# Jazzmusiker (Tabelle)

Die Tabelle enthält ca. 500 der bekanntesten und wichtigsten Jazzmusiker von den Anfängen bis heute. Die Tabelle ist nach dem Künstlernamen sortiert, aber auch anders sortierbar und ermöglicht damit eine chronologische Übersicht oder eine Sortierung nach Ländern oder auch Instrumenten.

## Auswahlkriterien

Voraussetzung für die Aufnahme in die Tabelle ist mindestens eins von vier Kriterien:
* Mitgliedschaft in der Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame,
* Mitgliedschaft in der American Jazz Hall of Fame,
* Träger der NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship,
* In Martin Kunzlers Jazz Lexikon (2. Auflage 2002) als wichtiger Musiker benannt.
Martin Kunzlers Jazz Lexikon ist insbesondere für die Nennung europäischer Musiker(innen) maßgeblich.

## Verwendete Abkürzungen für Instrumente

| Abk. | Instrument |
| acc | Akkordeon |
| arr | Arrangement |
| as | Altsaxophon |
| b | Bass |
| bass-s | Basssaxophon |
| bcl | Bassklarinette |
| bj | Banjo |
| bs | Baritonsaxophon |
| c | Cello |
| cl | Klarinette |
| Abk. | Instrument |
| co | Kornett |
| dr | Schlagzeug |
| el- | Elektro- |
| fg | Fagott |
| fl | Flöte |
| flh | Flügelhorn |
| frh | Frenchhorn |
| g | Gitarre |
| harm | Harmonika |
| harp | Harfe |
| Abk. | Instrument |
| kb | Keyboard |
| mandolin | Mandoline |
| org | Orgel |
| p | Piano |
| pc | Perkussion |
| reeds | Holzblasinstrumente |
| sax | Saxophone |
| ss | Sopransaxophon |
| synth | Synthesizer |
| tb | Posaune |
| Abk. | Instrument |
| tp | Trompete |
| ts | Tenorsaxophon |
| tu | Tuba |
| v | Violine |
| vb | Vibraphon |
| vc | Gesang |
| wb | Washboard |
    (in Anlehnung an Kunzler, Jazzlexikon, 2002)

## Jazzmusiker (Tabelle)

| Musiker | Name | geb. | gest. | Geb.-Ort | Staat | p | co | tb | tp | ts | as | ss | cl | b | dr | pc | g | fl | vc | andere |
| John Abercrombie | John L. Abercrombie | 16.12.1944 | 22.08.2017 | Chester | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | synth |
| Muhal Richard Abrams | Muhal Richard Abrams | 19.09.1930 | 29.10.2017 | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | div |
| Pepper Adams | Park „Pepper, The Knife“ Adams | 08.10.1930 | 10.09.1986 | Highland Park | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | bs |
| Cannonball Adderley | Julian Edwin „Cannonball“ Adderley | 15.09.1928 | 08.08.1975 | Tampa | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Nat Adderley | Nathaniel „Nat“ Adderley | 25.11.1931 | 02.01.2000 | Tampa | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | horn |
| Toshiko Akiyoshi | Toshiko Akiyoshi | 12.12.1929 | | Liaoyang | China | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Geri Allen | Geri Allen | 12.06.1957 | 27.06.2017 | Detroit | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Red Allen | Henry James „Red“ Allen | 07.01.1908 | 17.04.1967 | New Orleans | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Barry Altschul | Barry Altschul | 06.01.1943 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Albert Ammons | Albert C. Ammons | 23.09.1907 | 02.12.1949 | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gene Ammons | Eugene „Gene, Jug“ Ammons | 14.04.1929 | 06.08.1974 | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charly Antolini | Charly Antolini | 24.05.1937 | | Zürich | CH | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Lil Hardin Armstrong | Lilian Armstrong (geb. Hardin) | 03.02.1898 | 27.08.1971 | Memphis | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Louis Armstrong | Louis Daniel „Satchmo, Pops“ Armstrong | 04.08.1901 | 06.07.1971 | New Orleans | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Albert Ayler | Albert Ayler | 13.07.1936 | 01.11.1970 | Cleveland | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | | | sax |
| Buster Bailey | William C. „Buster“ Bailey | 19.07.1902 | 12.04.1967 | Memphis | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Mildred Bailey | Mildred „Mrs. Swing“ Bailey (geb. Rinker) | 27.02.1907 | 12.12.1951 | Tekoa | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Chet Baker | Chesney Henry Jr. „Chet“ Baker | 23.12.1929 | 13.05.1988 | Yale | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh |
| Gato Barbieri | Leandro J. „Gato“ Barbieri | 28.11.1932 | 02.04.2016 | Rosario | RA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Danny Barker | Daniel Moses Barker | 13.01.1909 | 13.03.1994 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | vc | bf, Ukulele |
