The artists
632 artists, in alphabetical order.
- Abbey Lincoln vocals, 1930
- Abdullah Ibrahim piano, 1934
- Ack van Rooyen flugelhorn, trumpet, 1930
- Ahmad Jamal piano, 1930
- Airelle Besson trumpet, 1978
- Airto Moreira drums, percussion, 1941
- Al Jarreau vocals, 1940
- Alain Goraguer piano, arrangement, composition, 1931
- Alain Jean-Marie piano, 1945
- Albert Ayler tenor saxophone, 1936
- Albert Mangelsdorff trombone, 1928
- Alberta Hunter vocals, 1895
- Aldo Romano drums, guitar, 1941
- Alexander von Schlippenbach piano, composition, 1938
- Alexandre Stellio clarinet, 1885
- Alfa Mist piano, keyboards, production
- Alfredo Rodríguez piano, 1985
- Alice Coltrane harp, piano, organ, 1937
- Amaury Faye piano
- Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet, 1982
- Ana Carla Maza cello, vocals, piano
- Anat Cohen clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophones, 1975
- Anita O'Day vocals, 1919
- Anne Paceo drums, vocals, composition
- Anouar Brahem oud, 1957
- Anthony Braxton saxophones (mostly alto), clarinets, flute, piano, 1945
- Anthony Joseph vocals, lyrics
- Antonio Carlos Jobim piano, guitar, composition, 1927
- Antonio Sánchez drums, composition, 1971
- Art Blakey drums, 1919
- Art Ensemble of Chicago band (saxophones, trumpet, double bass, percussion)
- Art Pepper alto saxophone, 1925
- Art Tatum piano, 1909
- Artie Shaw clarinet, 1910
- Arturo Sandoval trumpet, piano, timbales, 1949
- Astor Piazzolla bandoneon, piano, composition, 1921
- Avishai Cohen double bass, vocals, 1970
- Avishai Cohen (trompettiste) trumpet, 1978
- Aydın Esen piano, keyboards, 1962
- Baden Powell guitar, composition, 1937
- Baptiste Trotignon piano, Hammond organ, 1974
- Barney Bigard clarinet, 1906
- Barney Kessel guitar, 1923
- Barney McAll piano, keyboards, 1966
- Barney Wilen tenor and soprano saxophones, 1937
- Bebo Valdés piano, composition, arrangement, 1918
- Ben Bernie violin, conductor, 1891
- Benjamin Herman alto saxophone, C melody saxophone, flute, 1968
- Bennie Moten piano, conductor, 1893
- Benny Golson tenor saxophone, composition, 1929
- Benny Goodman clarinet, 1909
- Bernard Herrmann composition, conductor, 1911
- Bernardo Sassetti piano, composition, 1970
- Bessie Smith vocals, 1892
- Beto Guedes vocals, guitar, 1951
- Betty Carter vocals, 1929
- Betty Davis vocals, 1944
- Bheki Mseleku piano, saxophone, guitar, 1955
- Big Joe Turner vocals, 1911
- Bill Evans piano, 1929
- Bill Frisell guitar, 1951
- Billie Holiday vocals, 1915
- Billy Cobham drums, percussion, 1944
- Billy May trumpet, arrangement, 1916
- Billy Strayhorn piano, composition, arrangement, 1915
- Biréli Lagrène guitar, 1966
- Bix Beiderbecke cornet, piano, 1903
- Blossom Dearie vocals, piano, 1924
- Bobby Jaspar tenor saxophone, flute, 1926
- Bobby McFerrin vocals, piano, 1950
- Bobby Timmons piano, 1935
- Bobby Watson saxophone
- Boris Vian trumpet, vocals, 1920
- Brad Mehldau piano, 1970
- Branford Marsalis tenor, soprano and alto saxophones, 1960
- Braxton Cook alto saxophone, vocals, 1991
- Brian Blade drums, guitar, vocals, composition, 1970
- Bud Powell piano, 1924
- Buddy Rich drums, 1917
- Bugge Wesseltoft piano, keyboards, electronics, 1964
- Bunk Johnson trumpet, 1889
- Cab Calloway vocals, conductor, 1907
