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Jazz flautists

136 jazz musicians in the atlas play flute, including Herbie Hancock, Henry Mancini, Freddie Hubbard, Paquito D'Rivera and Archie Shepp. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, flutes are edge-blown aerophones. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist or flutist. Paleolithic flutes with hand-bored holes are the earliest known identifiable musical instruments. A number of flutes dating to about 53,000 to 45,000 years ago have been found in the Swabian Jura region of present-day Germany, indicating a developed musical tradition from the earliest period of modern human presence in Europe. While the oldest flutes currently known were found in Europe, Asia also has a long history with the instrument. A playable bone flute discovered in China is dated to about 9,000 years ago.

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Herbie Hancock b. 1940 · American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) Henry Mancini 1924–1994 · American film composer (1924–1994) Freddie Hubbard 1938–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008) Paquito D'Rivera b. 1948 · Cuban musician Archie Shepp b. 1937 · American jazz musician Art Farmer 1928–1999 · American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999) Yusef Lateef 1920–2013 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator… Don Cherry 1936–1995 · American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995) Eric Dolphy 1928–1964 · American jazz musician (1928–1964) Jack Kevorkian 1928–2011 · American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011) Anthony Braxton b. 1945 · American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945) Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935–1977 · American musician (1935-1977) Charles Lloyd b. 1938 · American jazz musician Herbie Mann 1930–2003 · American jazz flutist (1930–2003) Hermeto Pascoal 1936–2025 · Brazilian composer, musician and record producer (1936–2025) James Moody 1925–2010 · American jazz musician (1925-2010) Sadao Watanabe b. 1933 · Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-) Michał Urbaniak 1943–2025 · Polish jazz musician (1943–2025) Kenny Wheeler 1930–2014 · Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player… Dave Liebman b. 1946 · American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist Bud Shank 1926–2009 · American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009) Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) Michael Brecker 1949–2007 · American jazz saxophonist and composer (1949-2007) Kenny Garrett b. 1960 · American musician Jimmy Giuffre 1921–2008 · American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008) Roscoe Mitchell b. 1940 · American jazz musician (born 1940) Chris Potter b. 1971 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and… Chico Freeman b. 1949 · American saxophonist Hubert Laws b. 1939 · American flutist and saxophonist Sam Rivers 1923–2011 · American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011) John Tchicai 1936–2012 · Danish free jazz saxophonist (1936–2012) Barbara Thompson 1944–2022 · English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022) Paul Horn 1930–2014 · American flautist in jazz and New Age music (1930-2014) Frank Wess 1922–2013 · American saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger Sonny Fortune 1939–2018 · American saxophonist (1939–2018) Frank Foster 1928–2011 · American jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2011) John Scott b. 1930 · English composer and conductor (born 1930) David "Fathead" Newman 1933–2009 · American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist Steve Coleman b. 1956 · American saxophonist Bob Berg 1951–2002 · American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002) George Adams 1940–1992 · American jazz musician (1940-1992) Kirk Whalum b. 1958 · American musician Henry Threadgill b. 1944 · American jazz musician (born 1944) Ronnie Cuber 1941–2022 · American musician (1941-2022) Gunter Hampel 1937–2026 · German jazz musician (1937–2026) Herb Geller 1928–2013 · American saxophonist (1928–2013) Dave Valentin 1952–2017 · American musician (1952-2017) Wolfgang Puschnig b. 1956 · Austrian saxophonist Jane Bunnett b. 1956 · Canadian musician Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Juhani Aaltonen b. 1935 · Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist Stephan Micus b. 1953 · German composer Didier Malherbe b. 1943 · French saxophonist Marshall Allen b. 1924 · American jazz saxophonist, flutist and oboist (born 1924) Nicole Mitchell b. 