| Charlie Barnet | Charles Daly Barnet | 26.10.1913 | 04.09.1991 | San Diego | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Kenny Barron | Kenneth „Kenny“ Barron | 09.06.1943 | | Philadelphia | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | tu |
| Count Basie | William Allen „Count“ Basie | 21.08.1904 | 26.04.1984 | Red Bank | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | org |
| Conny Bauer | Konrad „Conny“ Bauer | 04.07.1943 | | Halle | D | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sidney Bechet | Sidney Bechet | 14.05.1897 | 14.05.1959 | New Orleans | USA | p | | | | | | ss | cl | | | | | | | |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Leon Bismark „Bix“ Beiderbecke | 10.03.1903 | 06.08.1931 | Davenport | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Louie Bellson | Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni | 06.07.1924 | 14.02.2009 | Rock Falls | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Bunny Berigan | Rowland Bernard Berigan | 02.11.1908 | 02.06.1942 | Fox Lake | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chu Berry | Leon „Chu, Choo“ Berry | 13.09.1910 | 31.10.1941 | Wheeling | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barney Bigard | Leonard Albany Bigard | 03.03.1906 | 27.07.1980 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Acker Bilk | Bernard Stanley „Mr. Acker Bilk“ Bilk | 28.01.1929 | 02.11.2014 | Pensford | GB | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Ed Blackwell | Edward B. Blackwell | 10.10.1929 | 08.10.1992 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Eubie Blake | James Hubert „Eubie“ Blake | 07.02.1887 | 12.02.1983 | Baltimore | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Art Blakey | Art Blakey (Abdullah Ibn Buhaina) | 11.10.1919 | 16.10.1990 | Pittsburgh | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Toto Blanke | Toto Blanke | 16.09.1936 | 24.10.2013 | Paderborn | D | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | synth, div |
| Jimmy Blanton | Raymond Matthews Brown | 05.10.1918 | 30.07.1942 | Chattanooga | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Carla Bley | Carla Bley (geb. Borg) | 11.05.1936 | 17.10.2023 | Oakland | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | kb, div |
| Paul Bley | Paul Bley | 10.11.1932 | 03.01.2016 | Montreal | CDN | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | synth |
| Martin Blume | Martin Blume | 19.08.1956 | | Arnsberg | D | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Arthur Blythe | Arthur Murray Blythe | 05.07.1940 | 27.03.2017 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Buddy Bolden | Charles Joseph „Buddy“ Bolden | 06.09.1877 | 04.11.1931 | New Orleans | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lester Bowie | William Lester Bowie | 11.10.1941 | 08.11.1999 | Frederick | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh, div |
| Ruby Braff | Reuben „Ruby“ Braff | 16.03.1927 | 09.02.2003 | Boston | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Anthony Braxton | Anthony Braxton | 04.06.1945 | | Chicago | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | sax, cls |
| Michael Brecker | Michael Leonhard „Mike“ Brecker | 29.03.1949 | 13.01.2007 | Philadelphia | USA | p | | | | ts | | ss | | | dr | | | fl | | |
| Willem Breuker | Willem Breuker | 04.11.1944 | 23.07.2010 | Amsterdam | NL | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | bcl, bs, sax, div |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater | Denise „Dee Dee“ Bridgewater | 27.05.1950 | | Memphis | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Till Brönner | Till Brönner | 06.05.1971 | | Viersen | D | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bob Brookmeyer | Robert Edward „Bob“ Brookmeyer | 19.12.1929 | 15.12.2011 | Kansas City | USA | p | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Brötzmann | Peter Brötzmann | 06.03.1941 | 22.06.2023 | Remscheid | D | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | bs, sax |
| Cleo Patra Brown | Cleo Patra Brown | 08.08.1909 | 15.04.1995 | Meridian | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Clifford Brown | Clifford Benjamin „Brownie“ Brown | 30.10.1930 | 26.06.1956 | Wilmington | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lawrence Brown | Lawrence Brown | 03.08.1907 | 05.09.1988 | Lawrence | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ray Brown | Raymond Matthews „Ray“ Brown | 19.12.1929 | 02.07.2002 | Kansas City | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | c |