- Cab Kaye vocals, piano, 1921
- Cachao double bass, piano, 1918
- Cal Tjader vibraphone, drums, percussion, 1925
- Camille Bertault vocals
- Candy Dulfer alto saxophone, 1969
- Cannonball Adderley alto saxophone, 1928
- Carla Bley piano, organ, composition, 1936
- Carmen McRae vocals, piano, 1920
- Carmen Souza vocals, piano, guitar, 1981
- Cassandra Wilson vocals, guitar, 1955
- Cécile McLorin Salvant vocals, 1989
- Champion Jack Dupree piano, vocals, 1910
- Chano Domínguez piano, composition
- Charles Mingus double bass, composition, 1922
- Charlie Barnet tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, 1913
- Charlie Christian electric guitar, 1916
- Charlie Parker alto saxophone, 1920
- Charlie Rouse tenor saxophone, flute, 1924
- Chet Baker trumpet, vocals, 1929
- Chick Corea piano, keyboards, 1941
- Chick Webb drums, conducting, 1905
- China Moses vocals, 1978
- Chris Barber trombone, double bass, 1930
- Chris McGregor piano, composition, conducting, 1936
- Christian McBride double bass, electric bass, 1972
- Christian Sands piano, 1989
- Christian Scott trumpet, flugelhorn, 1983
- Chu Berry tenor saxophone, 1908
- Chucho Valdés piano, 1941
- Cindy Blackman Santana drums, composition
- Clara Ward vocals, arrangement, 1924
- Claude Bolling piano, 1930
- Claude Thornhill piano, arrangement, conductor, 1908
- Clélya Abraham piano, vocals, composition
- Clifford Brown trumpet, 1930
- Clusone Trio alto saxophone, clarinet, cello, drums
- Coleman Hawkins tenor saxophone, 1904
- Colosseum band (organ, saxophones, guitar, bass, drums)
- Cootie Williams trumpet, 1911
- Cory Henry Hammond organ, keyboards, vocals, 1987
- Count Basie piano, organ, 1904
- Courtney Pine saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, EWI, 1964
- Cyrille Aimée vocals
- Daniel Humair drums, 1938
- Danielle Ponder vocals
- Danilo Pérez piano, 1966
- Dave Brubeck piano, 1920
- Dave Douglas trumpet, cornet, 1963
- Dave Holland double bass, 1946
- David Murray tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, 1955
- Daymé Arocena vocals, composition, choir conductor
- Dean Martin vocals, 1917
- Derek Bailey guitar, 1930
- Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone, 1923
- Dhafer Youssef oud, vocals, 1967
- Diana Krall piano, vocals, 1964
- Dianne Reeves vocals, 1956
- Dick Willebrandts piano, conducting, arrangements, 1911
- Didier Lockwood violin, electric violin, 1956
- Diego Amador piano, guitar, vocals, 1973
- Digable Planets rap (trio)
- Dinah Washington vocals, 1924
- Dino Saluzzi bandoneon, 1935
- Dinwiddie Colored Quartet vocals (vocal quartet)
- Dizzy Gillespie trumpet, vocals, 1917
- Django Reinhardt guitar, 1910
- Don Azpiazú conductor, 1893
- Don Byas tenor saxophone, 1912
- Don Byron clarinet, composition, 1958
- Don Ellis trumpet (quarter-tone), drums, 1934
- Donald Byrd trumpet, 1932
- Donny McCaslin tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, 1966
- Dorothy Ashby harp, piano, vocals, koto, 1932
- Dr. John piano, guitar, vocals, 1940
- Dudu Pukwana viola, tenor and soprano saxophones, piano, 1938
- Duke Ellington piano, composition, 1899
- Dutch Swing College Band traditional jazz orchestra, 1945
- Earl Hines piano, 1903
- Eartha Kitt vocals, 1927
