigel	Thompson	Bass	3	1994 - 1994
Norma	Thompson	Drums	1	1984 - 1984
Ogden	Thompson	Clarinet	1	1980 - 1980
Oliver	Thompson	Violin	1	1989 - 1989
Otey	Thompson	Vocals Percussion	1	2006 - 2006
Otha	Thompson	Bass	2	1974 - 1974
Pat	Thompson	Vocals Paino Benediction	8	1985 - 2006
Patrisha	Thompson	Vocals	1	2022 - 2022
Paul	Thompson	Bass El-b Trumpet Percussion Violin Ac-b	28	1983 - 2023
Paul	Thompson	Bass Trumpet	2	1997 - 2002
Pete	Thompson	Tuba Sousa	17	1968 - 1987
Pete	Thompson	Guitar	1	2016 - 2016
Pete	Thompson	Saxes Tenor Sax flautist	2	1978 - 1978
Peter	Thompson	Guitar Tenor Bass	3	2003 - 2015
Phil	Thompson	Drums flautist Reeds Alto Sax Sax Tenor Sax Clarinet Pic B-fl	27	1983 - 2016
Phil	Thompson	Bj Paino	2	1925 - 1926
Phil	Thompson	Tenor Bass	1	1987 - 1987
Philippa	Thompson	Violin	3	2004 - 2022
Rachel	Thompson	Violin	4	1997 - 2005
Ralph	Thompson	Guitar	1	2002 - 2002
Rich	Thompson	Drums Trumpet	19	1983 - 2022
Richard	Thompson	Guitar Vocals Dulcimer Harmonium	12	1969 - 1997
Richard	Thompson	Paino Arrangement	2	1999 - 2006
Richard	Thompson	Clarinet	4	1964 - 1971
Richard "Dick"	Thompson	Bass	1	1968 - 1968
Richard D.	Thompson	Paino	1	2013 - 2013
Richie	Thompson	Drums	2	1985 - 1988
Riley	Thompson	Cond Arrangement	2	1958 - 1959
Robert "Mousey"	Thompson	Drums	1	2001 - 2001
Robert Melrose IV	Thompson	Guitar	1	2007 - 2007
Rochelle	Thompson	Vocals	1	2000 - 2000
Rod	Thompson	Trumpet Cnt	4	1963 - 1968
Roger	Thompson	Reeds	1	1978 - 1978
Ron	Thompson	Guitar Keyboards Bj	5	1994 - 2009
Ronald	Thompson	Tenor Bass	3	1978 - 1981
Roy	Thompson	Drums Guitar	2	1975 - 1984
Roz	Thompson	Vocals	1	1991 - 1991
Rudolph	Thompson	Jug Vocals	3	1927 - 1931
Ryan "Captain Fiddle"	Thompson	Violin Vocals	2	1987 - 1989
Sally	Thompson	Vocals	1	1992 - 1992
Samuel	Thompson	Violin	1	2015 - 2015
Sara	Thompson	Bass	1	1979 - 1979
Scott	Thompson	Trumpet Bass El-b Flugelhorn Tenor Bass	22	1983 - 2024
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