| Dave Brubeck | David Warren „Dave“ Brubeck | 06.12.1920 | 05.12.2012 | Concord | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uschi Brüning | Uschi Brüning | 04.03.1947 | | Leipzig | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Rainer Brüninghaus | Rainer Brüninghaus | 21.11.1949 | | Bad Pyrmont | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Ray Bryant | Raphael Homer Bryant | 24.12.1931 | 02.06.2011 | Philadelphia | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenny Burrell | Kenneth Earl „Kenny“ Burrell | 31.07.1931 | | Detroit | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Gary Burton | Gary Burton | 23.01.1943 | | Anderson | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vb |
| Jaki Byard | John Arthur Byard Jr. | 15.06.1922 | 11.02.1999 | Worcester | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | div |
| Don Byas | Carlos Wesley „Don“ Byas | 21.10.1912 | 24.08.1972 | Muskogee | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Donald Byrd | Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II | 09.12.1932 | 04.02.2013 | Detroit | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Don Byron | Donald „Don“ Byron | 08.11.1958 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | bcl |
| Cab Calloway | Cabell III „Cab“ Calloway | 25.12.1907 | 18.11.1994 | Rochester | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Candido | Candido Camero de Guerra | 22.04.1921 | 07.11.2020 | Havanna | C | | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | | |
| Harry Carney | Harry Howell Carney | 01.04.1910 | 08.10.1974 | Boston | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | | bs, bcl |
| Benny Carter | Bennett Lester „Benny“ Carter | 08.08.1907 | 12.07.2003 | New York | USA | p | | tb | tp | ts | as | | cl | | | | | | vc | bs, arr |
| Betty Carter | Lillie Mae „Betty Bebop“ Jones | 16.05.1930 | 26.09.1998 | Flint | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| James Carter | James Carter | 03.01.1969 | | Detroit | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | multiinstr. |
| John Carter | John Wallace Carter | 24.09.1929 | 31.03.1991 | Fort Worth | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | oboe |
| Ron Carter | Ronald Levin „Ron“ Carter | 04.05.1937 | | Ferndale | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | c, div |
| Al Casey | Albert Aloysius Casey | 15.09.1915 | 11.09.2005 | Louisville | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | vc | |
| Philip Catherine | Philip Catherine | 27.10.1942 | | London | GB | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Big Sid Catlett | Sidney „Big Sid“ Catlett | 17.01.1910 | 25.03.1951 | Evansville | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Paul Chambers | Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. | 22.04.1935 | 04.01.1969 | Pittsburgh | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Ray Charles | Raymond Charles Robinson | 23.09.1930 | 10.06.2004 | Albany | USA | p | | | tp | | as | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Doc Cheatham | Adolphus „Doc“ Cheatham | 13.06.1905 | 02.06.1997 | Nashville | USA | | | | tp | | as | | | | | | | | | |
| Don Cherry | Donald Eugene „Don“ Cherry | 18.11.1936 | 19.10.1995 | Oklahoma City | USA | p | | | tp | | | | | | | pc | | fl | vc | div |
| Charlie Christian | Charlie Christian | 29.07.1916 | 02.03.1942 | Dallas | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Sonny Clark | Conrad Yeatis „Sonny“ Clark | 21.07.1931 | 13.01.1963 | Herminie | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenny Clarke | Kenneth Clarke „Klook“ Spearman (Liaqat Ali Salaam) | 22.04.1935 | 04.01.1969 | Pittsburgh | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Buck Clayton | Wilbur Dorsey Clayton | 12.11.1911 | 08.12.1991 | Parsons | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Cobb | Wilbur James „Jimmy“ Cobb | 20.01.1929 | 24.05.2020 | Washington D.C. | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Billy Cobham | William C. Jr. „Billy“ Cobham | 16.05.1944 | | Panama | PA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Al Cohn | Alvin Gilbert „Al“ Cohn | 24.11.1925 | 15.02.1988 | New York | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | bs, bcl |