- Eberhard Weber double bass, electric double bass, cello, 1940
- Ebo Taylor guitar, piano, vocals, composition, 1936
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis tenor saxophone, 1922
- Eddie Condon guitar, banjo, 1905
- Eddie Harris tenor saxophone, electric saxophone (Varitone), piano, 1934
- Eddie Palmieri piano, 1936
- Eddy Louiss Hammond organ, vocals, 1941
- Egberto Gismonti guitar (8- and 10-string), piano, 1947
- Ekep Nkwelle vocals
- Eliane Elias piano, vocals, 1960
- Ella Fitzgerald vocals, piano, 1917
- Ellen Birath vocals
- Embryo collective (drums, vibraphone, saxophone, guitar, bass)
- Emile Parisien soprano saxophone, 1982
- Emmet Cohen piano, Hammond organ, 1990
- Enrico Pieranunzi piano, 1949
- Enrico Rava trumpet, 1939
- Eric Dolphy alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, 1928
- Eric Vloeimans trumpet, effets, 1963
- Erik Truffaz trumpet, 1960
- Ernst Reijseger cello, 1954
- Erroll Garner piano, 1921
- Esbjörn Svensson Trio piano, double bass, drums (trio)
- Esperanza Spalding double bass, vocals, 1984
- Esther Phillips vocals, 1935
- Ethel Ennis vocals, 1932
- Ethel Waters vocals, 1896
- Etienne Charles trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
- Eubie Blake piano, composition, 1887
- Ève Risser piano, flute, composition
- Ezra Collective band (drums, bass, keyboards, trumpet, tenor saxophone)
- Fatoumata Diawara vocals, guitar, 1982
- Fats Navarro trumpet, 1923
- Fats Waller piano, organ, 1904
- Fela Kuti saxophone, keyboards, vocals, 1938
- Fisk Jubilee Singers vocals (choir and vocal quartet)
- Fletcher Henderson piano, arrangement, 1897
- Flora Purim vocals, 1942
- Flore Benguigui vocals
- Florian Pellissier piano
- Frank Sinatra vocals, 1915
- Fred Astaire vocals, dance, 1899
- Fred Nardin piano, organ, 1987
- Fred Wesley trombone, 1943
- Freddie Hubbard trumpet, flugelhorn, 1938
- Freddy Johnson piano, 1904
- Fumio Itabashi piano, 1949
- Gabi Hartmann vocals, guitar
- Gato Barbieri tenor saxophone, 1932
- George Benson guitar, vocals, 1943
- George Duke keyboards, vocals, keytar, 1946
- George Lewis clarinet, 1900
- George Russell piano, composition, 1923
- Georgia Sea Island Singers vocals (vocal group)
- Georgie Fame vocals, Hammond organ, piano, guitar, 1943
- Geri Allen piano, 1957
- Gerry Mulligan saxophone baritone, 1927
- Getatchew Mekuria tenor saxophone, clarinet, 1935
- Gianluigi Trovesi clarinets, saxophone, 1944
- Gil Evans arrangement, piano, 1912
- Gilgamesh band (keyboards, guitar, bass, drums)
- Giovanni Mirabassi piano, 1970
- Glenn Miller trombone, 1904
- GoGo Penguin trio (piano, double bass, drums)
- Golden Gate Quartet vocals (vocal quartet), 1934
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba piano, 1963
- Gotan Project band (electronic production, guitar, tango)
- Grant Green guitar, 1935
- Greg Osby alto and soprano saxophones, 1960
- Grégor et ses Grégoriens conductor, vocals, dance, 1898
- Gregory Porter vocals, 1971
- Grégory Privat piano, 1984
- Gretchen Parlato vocals, 1976
- Gunther Schuller French horn, composition, conducting, 1925
- Guy Lafitte tenor saxophone, 1927
- Hamilton de Holanda bandolim (10 strings), 1976
- Han Bennink drums, percussion, 1942
- Hank Jones piano, 1918
