List musicians of jazz by instrument
Coppers
Trumpet, Horn and Bugle
Note: The majority of the trumpet players of the beginning of the history of the jazz began with the Cornet (example: Louis Armstrong). The trumpet was essential in the world of the jazz in the Thirties. Rare are the musicians who, since, practice only the horn (cf lower listing). Moreover, since the Forties, a great number of trumpet players have is " doublé" with the Bugle, this one like “first instrument is used”. The Trompette piccolo was very seldom used in jazz (sometimes like “2nd instrument” e.g. Ted Curson, Lew Soloff), on the other hand, certain musicians specialized in the bass Trumpet.Trumpet
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Cornet
- Nat Adderley
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Buddy Bolden
- Alain Bouchet
- Ruby Braff
- Gift Cherry
- Nick Rocca
- King Oliver
- Muggsy Spanier
- Rex Stewart
- Warren Cow
Trombone
Slide trombone
- Phil Abraham
- Bob Alexander
- Ray Anderson
- Wayne Andre
- James Archey
- Milt Bernhart
- Jimmy Bosch
- Lawrence Brown
- George Browned
- Benny Casing
- Tommy Dorsey
- Gift Drummond
- Eddie Edwards
- Glenn Ferris
- Carl Fontana
- Urbie Green
- Al Gray
- Jay C. Higginbotham
- Jay Jay Johnson
- Jimmy Knepper
- Denis Leloup
- Albert Mangelsdorff
- Glenn Miller
- Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton
- Kid Ory
- Frank Rosolino
- Roswell Rudd
- Jack Teagarden
- Bill Watrous
- Kai Winding
- Mike Zwerin
- James " Trummy" Young
Valve trombone
Horn
- Gift Elliott (Mellophone)
- Fatty John
- Gene Roland (Mellophone)
- Gunther Schuller
- Julius Watkins
Saxhorn, tuba,…
- Howard Johnson
- John Hopper
Wood
Flute
- Wayman Carver
- Eric Dolphy
- Paul Horn
- Roland Kirk
- Yusef Lateef
- Hubert Laws
- Herbie Mann
- Jeremy Steig
- Malik Mezzadri
Oboe
Clarinet
- Buddy DeFranco
- Eric Dolphy (low Clarinet)
- Jimmy Giuffre
- Benny Goodman
- Woody Hermann
- Theo Jörgensmann
- Michel Portal
- Louis Sclavis
- Artie Shaw
- John Surman
- Sidney Bechet
Saxophone
Soprano
- Sidney Bechet
- John Coltrane
- François Corneloup
- Jan Garbarek
- Steve Lacy
- Dave Liebman
- Branford Marsalis
- Wayne Shorter
Viola
- Julian Cannonball Adderley
- Stefano Di Battista
- David Binney
- Benny Casing
- Ornette Coleman
- Steve Coleman
- Johnny Hodges
- Lee Konitz
- Jackie McLean
- Christophe Monniot
- Guillaume Orti
- Greg Osby
- Charlie Parker
- Jacques Pelzer
- Russell Procope
- David Sanborn
- Bud Shank
- Sony Stitt
- John Zorn
- Dave Liebman
- Azar Lawrence
- Coleman Hawkins
- Gary Thomas
- Phil Woods
Tenor
- George Adams
- Sophie Alour
- Gene Ammons
- Albert Ayler
- Al Cohn
- John Coltrane
- Bob Enevoldsen
- James Casing
- Chris Cheek
- Bob Cooper
- Jan Garbarek
- Stan Getz
- Benny Golson
- Dexter Gordon
- Wardell Gray
- Coleman Hawkins
- Joe Henderson
- Richie Kamuca
- Yusef Lateef
- Joe Lovano
- Branford Marsalis
- Warne Marsh
- Hank Mobley
- Chris Potter
- Joshua Redman
- Sony Rollins
- Pharoah Sanders
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart
- archie Shepp
- Wayne Shorter
- Zoot Sims
- Stephan Spira
- Sony Stitt
- Stanley Turrentine
- Ben Webster
- To ballast Young
- Jean-Baptiste “Illinois” Jacquet
- Arnett Cobb
- Eddie " Lockjaw" Davis
- Grover Washington
Baritone
Low
- Adrian Rollini
“Atypical” saxophones
- George Braith (Stritch, Manzello, “braithophone” - sic -)
- Roland Kirk (Stritch, Manzello)
- Frankie Trumbauer (“C-melody sax” c.a.d. saxophone in C)
Keyboards
Piano
- Gift Abney
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- Monty Alexander
- Franck Avitabile
- Count Basie
- Pierre de Bethmann
- Dave Brubeck
- Milton Buckner
- Chick Corea
- Laurent Courthaliac
- Eliane Elias
- Duke Ellington
- Bill Evans
- Tommy Flanagan
- Herbie Hancock
- Keith Jarrett