| Cozy Cole | William Randolph Cole | 17.10.1906 | 29.01.1981 | East Orange | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Nat King Cole | Nathaniel Adams „Nat, King“ Coles | 17.03.1917 | 15.02.1965 | Montgomery | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bill Coleman | William Johnson „Bill“ Coleman | 04.08.1904 | 24.08.1981 | Paris | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh |
| Ornette Coleman | Ornette Coleman | 09.03.1930 | 11.06.2015 | Fort Worth | USA | | | | tp | ts | as | | | | | | | | | v |
| Steve Coleman | Stephen „Steve“ Coleman | 20.09.1956 | | Chicago | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | | | div |
| John Coltrane | John William Coltrane | 23.09.1926 | 17.07.1967 | Hamlet | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | bcl |
| Eddie Condon | Albert Edwin Condon | 16.11.1905 | 04.08.1973 | Goodland | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | bj |
| Chick Corea | Armando Anthony „Chick“ Corea | 12.06.1941 | 09.02.2021 | Chelsea | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | synth |
| Larry Coryell | Larry Coryell | 02.04.1943 | 19.02.2017 | Galveston | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Tadd Dameron | Tadley Ewing „Tadd“ Dameron (Peake) | 21.02.1917 | 09.03.1965 | Cleveland | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | arr |
| John Dankworth | John Philip William Dankworth | 20.09.1927 | 06.02.2010 | Woodford | GB | | | | | | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | |
| Wolfgang Dauner | Wolfgang Dauner | 30.12.1935 | 10.01.2020 | Stuttgart | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | synth, div |
| Kenny Davern | Kenny Davern | 07.01.1935 | 12.12.2006 | Huntington | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Miles Davis | Miles Dewey III. Davis | 26.05.1926 | 28.09.1991 | Alton | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh, div |
| Wild Bill Davison | Wild Bill Davison | 05.01.1906 | 14.11.1989 | Defiance | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sidney De Paris | Sidney De Paris | 30.05.1905 | 13.09.1967 | Crawfordsville | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wilbur De Paris | Wilbur De Paris | 11.01.1900 | 03.01.1973 | Crawfordsville | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Buddy DeFranco | Boniface Ferdinand Leonard „Buddy“ DeFranco | 17.02.1923 | 24.12.2014 | Camden | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | bcl, sax |
| Jack DeJohnette | Jack DeJohnette | 09.08.1942 | | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | sax |
| Barbara Dennerlein | Barbara Dennerlein | 25.09.1964 | | München | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | org |
| Paul Desmond | Paul Emil Breitenfeld | 25.11.1924 | 30.05.1977 | San Francisco | USA | | | | | | as | | | | | | | | | |
| Al Di Meola | Alber Laurence Di Meola | 22.07.1954 | | Jersey City | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Vic Dickenson | Victor Dickenson | 06.08.1906 | 16.11.1984 | Xenia | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Baby Dodds | Warren „Baby“ Dodds | 24.12.1898 | 14.02.1959 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Johnny Dodds | Johnny Dodds | 12.04.1892 | 08.08.1940 | Waveland | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Klaus Doldinger | Klaus Doldinger | 12.05.1936 | | Berlin | D | | | | | ts | | ss | cl | | | | | | | kb |
| Eric Dolphy | Eric Allan Dolphy | 20.06.1928 | 29.06.1964 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | bcl |
| Kenny Dorham | McKinley Howard „Kenny“ Dorham | 30.08.1924 | 05.12.1972 | New York | USA | | | | tp | ts | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Jimmy Dorsey | James Dorsey | 29.02.1904 | 12.06.1957 | Shenandoah | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Tommy Dorsey | Thomas Francis Dorsey | 19.11.1905 | 26.11.1956 | Shenandoah | USA | | | tb | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paquito D’Rivera | Francisco D’Rivera | 04.06.1948 | | Havanna | C | | | | | | as | ss | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Silvia Droste | Silvia Droste | 21.05.1960 | | Herne | D | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Lajos Dudas | Lajos Dudas | 18.02.1941 | | Budapest | H | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Gerd Dudek | Gerd Dudek | 28.09.1938 | 03.11.2022 | Groß Döbbern | D | | | | | ts | | ss | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Urszula Dudziak | Urszula Dudziak | 22.10.1943 | | Bielsko-Biała-Straconka | PL | | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | vc | synth |