- Hank Mobley tenor saxophone, 1930
- Hans Dulfer tenor saxophone, 1940
- Harald Lassen saxophone, piano, flute
- Harold López-Nussa piano, composition, 1983
- Harry Belafonte vocals, 1927
- Harry Connick Jr. piano, vocals, 1967
- Hatfield and the North band (guitar, keyboards, bass, drums)
- Hazel Scott piano, vocals, 1920
- Hein van de Geyn double bass, 1956
- Helen Merrill vocals, 1929
- Henri Crolla guitar, composition, 1920
- Henri Salvador guitar, vocals, 1917
- Henri Texier double bass, 1945
- Henry Mancini composition, piano, flute, conducting, 1924
- Henry Threadgill viola, tenor and baritone saxophones, flutes, clarinet, percussion, 1944
- Herb Alpert trumpet, 1935
- Herbie Hancock keyboards, 1940
- Hermeto Pascoal multi-instrumentalist, 1936
- Hiromi Uehara piano, 1979
- Horace Silver piano, 1928
- Hot Lips Page trumpet, vocals, 1908
- Howlin' Wolf vocals, harmonica, guitar, 1910
- Huey "Piano" Smith piano, 1934
- Hugh Coltman vocals
- Hugh Masekela trumpet, flugelhorn, 1939
- Humphrey Lyttelton trumpet, clarinet, 1921
- Ian Carr trumpet, flugelhorn, 1933
- Ibrahim Maalouf trumpet, 1980
- Ida Cox vocals, 1896
- Ilhan Ersahin saxophone
- Ilse Huizinga vocals, 1966
- Immanuel Wilkins alto saxophone, 1997
- International Sweethearts of Rhythm big band (all-women orchestra)
- Irène Schweizer piano, 1941
- Isaiah Collier saxophone, 1998
- Isham Jones saxophone, piano, conducting, composition, 1894
- Jack DeJohnette drums, piano, melodica, 1942
- Jack McDuff organ, double bass, 1926
- Jackie McLean alto saxophone, 1931
- Jaco Pastorius electric bass, 1951
- Jacob Collier vocals, keyboards, guitar, double bass, bass, drums, percussion, 1994
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart tenor and soprano saxophones, flute
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma electric bass, 1956
- James Blood Ulmer guitar, vocals, 1942
- James Brandon Lewis tenor saxophone, composition
- James Brown vocals, keyboards, 1933
- James P. Johnson piano, composition, 1894
- James Reese Europe violin, piano, conductor, 1880
- Jamie Cullum vocals, piano, 1979
- Jan Garbarek saxophone, 1947
- Jan Harbeck saxophone, 1975
- Jan Prax saxophone
- Jane Bunnett soprano saxophone, flute, 1956
- Jason Moran piano, composition, 1975
- Jasper van 't Hof keyboards, piano, synthesizers, 1947
- Jay McShann piano, vocals, 1916
- Jazzmeia Horn vocals, 1991
- Jean Goldkette piano, conductor, 1893
- Jean-Luc Ponty violin, keyboards, 1942
- Jeanne Michard saxophone, 1993
- Jelly Roll Morton piano, 1890
- Jerry González trumpet, flugelhorn, congas, 1949
- Jesse Harris guitar, vocals, composition
- Jesse van Ruller guitar, 1972
- Jimmie Lunceford alto saxophone, 1902
- Jimmie Noone clarinet, 1895
- Jimmy Forrest tenor saxophone, 1920
- Jimmy Giuffre clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones, 1921
- Jimmy McGriff Hammond organ, 1936
- Jimmy Smith Hammond organ, 1928
- João Gilberto guitar, vocals, 1931
- Joe Harriott alto saxophone, 1928
- Joe Henderson tenor saxophone, flute, 1937
- Joe Washington Brown & Austin Coleman vocals
- Joe Zawinul keyboards, 1932
- Joel Ross vibraphone, 1995
- Joey DeFrancesco Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, trumpet, tenor saxophone, 1971
