List of jazz musicians

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This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.

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Some of the most famous jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

Noted jazz figures by period

Early jazz musicians

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
Buddy Bolden (1877-1930)
Nick LaRocca (1889-1961)
Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
Joe "King" Oliver (1885-1938)
Members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band
Red Nichols (1905-1965)

Swing era

Paul Whiteman (1890-1967)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Fats Waller (1904-1943) :p
Charlie Christian (1918-1942)
Count Basie (1904-1984)
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Benny Carter (1907-2003)

Modern innovators

Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
Ornette Coleman (Born 1930)
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Gil Evans (1912-1988)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969)
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
Sun Ra (1914-1993)
Max Roach (born 1924)

Noted jazz figures by instrument

Double bass or electric bass

Cello

Mark Summer

Clarinet

Cornet

Drums

Flute

Guitar

Piano

Saxophone

Trombone

Trumpet

Vibraphone

Paul Barbarin (born 1902)
Gary Burton (born 1943)
Lionel Hampton (1908-2002)
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
James Westfall
Red Norvo
Cal Tjader (1925-1981)

Violin

Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
Ginger Smock (1920-1995)
Joe Venuti (1903-1978)
Michael White (b. 1933)
Claude Williams (1908-2004)

Vocal

Ernestine Anderson (born 1928)
Ivie (Ivy) Anderson (1904-1949)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Patti Austin (born 1948)
Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990
Anita Baker (born 1958)
Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
Tony Bennett (born 1926)
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950)
Bobby Caldwell (born 1951)
Blanche Calloway (1904-1978)
Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Betty Carter (1930-1998)
Eva Cassidy (1963-1996)
Ray Charles (1930-2004)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
Nat King Cole (1919-1965)
Bing Crosby (1903-1977)
Blossom Dearie (born 1928)
Billy Eckstine (1914-1993)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Roberta Flack (born 1939)
Johnny Hartman (1923-1983)
Jon Hendricks (born 1921)
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Shirley Horn (1934-2005)
Lena Horne (born 1917)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995)
Etta James (born 1938)
Al Jarreau (born 1940)
Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979)
Etta Jones (born 1938)
Sheila Jordan (born 1928)
Stacey Kent (born 1968)
Morgana King (born 1930)
Eartha Kitt (born 1927)
Cleo Laine (born 1927)
Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
Abbey Lincoln (born 1930)
Gloria Lynne (born 1931)
Bobby McFerrin (born 1950)
Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
Claire Martin (born 1967)
Mabel Mercer (1900-1984)
Joni Mitchell (born 1943)
Anita O'Day (born 1919)
Esther Phillips (1935-1984)
Della Reese (born 1931)
Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
Phoebe Snow (born 1952)
Clare Teal
Leon Thomas (1937-1999)
Mel Torme (1925-1999)
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)
Dinah Washington (1924-1963)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977))
Lee Wiley (1915-1975)
Joe Williams (1918-1999)
Cassandra Wilson (born 1955)
Nancy Wilson (born 1937)

Multi-instrumentalists

Sidney Bechet (1897-1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
Benny Carter (1907-2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
Eric Dolphy (1928-1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
Najee (saxophones, flute, keyboards, bass synthesizer)
Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
Sun Ra (died 1993)
John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)

Organ

Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer)
Bill Doggett
Charles Earland
Richard "Groove" Holmes
John Patton
Rhoda Scott
Jimmy Smith
Larry Young
Sun Ra (1914-1993)

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