List of jazz musicians
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that lack sources.
Accordion
- Kamil Běhounek
- Luciano Biondini
- Asmund Bjørken
- Stian Carstensen
- Gabriel Fliflet
- Richard Galliano
- Tommy Gumina
- Frode Haltli
- Pete Jolly
- Guy Klucevsek
- Nisse Lind
- Frank Marocco
- Mat Mathews
- Joe Mooney
- Eivin One Pedersen
- Leon Sash
- George Shearing
- Art Van Damme
Banjo
Double bass
Bass guitar
- Victor Bailey
- Brian Bromberg
- Stanley Clarke
- Bob Cranshaw
- Mark Egan
- Alphonso Johnson
- Bill Laswell
- Marcus Miller
- Monk Montgomery
- Jaco Pastorius
- John Patitucci
- Steve Swallow
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- Gerald Veasley
- Eberhard Weber
Bassoon
- Garvin Bushell
- Karen Borca
- Yusef Lateef
- Illinois Jacquet
- Makanda Ken McIntyre
- Frank Tiberi
- Frankie Trumbauer
Cello
- Harry Babasin
- Ron Carter
- David Darling
- Richard Davis
- David Eyges
- Nathan Gershman
- Dave Holland
- Tristan Honsinger
- Sam Jones
- Fred Katz
- Diedre Murray
- Oscar Pettiford
- Hank Roberts
- Abdul Wadud
- Doug Watkins
- Eberhard Weber
Clarinet
- Woody Allen
- Craig Ball
- Barney Bigard
- Don Burrows
- Don Byron
- Evan Christopher
- Anat Cohen
- Eddie Daniels
- Kenny Davern
- Buddy DeFranco
- Johnny Dodds
- Irving Fazola
- Pete Fountain
- Victor Goines
- Benny Goodman
- Edmond Hall
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Woody Herman
- Peanuts Hucko
- Michael Marcus
- Joe Muranyi
- Jimmie Noone
- Ken Peplowski
- Sid Phillips
- Russell Procope
- Pee Wee Russell
- Tony Scott
- Artie Shaw
- Bill Smith
- Putte Wickman
- Lester Young
Cornet
- Nat Adderley
- Louis Armstrong
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Buddy Bolden
- Bobby Hackett
- Jeff Hughes
- Freddie Keppard
- Butch Morris
- Red Nichols
- Rex Stewart
- Chris Tyle
- Steamboat Willie
Drums
Flugelhorn
- Joe Bishop
- Art Farmer
- Freddie Hubbard
- Thad Jones
- Chuck Mangione
- Shorty Rogers
- Clark Terry
- Kenny Wheeler
Flute
- Jane Bunnett
- Wayman Carver
- Buddy Collette
- Eric Dolphy
- Paul Horn
- Bobby Jaspar
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Moe Koffman
- Byard Lancaster
- Yusef Lateef
- Hubert Laws
- Dave Liebman
- Charles Lloyd
- Herbie Mann
- James Moody
- Sam Most
- Gerry Niewood
- Jerome Richardson
- Sam Rivers
- Bud Shank
- Alberto Socarras
- Les Spann
- James Spaulding
- Jeremy Steig
- Ira Sullivan
- Lew Tabackin
- Henry Threadgill
- Dave Valentin
- Frank Wess
French horn
- David Amram
- Vincent Chancey
- John Clark
- Junior Collins
- Sharon Freeman
- John Graas
- Pete Levin
- Willie Ruff
- Gunther Schuller
- Tom Varner
- Julius Watkins
Guitar
Harmonica
- Larry Adler
- William Galison
- Max Geldray
- Howard Levy
- Grégoire Maret
- Eddie Shu
- Toots Thielemans
- Frédéric Yonnet
Harp
- Dorothy Ashby
- Alice Coltrane
- Adele Girard
- Corky Hale
- Deborah Henson-Conant
- Casper Reardon
Miscellaneous
- Rufus Harley – bagpipes
- Meade Lux Lewis – celeste
- Emmett Chapman – Chapman stick
- Red McKenzie – comb
- Steve Turre – conch shells
- Anthony Braxton – contrabass clarinet
- Paul McCandless – English horn
- Tom Scott – lyricon
- David Grisman – mandolin
- Dave Samuels – marimba
- Hot Lips Page – mellophone
- Scott Robinson – ophicleide
- Pat Metheny – orchestrion
- Charlie Mariano – nadaswaram
- Alphonse Picou – piccolo
- Sidney Bechet – sarrusophone
- Collin Walcott – sitar
- Andy Narell – steel drums
- Django Bates – tenor horn
- Max Roach – timpani
- Cliff Edwards – ukulele
- Herbie Hancock – vocoder
Oboe
- Bob Cooper
- Yusef Lateef
- Paul McCandless
- Makanda Ken McIntyre
- Don Redman
- Andrew White
Organ
Piano
Saxophone
Trombone
Trumpet
Tuba
- Bill Barber
- Pete Briggs
- Don Butterfield
- Red Callender
- June Cole
- Ray Draper
- Ralph Escudero
- Howard Johnson
- Dick Lammi
- Cyrus St. Clair
- Bob Stewart
- Joe Tarto
Vibraphone