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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.

The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and commonly have four strings (sometimes five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and are most commonly played by drawing a bow across the strings. The violin can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments.

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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) L. Shankar b. 1950 · Indian violinist and composer (born 1950) 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 Hans Reichel 1949–2011 · German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier… Peter Lipa b. 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Carla Kihlstedt b. 1971 · American violinist, singer and composer Mark Feldman b. 1955 · American violinist Elek Bacsik 1926–1993 · Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of… Lili Haydn b. 1969 · American musician Hal Singer 1919–2020 · American musician (1919–2020) Russ Columbo 1908–1934 · American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934) Nils Økland b. 1961 · Norwegian musician Darol Anger b. 1953 · American violinist Alexander Tsfasman 1906–1971 · Soviet Jazz composer, pianist, arranger and conductor… Jenny Scheinman b. 1979 · American jazz violinist and composer Alan Silva b. 1939 · American musician Georgie Stoll 1902–1985 · American musical director and composer (1902–1985) Karen Briggs b. 1963 · American violinist Stian Carstensen b. 1971 · Norwegian musician Florin Niculescu b. 1967 · Romanian musician Mola Sylla b. 1956 · Senegalese musician Ric Sanders b. 1952 · British violinist 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) Jan Savitt 1907–1948 · Russian-born American bandleader, musical arranger, and… Eric Weissberg 1939–2020 · American musician (1939–2020) Bao Vang 1934–2016 · Vietnamese prince Harry Lookofsky 1913–1998 · American musician (1913–1998) Suma Sudhindra Veena maestro Carl Brandt 1914–1991 · American musician (1914-1991)