- John Coltrane tenor and soprano saxophones, 1926
- John Dankworth alto saxophone, clarinet, conducting, 1927
- John McLaughlin guitar, 1942
- John Scofield guitar, 1951
- John Surman baritone and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, synthesizer, 1944
- John Zorn saxophone, clarinet, piano, organ, composition, 1953
- Johnny Dodds clarinet, alto saxophone, 1892
- Johnny Hodges alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, 1907
- Jorge Pardo flute, saxophone, 1956
- José James vocals, 1978
- Joséphine Baker vocals, dance, 1906
- Joshua Redman tenor saxophone, alto and soprano saxophones, 1969
- Joshua Rifkin piano, conducting, musicology, 1944
- Jowee Omicil saxophones, clarinet, cornet, 1977
- Joyce Moreno vocals, guitar, 1948
- Juan Carlos Cáceres vocals, piano, trombone, 1936
- Julia Hülsmann piano
- Julie London vocals, 1926
- Julius Hemphill alto saxophone, soprano and tenor saxophones, flute, 1938
- Julius Rodriguez piano, keyboards, drums, 1998
- June Christy vocals, 1925
- Jutta Hipp piano, 1925
- Kamasi Washington tenor saxophone, 1981
- Kandace Springs vocals, piano, 1989
- Kassa Overall drums, 1982
- Keith Jarrett piano, 1945
- Kenny Barron piano, 1943
- Kenny Burrell guitar, 1931
- Kenny Dorham trumpet, vocals, 1924
- Keyon Harrold trumpet, vocals, 1980
- Kid Ory trombone, 1886
- King Oliver cornet, 1881
- Kokoroko afrobeat band (trumpet, saxophone, trombone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion)
- Kris Davis piano, composition, 1980
- Krzysztof Komeda piano, composition, 1931
- Kurt Rosenwinkel guitar, piano, 1970
- Lakecia Benjamin alto saxophone
- Lalo Schifrin piano, composition, 1932
- Larry Coryell guitar, 1943
- Lars Gullin baritone saxophone, clarinet, piano, 1928
- Laurent Coulondre piano, organ, 1989
- Laurent de Wilde piano, electronics, 1960
- Lea Maria Fries vocals, 1989
- Lee Konitz alto saxophone, 1927
- Lee Morgan trumpet, 1938
- Leïla Olivesi piano, composition
- Lennie Tristano piano, 1919
- Léon Phal saxophone, composition, production
- Les McCann piano, vocals, 1935
- Lester Young tenor saxophone, clarinet, 1909
- Leyla McCalla cello, banjo, guitar, vocals, 1985
- Lil Hardin Armstrong piano, vocals, 1898
- Linda May Han Oh double bass, electric bass, 1984
- Lionel Hampton vibraphone, drums, 1908
- Lisa Simone vocals
- Lonnie Johnson guitar, violin, vocals, 1899
- Lorez Alexandria vocals, 1929
- Lou Donaldson alto saxophone, 1926
- Louis Armstrong trumpet, vocals, 1901
- Louis Matute guitar
- Louis Prima trumpet, vocals, 1910
- Louis Sclavis clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, 1953
- Lovie Austin piano, arrangement, conducting, 1887
- Lu Watters trumpet, cornet, conducting, 1911
- Ludivine Issambourg flute, 1983
- Ma Rainey vocals, 1886
- Macha Gharibian vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Machito vocals, maracas, 1909
- Maffy Falay trumpet, 1930
- Mahalia Jackson vocals, 1911
- Majid Bekkas guembri, oud, guitar, vocals
- Makaya McCraven drums, production, 1983
- Makoto Ozone piano, 1961
- Manfred Schoof trumpet, 1936
- Manu Dibango saxophone, vibraphone, 1933
- Manu Katché drums, percussion, 1958
- Marc van Roon piano, 1967
- Marcin Wasilewski piano, 1975
- Marco Mezquida piano, organ, 1987
