Jazz musicians: P

Paal Nilssen-Love b. 1974 · Norwegian jazz drummer Pacifico b. 1964 · Italian singer-songwriter and jazz musician Paco de Lucía 1947–2014 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician… PC Page Cavanaugh 1922–2008 · American musician (1922–2008) Page Hamilton b. 1960 · American singer and guitarist (born 1960) Palle Danielsson 1946–2024 · Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer… Palle Mikkelborg b. 1941 · Danish musician Paloma Faith b. 1981 · British singer PF Panama Francis 1918–2001 · American musician (1918–2001) Paolo Conte b. 1937 · Italian recording artist; musician Paolo Fresu b. 1961 · Italian jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer… Paolo Vinaccia 1954–2019 · Italian-Norwegian jazz musician, percussionist Papa Celestin 1884–1954 · American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, cornetist and… Papa Jack Laine 1873–1966 · American musician (1873-1966) Paquito D'Rivera b. 1948 · Cuban musician PS Parov Stelar b. 1974 · Austrian musician, producer and DJ Pascal Schumacher b. 1979 · jazz musician Passport 1971– · German jazz ensemble Pat Flowers 1917–2000 · American musician (1917-2000) Pat LaBarbera b. 1944 · American-born Canadian jazz musician Pat Martino 1944–2021 · American jazz guitarist and composer (1944–2021) Pat Metheny b. 1954 · American jazz musician Pat Metheny Group 1977– · American jazz fusion group Patrice Rushen b. 1954 · American jazz pianist and R&B singer

Patricia Barber b. 1955 · American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as… Patrick Moraz b. 1948 · Swiss musician Patrick Scales b. 1965 · German musician Patti Austin b. 1950 · American singer PB Patti Bown 1931–2008 · American musician (1931–2008) PW Patti Wicks 1945–2014 · American musician and pianist PW Patty Waters 1946–2024 · American jazz musician (1946–2024) Paul Ash 1891–1958 · American musician (1891–1958) Paul Barbarin 1899–1969 · American musician (1899–1969) Paul Barrere 1948–2019 · American musician (1948-2019) Paul Bley 1932–2016 · Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist… Paul Chambers 1935–1969 · American jazz double bassist (1935–1969) Paul Desmond 1924–1977 · American jazz musician (1924-1977) Paul Gonsalves 1920–1974 · American jazz tenor saxophonist (1920–1974) PH Paul Horn 1930–2014 · American flautist in jazz and New Age music (1930-2014) PH Paul Humphrey 1935–2014 · American musician (1935–2014) PJ Paul Jackson 1947–2021 · American musician (1947–2021) Paul Jackson, Jr. b. 1959 · American musician Paul Jeffrey 1933–2015 · American musician (1933–2015) Paul Lovens b. 1949 · German musician Paul Lytton b. 1947 · British musician Paul McCandless b. 1947 · American musician Paul Motian 1931–2011 · American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer… Paul Plimley 1953–2022 · Canadian musician (1953–2022) PQ Paul Quinichette 1916–1983 · American saxophonist and jazz musician (1916-1983) Paul Rutherford 1940–2007 · English free improvising trombonist Paul Shapiro b. 1956 · American musician; jazz, world, and klezmer saxophonist… PS Paul Smith 1922–2013 · jazz pianist from the United States PT Paul Tanner 1917–2013 · American trombonist (1917–2013) Paul Turner b. 1968 · English bass guitarist PW Paul Wertico b. 1953 · American drummer Paul Whiteman 1890–1967 · American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967) Paul Winter b. 1939 · American saxophonist Paula Kelly 1919–1992 · American big band singer (1919-1992) Paula Morelenbaum b. 1962 · Brazilian singer focussing on bossa nova and latin jazz Paulinho da Costa b. 1948 · Brazilian musician Paulinho Nogueira 1929–2003 · Brazilian musician (1929–2003) Paulo Schroeber 1973–2014 · Brazilian guitarist (1973–2014) Paweł Mąciwoda b. 1967 · Polish bassist PH Peanuts Holland 1910–1979 · American musician (1910-1979) Peanuts Hucko 1918–2003 · American jazz musician (1918-2003) PK Peck Kelley 1898–1980 · American musician (1898–1980) Pedro Abrunhosa b. 1960 · Portuguese musician Pedro Iturralde 1929–2020 · Spanish musician (1929–2020) Pedro Javier González b. 1962 · guitarist Pee Wee Hunt 1907–1979 · American musician (1907-1979) Pee Wee Russell 1906–1969 · American musician (1906–1969) PG Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 · American musician (1905–2007) Peggy Lee 1920–2002 · American singer (1920–2002) Pekka Kuusisto b. 1976 · Finnish violinist, jazz musician and composer (born 1976) PP Pekka Pohjola 1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008) PC Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1972– · band Pentangle 1968– · British folk rock band Pepper Adams 1930–1986 · American saxophonist (1930-1986) Per Aage Brandt 1944–2021 · Danish writer and linguist Per Asplin 1928–1996 · Norwegian actor and musician (1928–1996) Per Husby b. 1949 · Norwegian musician Per Jørgensen b. 1952 · Norwegian jazz musician Percy Heath 1923–2005 · American musician (1923–2005) Percy Jones b. 1947 · Welsh musician Perico Sambeat b. 1962 · Spanish jazz saxophonist Perry Como 1912–2001 · American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001) Perry Robinson 1938–2018 · American musician (1938–2018) PR Pery Ribeiro 1937–2012 · Brazilian singer, songwriter (1937–2012) Pete Brown 1906–1963 · American musician (1906–1963) Pete Candoli 1923–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1923-2008) Pete Christlieb b. 1945 · American musician PC Pete Cosey 1943–2012 · American guitarist (1943–2012) Pete Escovedo b. 1935 · Mexican-American jazz musician and percussionist Pete Fountain 1930–2016 · American clarinetist (1930–2016) Pete Johnson 1904–1967 · American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (1904–1967) PJ Pete Jolly 1932–2001 · American musician (1932–2004) PK Pete King 1929–2009 · British jazz musician (1929–2009) PL Pete La Roca 1938–2012 · American drummer (1938–2012) Pete Levin b. 1942 · American jazz musician Pete Rugolo 1915–2011 · American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer… Peter Apfelbaum b. 1960 · American jazz saxophonist and composer Peter Appleyard 1928–2013 · Canadian vibraphonist (1928–2013) Peter Autschbach b. 1961 · German guitarist and music educator Peter Bernstein b. 1967 · American musician Peter Bocage 1887–1967 · New Orleans jazz musician (1887–1967) Peter Brötzmann 1941–2023 · German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1941–2023) Peter DeRose 1900–1953 · American composer of jazz and pop music (1900–1953) Peter Ecklund 1945–2020 · American musician (1945-2020) Peter Erskine b. 1954 · American musician PG Peter Giger 1939–2026 · percussionist and bandleader Peter Herbolzheimer 1935–2010 · German musician (1935-2010) Peter King 1940–2020 · British musician (1940–2020) Peter Kowald 1944–2002 · German free jazz double bassist and tubist (1944–2002) Peter Lemer b. 1942 · British musician Peter Lipa b. 1943 · Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer Peter Madsen b. 1955 · American musician Peter O'Mara b. 1957 · Australian musician PO Peter Opsvik 1939–2024 · furniture designer Peter Schilperoort 1919–1990 · Dutch musician (1919–1990) PW Peter Warren 1935–1999 · American musician Peter Washington b. 1964 · American bassist Peter White b. 1954 · English musician Peter Wolf b. 1952 · Austrian producer and songwriter Petr Skoumal 1938–2014 · Czech musician and composer (1938-2014) Petter Wettre b. 1967 · Norwegian musician PT Pha Terrell 1910–1945 · American singer (1910–1945) Pharoah Sanders 1940–2022 · American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022) Pheeroan akLaff b. 1955 · American jazz drummer PC Phil Cohran 1927–2017 · American trumpeter (1927–2017) Phil Collins b. 1951 · English drummer, singer, and songwriter (born 1951) Phil Harris 1904–1995 · American actor, singer and comedian (1904–1995) PH Phil Howard b. 1953 · Australian musician PL Phil Lee 1943–2024 · British guitarist Phil Miller 1949–2017 · English progressive rock/jazz guitarist (1949–2017) Phil Minton b. 1940 · British jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter (born… Phil Moore 1918–1987 · American musician (1918-1987) Phil Napoleon 1901–1990 · American jazz musician (1901–1990) PN Phil Nimmons 1923–2024 · Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024) Phil Upchurch 1941–2025 · American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist PU Phil Urso 1925–2008 · American jazz saxophonist (1925–2008) Phil Wachsmann b. 1944 · Ugandan musician Phil Woods 1931–2015 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader… PA Philip Aaberg 1949–2026 · pianist Philip Bailey b. 1951 · American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter… Philip Catherine b. 1942 · British-Belgian jazz rock guitarist Philip Harper b. 1965 · American musician Philippe Aerts b. 1964 · Jazz double bassist Philippe Saisse b. 1957 · French musician PW Phillip Wilson 1941–1992 · American drummer (1941-1992) Philly Joe Jones 1923–1985 · American jazz drummer (1923–1985) PN Phineas Newborn Jr. 1931–1989 · American jazz pianist (1931–1989) Phyllis Hyman 1949–1995 · American rhythm-and-blues singer (1949–1995) Piero Piccioni 1921–2004 · Italian lawyer and film composer (1921–2004) PB Pierre Bensusan b. 1957 · French musician Pierre Dørge b. 1946 · Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer Pierre Favre b. 1937 · Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist PM Pierre Michelot 1928–2005 · French jazz double bassist (1928–2005) Pierre Moerlen 1952–2005 · French musician (1952-2005) Pierre van der Linden b. 1946 · Dutch musician PV Pierre Van Dormael 1952–2008 · Belgian musician (1952-2008) Piet Noordijk 1932–2011 · Dutch saxophonist (1932-2011) Piknik 1978– · Russian musical group Pim Jacobs 1934–1996 · Dutch musician (1934-1996) Pink Freud Polish musical group Pink Martini 1994– · American pop, jazz and lounge music band Pino Daniele 1955–2015 · Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1955-2015) Pino Palladino b. 1957 · Welsh bassist Pino Presti b. 1943 · Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record… Pino Rucher 1924–1996 · Italian musician Piotr Orzechowski b. 1990 · Jazz pianist PP Pip Pyle 1950–2006 · English drummer (1950–2006) Pippo Barzizza 1902–1994 · Italian composer, arranger, conductor, and music director… PJ Plas Johnson 1931–2026 · American musician Playing for Change 2002– · world music movement and multimedia project Pomplamoose 2008– · American group Poncho Sanchez b. 1951 · American musician Pony Poindexter 1926–1988 · American musician (1926-1988) Pops Foster 1892–1969 · American musician (1892–1969) Portico Quartet 2005– · British musical group Postmodern Jukebox 2011– · American music band Preston Reed b. 1955 · American musician Presuntos Implicados 1983– · Spanish pop band from Valencia Prime Minister 1997–2023 · Russian all-male pop band Prince Lasha 1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008) Pupi Avati b. 1938 · Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter PD Putney Dandridge 1902–1946 · American musician (1902–1946) Putte Wickman 1924–2006 · Swedish jazz musician (1924–2006) Putter Smith b. 1941 · American jazz bassist, recording artist, music teacher…