1967 · American jazz flutist Jimmie Lunceford 1902–1947 · American musician (1902–1947) Magnus Lindgren b. 1974 · Swedish musician Vincent Herring b. 1964 · American jazz musician (born 1964) Ernie Watts b. 1945 · American jazz musician Severino Gazzelloni 1919–1992 · Italian musician (1919–1992) Theodosii Spassov b. 1961 · Bulgarian musician Miguel Zenón b. 1976 · Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Ian Carr 1933–2009 · British jazz trumpeter, composer and writer (1933–2009) Ron Korb b. 1961 · Canadian musician Jiří Stivín b. 1942 · Czech flautist, composer, jazz musician… Buddy Collette 1921–2010 · American jazz musician (1921–2010) James Spaulding b. 1937 · American jazz saxophonist and flutist Marty Ehrlich b. 1955 · American musician Jerome Richardson 1920–2000 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist Cecil Payne 1922–2007 · American jazz saxophonist (1922–2007) Najee b. 1957 · American musician (born 1957) Tony Coe 1934–2023 · British jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, flute) and… Joe Farrell 1937–1986 · American jazz saxophonist and flutist (1937–1986) Bennie Maupin b. 1940 · American musician Jeremy Steig 1942–2016 · American jazz flutist (1942–2016) Jorge Pardo b. 1956 · Spanish musician Vinny Golia b. 1946 · American musician Sophie Alour b. 1974 · French saxophonist Bernt Rosengren 1937–2023 · Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer (1937–2023) Sahib Shihab 1925–1989 · American jazz musician, saxophonist and flutist (1925–1989) Harry Tavitian b. 1952 · Romanian musician Bobbi Humphrey b. 1950 · American soul-jazz musician Bobby Jaspar 1926–1963 · Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and… Marco Di Meco b. 1982 · Italian flute player, composer, poet, teacher Mélanie De Biasio b. 1978 · Belgian soul jazz singer, composer and flutist Emil Mangelsdorff 1925–2022 · German jazz musician (1925–2022) James Newton b. 1953 · American flautist, composer, and conductor Benjamin Herman b. 1968 · Dutch saxophonist Sakari Kukko b. 1953 · Finnish musician John Carter 1929–1991 · American jazz musician (1929–1991) Dick Halligan 1943–2022 · American musician and composer (1943–2022) Prince Lasha 1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008) Jimmy Hastings 1938–2024 · British musician (1938–2024) Greg Abate b. 1947 · jazz musician Don Menza b. 1936 · American jazz saxophonist Tim Garland b. 1966 · British musician Lew Tabackin b. 1940 · American musician Terry Plumeri 1944–2016 · American conductor (1945–2016) Makanda Ken McIntyre 1931–2001 · American jazz musician and composer (1931-2001) Walter Parazaider 1945–2026 · American woodwind musician (1945–2026) Ronnie Ross 1933–1991 · Jazz saxophonist (1933–1991) Leo Wright 1933–1991 · American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist… Gary Thomas b. 1960 · American musician Moe Koffman 1928–2001 · Canadian musician (1928–2001) Sam Most 1930–2013 · American jazz flautist, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist… Gerd Dudek 1938–2022 · German musician (1938–2022) LeRoi Moore 1961–2008 · American musician (1961-2008) Leszek Żądło b. 1945 · Polish jazz musician Ross Mintzer b. 1987 · American jazz saxophonist, guitarist, singer-songwriter… Harold Vick 1936–1987 · American musician (1936-1987) Billy Harper b. 1943 · American musician Tubby Hayes 1935–1973 · British jazz musician (1935-1973) Ana Caram b. 1958 · Brazilian singer, guitarist and flutist Jeff Kashiwa b. 1963 · American musician Bob Malach b. 1954 · American musician Sean Bergin 1948–2012 · South African-Dutch saxophonist and flautist Mongezi Feza 1945–1975 · South African musician (1945–1975) Monty Waters 1938–2008 · American jazz musician (1938–2008) Craig Handy b. 1962 · American tenor saxophonist Tia Fuller b. 1976 · American musician René McLean b. 1946 · American jazz musician Curtis Amy 1929–2002 · American musician (1929-2002) Adrián Terrazas-González b. 1975 · Mexican musician Henry Lowther b. 1941 · British musician Casey Benjamin 1978–2024 · American musician (1978–2024) Geir Lysne b. 1965 · Norwegian musician Ralph Bowen b. 1961 · Canadian musician Carlos Ward 1940–2026 · American musician Alvin Batiste 1932–2007 · American clarinetist (1932-2007) Gus Bivona 1915–1996 · American musician (1915–1996) Lenny Hambro 1923–1995 · American jazz musician (1923–1995) Bob Downes b. 1937 · British jazz musician Paul Shapiro b. 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist… Danny Bank 1922–2010 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist… Seldon Powell 1928–1997 · American musician (1928–1997) Norris Turney 1921–2001 · American musician (1921-2001)