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Jazz violinists

61 jazz musicians in the atlas play violin, including Yehudi Menuhin, Scott Joplin, Ornette Coleman, Les Paul and Stéphane Grappelli. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

Yehudi Menuhin 1916–1999 · American violinist and conductor (1916–1999) Scott Joplin 1867–1917 · American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917) Ornette Coleman 1930–2015 · American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and… Les Paul 1915–2009 · American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and… Stéphane Grappelli 1908–1997 · French jazz violinist (1908–1997) Toots Thielemans 1922–2016 · Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016) Django Reinhardt 1910–1953 · Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician (1910–1953) Chet Atkins 1924–2001 · American guitarist (1924–2001) Achinoam "Noa" Nini b. 1969 · Israeli singer and political activist Didier Lockwood 1956–2018 · French jazz violonist and composer (1956–2018) Fred Frith b. 1949 · English musician, composer and improvisor (born 1949) Jean-Luc Ponty b. 1942 · French jazz violinist and composer Guy Lombardo 1902–1977 · Canadian-American bandleader Michał Urbaniak 1943–2025 · Polish jazz musician (1943–2025) Paul Whiteman 1890–1967 · American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967) Lonnie Johnson 1899–1970 · American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and… Phil Harris 1904–1995 · American actor, singer and comedian (1904–1995) Viktoria Mullova b. 1959 · Russian violinist Jaki Byard 1922–1999 · American musician (1922-1999) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 1924–2005 · American blues musician (1924-2005) Mark O'Connor b. 1961 · American fiddle player Geta Burlacu b. 1974 · Moldovan singer Ola Kvernberg b. 1981 · Norwegian jazz musician Vladimir Kuzmin b. 1955 · Russian musician (born 1955) Pekka Kuusisto b. 1976 · Finnish violinist, jazz musician and composer (born 1976) Joe Venuti 1903–1978 · American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist… Dorota Miśkiewicz b. 1973 · Polish singer Henry Grimes 1935–2020 · American musician (1935–2020) Noble Sissle 1889–1975 · African-American jazz musician (1889–1975) David Goloschekin b. 1944 · Soviet and Russian musician and composer Elek Bacsik 1926–1993 · Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of… Russ Columbo 1908–1934 · American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934) L. Shankar b. 1950 · Indian violinist and composer (born 1950) Carla Kihlstedt b. 1971 · American violinist, singer and composer Mark Feldman b. 1955 · American violinist Alexander Tsfasman 1906–1971 · Soviet Jazz composer, pianist, arranger and conductor… Georgie Stoll 1902–1985 · American musical director and composer (1902–1985) Hans Reichel 1949–2011 · German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier… Lili Haydn b. 1969 · American musician Peter Lipa b. 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Hal Singer 1919–2020 · American musician (1919–2020) Nils Økland b. 1961 · Norwegian musician Karen Briggs b. 1963 · American violinist Stian Carstensen b. 1971 · Norwegian musician Jenny Scheinman b. 1979 · American jazz violinist and composer Ric Sanders b. 1952 · British violinist Darol Anger b. 1953 · American violinist Alan Silva b. 1939 · American musician Florin Niculescu b. 1967 · Romanian musician Øivind Bergh 1909–1987 · Norwegian conductor, violinist and musician (1909-1987) Artur Gold 1897–1943 · violinist and composer (1897–1943) Walter Dyett 1901–1969 · American musician (1901-1969) John Robichaux 1866–1939 · New Orleans jazz musician (1866–1939) Peter Bocage 1887–1967 · New Orleans jazz musician (1887–1967) Jerry Gray 1915–1976 · American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader… Jan Savitt 1907–1948 · Russian-born American bandleader, musical arranger, and… Bao Vang 1934–2016 · Vietnamese prince Eric Weissberg 1939–2020 · American musician (1939–2020) Harry Lookofsky 1913–1998 · American musician (1913–1998) Suma Sudhindra Veena maestro Carl Brandt 1914–1991 · American musician (1914-1991)