| Eddie Durham | Eddie Durham | 19.08.1908 | 06.03.1987 | San Marcos | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| George Duvivier | George Duvivier | 17.08.1920 | 11.07.1985 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Billy Eckstine | William Clarence „Mr. B.“ Eckstein | 08.07.1914 | 08.03.1993 | Pittsburgh | USA | | | tb | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | ld |
| Sweets Edison | Debonair Harry „Sweets, Sweet Pie“ Edison | 10.10.1915 | 27.07.1999 | Columbus | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roy Eldridge | David Roy „Little Jazz“ Eldridge | 30.01.1911 | 26.02.1989 | Pittsburgh | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | dr | | | | vc | flh |
| Duke Ellington | Edward Kennedy „Duke“ Ellington | 29.04.1899 | 24.05.1974 | Washington D. C. | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robin Eubanks | Robin Derrick Eubanks | 25.10.1955 | | Philadelphia | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | e-tb |
| Bill Evans | William John „Bill“ Evans | 16.08.1929 | 15.09.1980 | Plainfield | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gil Evans | Ian Ernest Gilmore Green | 13.05.1912 | 20.03.1988 | Toronto | CDN | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Herschel Evans | Herschel Evans | 09.03.1909 | 09.02.1939 | Denton | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Tal Farlow | Talmage Holt Farlow | 07.06.1921 | 25.07.1998 | Greensboro | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Art Farmer | Arthur Stewart „Art“ Farmer | 21.08.1928 | 04.10.1999 | Council Bluffs | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Maynard Ferguson | Walter „Maynard“ Ferguson | 04.05.1928 | 23.08.2006 | Montréal | CDN | | | tb | tp | | | | | | | | | | | div |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | 25.04.1917 | 15.06.1996 | Newport News | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Tommy Flanagan | Thomas „Tommy“ Lee Flanagan | 16.03.1930 | 16.11.2001 | Detroit | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | div |
| Carl Fontana | Charles „Carl“ Fontana | 18.07.1928 | 09.10.2003 | Monroe | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Foster | Frank Benjamin III. Foster | 23.09.1928 | 26.07.2011 | Cincinnati | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | fl | | bs |
| Bud Freeman | Lawrence „Bud“ Freeman | 13.04.1906 | 15.03.1991 | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chico Freeman | Earl Lavon „Chico“ Freeman Jr. | 17.07.1949 | | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Von Freeman | Earl Lavon „Von“ Freeman Sr. | 03.10.1923 | 11.08.2012 | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bill Frisell | William Richard „Bill“ Frisell | 18.03.1951 | | Baltimore | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Curtis Fuller | Curtis DuBois Fuller | 15.12.1934 | 08.08.2021 | Detroit | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Richard Galliano | Richard Galliano | 12.12.1950 | | Le Cannet | Fp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | acc, bandoneon |
| Jan Garbarek | Jan Garbarek | 04.03.1947 | | Mysen | N | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Erroll Garner | Erroll Garner | 15.06.1921 | 02.01.1977 | Los Angeles | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Garrison | James Emory „Jimmy“ Garrison | 03.03.1934 | 07.04.1976 | Miami | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Herb Geller | Herbert Arnold „Herb“ Geller | 02.11.1928 | 19.12.2013 | Los Angeles | USA | p | | | | | as | | | | | | | fl | | sax, oboe, English horn |
| Stan Getz | Stanley Gayetzsky | 02.02.1927 | 06.06.1991 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mike Gibbs | Michael Clement Irving „Mike“ Gibbs | 25.09.1937 | | Harare | GB | p | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | comp |
| Terry Gibbs | Julius Gobenko | 13.10.1924 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | | vb |
| Peter Giger | Hans Peter Giger | 12.04.1939 | | Zürich | CH | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | John Birks „Dizzy“ Gillespie | 21.10.1917 | 06.01.1993 | Cheraw | USA | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | arr, congas |
| Egberto Gismonti | Egberto Gismonti | 05.12.1947 | | Carmo | BR | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | fl | vc | multi |
| Jimmy Giuffre | James Peter „Jimmy“ Giuffre | 26.04.1921 | 24.04.2008 | Dallas | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | fl | | bs |