- max Jendly
- Hank Jones
- Stan Kenton
- Joachim Kühn
- Brad Mehldau
- John Medeski
- Philippe Milanta
- Thelonious Monk
- Head Montoliu
- Jason Moran
- Makoto Ozone
- Michel Petrucciani
- Enrico Pieranunzi
- Bud Powell
- Horace Silver
- Art Simmons
- Martial Solal
- Art Tatum
- Cecil Taylor
- Lennie Tristano
- McCoy Tyner
- Fats Waller
- Gift Pullen
- Joanne Brackeen
- Jessica Williams
- Mario Canonge
- Ray Charles
- Ahmad Jamal
- George Duke
- Jan Hammer
- Michel Camilo
- Eddie Palmieri
- Joe Zawinul
- Sun Ra
- McCann
- Bob James
- Eumir Deodato
Organ Hammond
- Count Basie
- Lou Bennett
- Emmanuel Bex
- Milton Buckner
- Wild Bill Davis
- Bill Doggett
- Barbara Dennerlein
- Larry Golding
- Eddy Louis
- Jack McDuff
- John Medeski
- Stéfan Patry
- Rhoda Scott
- Jimmy Smith
- Larry Young
- Joey DeFrancesco
Accordion
- Richard Galliano
- Tommy Gumina
- Michel Portal
- Gus Sight
Cords
Violin
- Elek Bacsik
- Jean-Pierre Catoul
- Stephan Grappelli
- Didier Lockwood
- Ray Nance
- Dominique Pifarély
- Ronan Pinc
- Jean-Luc Ponty
- Stuff Smith
- Eddie South
- Yves Teicher
- Jerry Goodman
- Michal Urbaniak
Viola
Frederic Eymard
Violoncello
- Courteous Vincent
- Sam Jones
- Fred Katz
Double bass and low Guitar
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- Riccardo LED FRA
- Scott LaFaro
- Red Mitchell
- Charles Mingus
- Jaco Pastorius
- Steve Swallow
- Henri Texier
- Chris Wood
- Marcus Miller
- Victor Wooten
- Jesús Gabaldón
- Paul Chambers
- Victor Bailey
- Jeff Berlin
- Gary Willis
- Michel Alibo
- Etienne MBappé
- Pino Palladino
- Richard Bona
- Alain Charon
- Sylvin Marc
- Miroslav Vitous
- Michael Henderson
- Matthew Garrison
- Charlie Haden
- Sirone
- Paul Jackson
- Buster Williams
- Alphonso Johnson
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Guitar
- John Abercrombie
- Elek Bacsik
- Billy Bauer
- Biréli Lagrène
- George Benson
- Kenny Burrell
- Larry Carlton
- Philippe Catherine
- Charlie Christian
- Larry Coryell
- Pete Cosey
- Fabien Degryse
- Al Di Meola
- Tal Farlow
- Bill Frisell
- Freddy Green
- Grant Green
- Jim Hall
- Allan Holdsworth
- Barney Kessel
- Eddie Lang
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- Lionel Loueke
- Stalemate Martino
- John McLaughlin
- Stalemate Metheny
- Wes Montgomery
- Joe Not
- Jimmy Raney
- Lee Ritenour
- Django Reinhardt
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Terje Rypdal
- John Scofield
- Sony Sharrock
- Floyd Smith
- Mike Stern
- Gabor Szabo
- Vincent Terrapon
- Ralph Towner
- James Blood Ulmer
- Frank Zappa
Banjo
Oud
Mandoline
- John Abercrombie
Sitar
- Bill To pluck
- Hake Walcott
Toothing-stone
Percussions
Battery
- Lee Abrams
- Franck Agulhon
- Rashied Ali
- Barry Altschul
- Dave Bailey
- Denzil Best
- Brian Blade
- Art Blakey
- Larry Bunker
- Kenny Clarke
- Billy Cobham
- Jack DeJohnette
- Simon Goubert
- Chico Hamilton
- Eric Harland
- Stephan Huchard
- Daniel Humair
- Elvin Jones
- OJ Jones
- Philly Joe Jones
- Billy Kilson
- Gene Krupa
- Gene Lake
- Stan Levey
- Mel Lewis
- Bernard Lubat
- Shelly Manne
- Billy Martin
- Buddy Rich
- Danny Richmond
- max Roach
- Aldo Romano
- Grady Touches
- Christian Vander
- Chick Webb
- Dave Weckl
- Tony Williams
- Eliot Zigmund
Vibraphone, Marimba,…
- Gary Burton
- Lionel Hampton
- Milt Jackson
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Steel-drum
- Othello Molineaux
Various percussions
- Gift Alias
- Alex Acuna
- Manolo Badrena
- Ray Barretto
- Mino Cinelu
- Trilok Gurtu
- Machito
- Chano Pozo
- Tito Puente
Other instruments
Harmonica
- Larry Adler
- Sebastien Charlier
- Olivier Poumay
- Toots Thielemans
- Gregoire Maret
Voice
See “singers of jazz” and “singers of jazz”
Musical writing
See “type-setters of jazz”.
Arrangement
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