- Marcus Miller bass, multi-instrumentalist, 1959
- Maria João vocals, 1956
- Marian McPartland piano
- Mario Canonge piano
- Marion Rampal vocals
- Mark Guiliana drums, 1980
- Mark Murphy vocals, 1932
- Martial Solal piano, 1927
- Marvin Gaye vocals, piano, 1939
- Mary Halvorson guitar, 1980
- Mary Lou Williams piano, arrangement, 1910
- Mary Osborne guitar, 1921
- Matana Roberts alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals
- Maurice Vander piano, 1929
- Max Geldray harmonica, 1916
- Max Roach drums, 1924
- Maynard Ferguson trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, 1928
- Médéric Collignon cornet, vocals, keyboards, 1970
- Mel Tormé vocals, drums, piano, arrangement, 1925
- Melba Liston trombone, arrangement, 1926
- Melissa Aldana tenor saxophone, 1988
- Mélissa Laveaux vocals, guitar
- Melody Gardot vocals, guitar, piano, 1985
- Micah Thomas composition
- Michael Brecker tenor saxophone, EWI, 1949
- Michael Wollny piano, 1978
- Michel Camilo piano, 1954
- Michel Legrand piano, composition, 1932
- Michel Petrucciani piano, 1962
- Michel Portal clarinet, saxophone, bandoneon, 1935
- Michiel Borstlap piano, composition, 1966
- Michiel Braam piano, 1964
- Miguel Zenón alto saxophone, 1976
- Miles Davis trumpet, 1926
- Milton Nascimento vocals, guitar, piano, 1942
- Miriam Makeba vocals, 1932
- Misha Mengelberg piano, composition, 1935
- Moacir Santos saxophone, composition, 1926
- Modern Jazz Quartet band, 1952
- Mongo Santamaría congas, bongos, 1917
- Monty Alexander piano, 1944
- Moses Boyd drums, 1991
- Moses Molelekwa piano, keyboards, vocals, 1973
- Muddy Waters vocals, guitar, harmonica, 1913
- Mulatu Astatke vibraphone, percussion, 1943
- Myra Melford piano, composition
- Naïssam Jalal flute, ney, vocals, composition, 1984
- Nat Adderley cornet, trumpet, 1931
- Nat King Cole piano, vocals, 1919
- National Health band (keyboards, guitar, bass, drums)
- Nduduzo Makhathini piano, vocals
- New Cool Collective big band, acid jazz, latin, afrobeat
- New Jazz Underground trio (saxophone, double bass, drums)
- New Orleans Rhythm Kings band (cornet, trombone, clarinet, rhythm section)
- Nik Bärtsch piano, percussion, 1971
- Nina Simone vocals, piano, 1933
- Norah Jones vocals, piano, 1979
- Norma Winstone vocals, lyrics, 1941
- Nubya Garcia tenor saxophone, 1991
- Okay Temiz drums, percussion, 1939
- Ola Tunji saxophones (Ornella Noulet), band
- Olga Amelchenko saxophone
- Oliver Jones piano, 1934
- Oliver Lake alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, 1942
- Oliver Nelson saxophone, composition, 1932
- Omer Avital double bass, oud, 1971
- Original Dixieland Jazz Band band, 1916
- Ornette Coleman alto saxophone, 1930
- Oscar Brown Jr. vocals, lyrics, 1926
- Oscar Peterson piano, 1925
- Pablo Ziegler piano, composition, arrangement, 1944
- Paco de Lucía flamenco guitar, 1947
- Paolo Fresu trumpet, flugelhorn, 1961
- Paquito D'Rivera alto saxophone, clarinet, 1948
- Parlor Greens trio (organ, guitar, drums)
- Pat Metheny guitar, 1954
- Paul Cornish piano
- Paul Desmond alto saxophone, 1924
- Paul Lay piano, 1984
- Paul Motian drums, 1931
- Paul Whiteman violin, viola, conductor, 1890
- Pedro Iturralde saxophone, clarinet, flute, 1929
