Jazz Musician

This page lists 7,893 biographies of jazz musicians, covering lives from 1859 to 2003. Featuring Alan Kay, André Hodeir and Dmitri Shostakovich. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Bob Franceschini

b. 1961

Viola Smith

1912 – 2020

Arnett Cobb

1918 – 1989

Rob Mazurek

b. 1965

Tom Grant

b. 1946

Bo Rhambo

1923 – 1988

Matt Cusson

Pasquale Grasso

b. 1988

Henry Busse

1894 – 1955

Byard Lancaster

1942 – 2012

Ray Drummond

1946 – 2025

Rick Swann

b. 1989

Stan Sulzmann

b. 1948

Floyd O'Brien

1904 – 1968

Cecil Bridgewater

b. 1942

Paul Jackson

1947 – 2021

Salena Jones

b. 1944

Harald Johnsen

1970 – 2011

Håkan Rydin

b. 1951

Sabu Martinez

1930 – 1979

Andreas Varady

b. 1997

Tommy Potter

1918 – 1988

Steve Koven

Humberto Clayber

b. 1937

Bob Reynolds

b. 1977

Colin Allen

b. 1938

Warren Hill

b. 1966

Paul Webster

1909 – 1966

Benny Likumahuwa

1946 – 2020

Specs Powell

1922 – 2007

Eddie Parker

b. 1959

Jimmy Hopps

b. 1939

Michel Reis

b. 1982

Matthew Bourne

b. 1977

Chris Karan

b. 1939

Lou Gare

1939 – 2017

Louis Vola

1902 – 1990

Annette Warren

b. 1922

Steve Moss

Jerry Goodman

b. 1949

Stanton Davis

1945 – 2026

David Feldman

b. 1977

Danny Gottlieb

b. 1953

Claude Jones

1901 – 1962

José James

b. 1978

China Moses

b. 1978

Andrew Lamb

b. 1958

Joe Roland

1920 – 2009

Johnny Costa

1922 – 1996

Tony Fruscella

1927 – 1969

Wessell Anderson

b. 1964

Greg Hatza

b. 1948

David Braid

b. 1975

Frankie Dunlop

1928 – 2014

Alvin Fielder

1935 – 2019

Roberto Juan Rodríguez

b. 1901

Paul Peress

Chris Tarry

b. 1970

Leon Anderson

Jeremy Steig

1942 – 2016

Bob Berg

1951 – 2002

Duane Andrews

b. 1972

John DeFrancesco

1940 – 2024

Alberto Conde

b. 1960

Hank Shaw

1926 – 2006

Anita Wardell

b. 1961

Howard E. Johnson

1908 – 1991

Danny Moss

1927 – 2008

Deron Johnson

John Rae

b. 1966

Ole Morten Vågan

b. 1979

Don Weller

1940 – 2020

Kimberly Thompson

Red Rodney

1927 – 1994

Rob Agerbeek

1937 – 2023

Spike Wells

b. 1946

Roseanna Vitro

b. 1951

Niki King

Carlos Ward

1940 – 2026

Bernard Lubat

b. 1945

Lud Gluskin

1898 – 1989

Vojislav Simić

1924 – 2025

Billy Test

b. 1989

Hildegunn Øiseth

b. 1966

William Oscar Smith

1917 – 1991

Chieli Minucci

b. 1958

Ole Marius Sandberg

b. 1975

Dan Barrett

b. 1955

Christian Jacob

b. 1958

Elliot Mason

b. 1977

John Collins

1913 – 2001

Miff Görling

1909 – 1998

Laura Mvula

b. 1987

Ben Castle

b. 1973

Seymour Mullings

1931 – 2013

Paul Tobey

b. 1962

Ted Dunbar

1937 – 1998

Juan García-Herreros

b. 1977

Pete Briggs

b. 1904

Joseph Lacrix "D.D." Pierce

1904 – 1973