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Jazz musicians

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

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Mel Lewis 1929–1990 · American musician (1929–1990) Jeff Berlin b. 1953 · American musician Alphonso Johnson b. 1951 · American musician Earl Bostic 1913–1965 · American jazz saxophonist (1913–1965) Keith Tippett 1947–2020 · British jazz pianist and composer (1947–2020) Harold Land 1928–2001 · American musician (1928–2001) Maysa Matarazzo 1936–1977 · Brazilian recording artist and actress (1936–1977) Barbara Dane 1927–2024 · American singer Don Pullen 1941–1995 · American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995) Charles Gayle 1939–2023 · American jazz musician (1939–2023) Ed Motta b. 1971 · Brazilian musician Masada American musical group Knut Reiersrud b. 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist Conrad Janis 1928–2022 · American actor and musician (1928–2022) Lew Soloff 1944–2015 · American musician (1944-2015) Eva Pilarová 1939–2020 · Czech singer (1939-2020) Solveig Slettahjell b. 1971 · Norwegian jazz vocalist, composer Chick Webb 1909–1939 · American musician (1905–1939) Ray Noble 1903–1978 · English jazz and big band musician (1903–1978) Harry Carney 1910–1974 · American jazz musician (1910–1974) Helen Morgan 1900–1941 · American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941) Anthony Jackson 1952–2025 · American electric bass guitar player, session musician… Mike Ratledge 1943–2025 · British musician Chrisette Michele b. 1982 · American singer
Dennis Chambers b. 1959 · American drummer Tony Esposito b. 1950 · Italian singer-songwriter Paul Gonsalves 1920–1974 · American jazz tenor saxophonist (1920–1974) Karrin Allyson b. 1963 · American jazz vocalist Ola Kvernberg b. 1981 · Norwegian jazz musician Arto Tunçboyacıyan b. 1957 · Turkish musician of Armenian ancestry (born 1957) Mercer Ellington 1919–1996 · American musician (1919–1996) Danny Thompson 1939–2025 · English double bassist (1939–2025) George Mraz 1944–2021 · Czech jazz bassist (1944–2021) Ira Sullivan 1931–2020 · American jazz musician (1931–2020) Kroke 1992– · Polish world music band Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah b. 1983 · American jazz composer and trumpeter Joseph Tawadros b. 1983 · Egyptian-born Coptic Australian multi-instrumentalist and… Leroy Jenkins 1932–2007 · American composer and violinist (1932–2007) Milcho Leviev 1937–2019 · Bulgarian composer (1937–2019) Bobo Stenson b. 1944 · Swedish jazz pianist Julius Hemphill 1938–1995 · American saxophonist (1938-1995) Connie Kay 1927–1994 · American drummer (1927–1994) Thea Gill b. 1970 · Canadian actress Brian Blade b. 1970 · American jazz drummer Duke Pearson 1932–1980 · American jazz pianist (1932–1980) Bennie Green 1923–1977 · American jazz trombonist (1923–1977) Shorty Rogers 1924–1994 · American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and… Dave Valentin 1952–2017 · American musician (1952-2017) Christian Vander b. 1948 · French musician Michael Henderson 1951–2022 · American musician (1951–2022) Bernard Purdie b. 1939 · American R&B, soul and funk drummer Leonard Feather 1914–1994 · British-American jazz musician and jazz writer (1914–1994) Ella Mae Morse 1924–1999 · American popular music singer (1924-1999) Kitty Kallen 1921–2016 · American singer (1921-2016) Walter Murphy b. 1952 · American composer Renzo Arbore b. 1937 · Italian actor, singer and director Pedro Iturralde 1929–2020 · Spanish musician (1929–2020) Napoleon Murphy Brock b. 1943 · American singer, saxophonist and flautist Jeff "Tain" Watts b. 1960 · American musician Dorothy Ashby 1932–1986 · American jazz harpist (1932-1986)