- Peggy Lee vocals, 1920
- Peter Beets piano, 1971
- Peter Brötzmann saxophones, clarinet, tárogató, 1941
- Pharoah Sanders tenor saxophone, 1940
- Pierre Courbois drums, percussion, 1940
- Pierre de Bethmann piano, keyboards, 1965
- Pierrick Pédron alto saxophone
- Piet Noordijk alto saxophone, 1932
- Pim Jacobs piano, 1934
- Professor Longhair piano, vocals, 1918
- Quincy Jones trumpet, arrangement, composition, 1933
- Rabih Abou-Khalil oud, flute, 1957
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk tenor saxophone, flute, manzello, stritch, 1935
- Ralph Towner 12-string and classical guitars, piano, 1940
- Ramsey Lewis piano, 1935
- Ravi Coltrane tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, 1965
- Ray Barretto congas, percussion, 1929
- Ray Brown double bass, cello, 1926
- Ray Charles vocals, keyboards, 1930
- Ray Ventura piano, conductor, 1908
- Red Nichols cornet, 1905
- René Urtreger piano, 1934
- Renee Rosnes piano, composition, 1962
- Rhoda Scott Hammond organ, 1938
- Riccardo Del Fra double bass, composition, 1956
- Richard Bona bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, 1967
- Richard Galliano accordion, 1950
- Rita Reys vocals, 1924
- Rob Agerbeek piano, 1937
- Robert Glasper piano, keyboards, 1978
- Robert Johnson guitar, vocals, 1911
- Roberto Fonseca piano, 1975
- Ronald Shannon Jackson drums, composition, 1940
- Ronnie Foster organ, electric piano, piano, synthesizer, 1950
- Roscoe Mitchell saxophones, flute, clarinet, 1940
- Roy Eldridge trumpet, 1911
- Roy Hargrove trumpet, flugelhorn, 1969
- Roy Haynes drums, 1925
- Rudresh Mahanthappa alto saxophone, 1971
- Russ Freeman piano, 1926
- Ruthie Foster vocals, guitar, 1964
- Sadao Watanabe alto saxophone, sopranino, flute, 1933
- Sam Cooke vocals, 1931
- Sam Rivers tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, piano, 1923
- Samara Joy vocals, 1999
- Sammy Davis Jr. vocals, dance, drums, 1925
- Sandra Nkaké vocals, 1973
- Sarah Vaughan vocals, piano, 1924
- Scott LaFaro double bass, 1936
- Sélène Saint-Aimé double bass, vocals, composition
- Serge Gainsbourg vocals, piano, guitar, 1928
- Sérgio Mendes piano, 1941
- Seun Kuti vocals, saxophone, 1983
- Shabaka Hutchings saxophone, clarinet, flutes, 1984
- Shai Maestro piano, composition, 1987
- Shirley Horn vocals, piano, 1934
- Shorty Rogers trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangement, 1924
- Shuteen Erdenebaatar piano, composition
- Sidney Bechet clarinet, soprano saxophone, 1897
- Simon Moullier vibraphone
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe guitar, vocals, 1915
- Slim Gaillard vocals, guitar, piano, vibraphone, tenor saxophone, 1911
- Snarky Puppy band (bass, keyboards, guitars, brass, drums, percussion)
- Soft Machine band (keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums)
- Sonny Rollins tenor saxophone, 1930
- Sophie Alour tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- St Germain DJ, production, 1969
- Stan Getz tenor saxophone, 1927
- Stan Kenton piano, arrangement, conductor, 1911
- Stan Tracey piano, vibraphone, 1926
- Stanley Turrentine tenor saxophone, 1934
- Stefano Bollani piano, 1972
- Stella Cole vocals, 1999
- Stéphane Grappelli violin, piano, 1908
- Stéphane Kerecki double bass
