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Jazz musicians

Biographies, instruments and discographies of 3,999 jazz musicians and groups.

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Basia b. 1954 · Polish singer Kenny Garrett b. 1960 · American musician Marianne Mendt b. 1945 · Austrian musician and actress Esbjörn Svensson Trio 1993– · Swedish jazz trio Pentangle 1968– · British folk rock band Les McCann 1935–2023 · American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023) Parov Stelar b. 1974 · Austrian musician, producer and DJ Jimmy Giuffre 1921–2008 · American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008) Rabih Abou-Khalil b. 1957 · Lebanese musician Kazumi Watanabe b. 1953 · Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University… Tony Williams 1945–1997 · American jazz drummer (1945–1997) James P. Johnson 1894–1955 · American pianist and composer (1894–1955) Ryo Kawasaki 1947–2020 · Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020) Johnny Mandel 1925–2020 · American composer and arranger of popular songs, film… Squarepusher b. 1975 · British musician Chris Botti b. 1962 · American trumpeter and composer Malene Mortensen b. 1982 · Danish singer Kay Starr 1922–2016 · American singer (1922–2016) Postmodern Jukebox 2011– · American music band George Russell 1923–2009 · American pianist and composer (1923–2009) Egberto Gismonti b. 1944 · Brazilian musician and composer Kurt Elling b. 1967 · American jazz singer and songwriter Clifford Jordan 1931–1993 · American jazz saxophone player (1931–1993) Incognito British musical group
Jan Werich 1905–1980 · Czech actor, playwright and writer (1905–1980) Jack Nitzsche 1937–2000 · American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and… Jimmy Heath 1926–2020 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band… Judith Durham 1943–2022 · Australian singer and musician (1943–2022) Avery Brooks b. 1948 · American actor and director Martina Barta b. 1988 · Czech jazz musician and singer Inger Jacobsen 1923–1996 · Norwegian singer (1923–1996) Joe Sample 1939–2014 · American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014) Morphine 1989– · American alternative rock band Buddy Tate 1912–2001 · American jazz musician (1913–2001) Pete Fountain 1930–2016 · American clarinetist (1930–2016) Shakatak 1980– · British pop group Lonnie Johnson 1899–1970 · American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and… Oscar Pettiford 1922–1960 · American musician (1922–1960) Ferde Grofé 1892–1972 · American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist… Jimmy Dorsey 1904–1957 · American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and… Harry Edison 1915–1999 · American trumpeter (1915-1999) Ray Bryant 1931–2011 · American pianist (1931–2011) Marc Ribot b. 1954 · American musician Phil Harris 1904–1995 · American actor, singer and comedian (1904–1995) Lea DeLaria b. 1958 · American actor, comedian and singer Jo Stafford 1917–2008 · American singer (1917–2008) Anneke Grönloh 1942–2018 · Dutch singer (1942–2018) Paolo Fresu b. 1961 · Italian jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer… Masayoshi Takanaka b. 1953 · Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-) Roscoe Mitchell b. 1940 · American jazz musician (born 1940) John Lurie b. 1952 · American musician, painter and actor (born 1952) Larry Adler 1914–2001 · American harmonica player (1914-2001) Richard Bona b. 1967 · Cameroon-born American musician, multi-instrumentalist and… Gary Peacock 1935–2020 · American jazz double-bassist Luiz Bonfá 1922–2001 · Brazilian musician (1922–2001) James Blood Ulmer 1942–2026 · American jazz and blues guitarist and singer Chris Potter b. 1971 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and… Steve Lawrence 1935–2024 · American singer and actor (1935–2024) Jo Jones 1911–1985 · American jazz drummer (1911–1985) Richard Carpenter b. 1946 · American pop musician