- Steve Coleman alto saxophone, 1956
- Steve Lehman saxophone, composition, 1978
- Steve Turre trombone, conch shells, 1948
- Stevie Wonder vocals, keyboards, harmonica, 1950
- Stochelo Rosenberg guitar, 1968
- Sullivan Fortner piano, 1986
- Sun Ra keyboards, 1914
- Sunny Murray drums, 1936
- Sy Oliver trumpet, 1910
- Tal Mashiach guitar, bass, percussion
- Tenório Jr. piano, 1940
- Terence Blanchard trumpet, piano, composition, 1962
- Terje Rypdal guitar, composition, 1947
- Terri Lyne Carrington drums, 1965
- Terumasa Hino trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, 1942
- Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra big band
- Thandi Ntuli piano, composition
- The Andrews Sisters vocals (trio), 1911
- The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi vocals (vocal quartet)
- The Ramblers dance orchestra (swing), 1926
- The Staple Singers vocals (family group), guitar
- Thelonious Monk piano, composition, 1917
- Theon Cross tuba
- Thierry Maillard piano, composition
- Thomas A. Dorsey piano, vocals, composition, 1899
- Thomas de Pourquery alto saxophone, vocals
- Thundercat bass, vocals, 1984
- Tigran Hamasyan piano, vocals, 1987
- Tim Berne alto and baritone saxophones, 1954
- Tineke Postma alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, 1978
- Tito Puente timbales, percussion, vibraphone, 1923
- Tomasz Stańko trumpet, 1942
- Tommy Dorsey trombone, 1905
- Toninho Horta guitar, vocals, 1948
- Tony Allen drums, 1940
- Tony Bennett vocals, 1926
- Tony Overwater double bass, 1965
- Tony Williams drums, 1945
- Toots Thielemans harmonica, guitar, 1922
- Tord Gustavsen piano, 1970
- Toshiko Akiyoshi piano, big band, 1929
- Trilok Gurtu drums, tabla, konnakol, 1951
- Tubby Hayes tenor saxophone, 1935
- Tyreek McDole vocals
- Urszula Dudziak vocals, electronics, 1943
- Valaida Snow trumpet, 1904
- Vanisha Gould vocals
- Vi Redd alto saxophone, vocals, 1928
- Victoria Spivey vocals, piano, 1906
- Vienna Art Orchestra big band
- Vijay Iyer piano, 1971
- Vincent Peirani accordion, 1980
- Vincent Segal cello, 1967
- Volker Kriegel guitar, 1943
- Wadada Leo Smith trumpet, flugelhorn, koto, kalimba, atenteben, 1941
- Wagner Tiso piano, keyboards, arrangement, 1945
- Wardell Gray tenor saxophone, 1921
- Wayne Shorter tenor and soprano saxophones, 1933
- Wes Montgomery guitar, 1923
- Willem Breuker saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, 1944
- William Parker composition
- Willie « The Lion » Smith piano, composition, 1897
- Willie Bobo timbales, percussion, 1934
- Wingy Manone trumpet, 1900
- Wolfgang Dauner piano, keyboards, synthesizer, 1935
- Wolfgang Muthspiel guitar, 1965
- Wolter Wierbos trombone, 1957
- Woody Herman clarinet, alto and soprano saxophones, vocals, 1913
- Wouter Hamel vocals, guitar, 1977
- Wynton Marsalis trumpet, 1961
- Xavier Cugat violin, conducting, 1900
- Yaron Herman piano
- Yazz Ahmed trumpet, quarter-tone flugelhorn
- Youn Sun Nah vocals, 1969
- Yuri Honing saxophone, 1965
- Yusef Lateef tenor saxophone, flute, oboe, bassoon, non-Western instruments, 1920
- Yussef Dayes drums, 1992
- Zakir Hussain tabla, 1951
- Zara McFarlane vocals
- Zbigniew Namysłowski alto saxophone, flute, cello, trombone, piano, 1939