| Dieter Glawischnig | Dieter Glawischnig | 07.03.1938 | | Graz | A | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michel Godard | Michel Godard | 03.10.1960 | | Héricourt | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tu, serpent |
| Benny Golson | Benny Golson | 25.01.1929 | 21.09.2024 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Benny Goodman | Benjamin David „Benny“ Goodman | 30.05.1909 | 13.06.1986 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Dexter Gordon | Dexter Keith Gordon | 27.02.1923 | 25.04.1990 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Stéphane Grappelli | Stéphane Grappelli | 26.01.1908 | 01.12.1997 | Paris | F | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v |
| Wardell Gray | Wardell Gray | 13.02.1921 | 25.05.1955 | Oklahoma City | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Freddie Green | Frederic William Green | 31.03.1911 | 01.03.1987 | Charleston | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sonny Greer | William Alexander „Sonny“ Greer | 13.12.1895 | 23.03.1982 | Long Branch | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Johnny Griffin | John Arnold III „Johnny“ Griffin | 24.04.1928 | 25.07.2008 | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Gruntz | George Paul Gruntz | 24.06.1932 | 10.01.2013 | Basel | CH | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Ulrich Gumpert | Ulrich „Uli“ Gumpert | 26.01.1945 | | Jena | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trilok Gurtu | Trilok Gurtu | 30.10.1951 | | Bombay | IND | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | tabla |
| Bobby Hackett | Robert Leo „Bobby“ Hackett | 31.01.1915 | 07.06.1976 | Providence | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Charlie Haden | Charles Edward „Charlie“ Haden | 06.08.1937 | 11.07.2014 | Shenandoah | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Wolfgang Haffner | Wolfgang Haffner | 07.12.1965 | | Wunsiedel | D | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Edmond Hall | Edmond „Ed“ Hall | 15.05.1901 | 11.02.1967 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | bs |
| Jim Hall | James Stanley Hall | 04.12.1930 | 10.12.2013 | Buffalo | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Chico Hamilton | Foreststorn „Chico“ Hamilton | 21.09.1921 | 25.11.2013 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Scott Hamilton | Scott Hamilton | 12.09.1954 | | Providence | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gunter Hampel | Gunter Hampel | 31.08.1937 | | Göttingen | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | fl | | vb, bcl, sax, div |
| Lionel Hampton | Lionel „Hamp“ Hampton | 20.04.1908 | 01.08.2002 | Louisville | USA | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | vb |
| Slide Hampton | Locksley Wellington „Slide“ Hampton | 21.04.1932 | 18.11.2021 | Jeannette | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | tu, arr |
| Herbie Hancock | Herbert Jeffrey „Herbie“ Hancock | 12.04.1940 | | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| W. C. Handy | William Christopher Handy | 16.11.1873 | 28.03.1958 | Florence | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roland Hanna | Roland Hanna | 10.02.1932 | 13.11.2002 | Detroit | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Roy Hargrove | Roy Hargrove | 16.10.1969 | 02.11.2018 | Waco | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Barry Harris | Barry Doyle Harris | 15.12.1929 | 08.12.2021 | Detroit | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bill Harris | Willars Palmer Harris | 28.10.1916 | 21.08.1973 | Philadelphia | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Harrison | James Henry „Jimmy“ Harrison | 17.10.1900 | 23.07.1931 | Louisville | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Hampton Hawes | Hampton Hawes | 13.11.1928 | 22.05.1977 | Los Angeles | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coleman Hawkins | Coleman Randolph „Bean, Hawk“ Hawkins | 21.11.1904 | 19.05.1969 | St. Joseph | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Roy Haynes | Roy Owen Haynes | 13.03.1925 | | Roxbury | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Jimmy Heath | James Edward „Little Bird“ Heath | 25.10.1926 | 19.01.2020 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Percy Heath | Percy Leroy Heath Jr. | 30.04.1923 | 28.04.2005 | Wilmington | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | vc | |
| Julius Hemphill | Julius Arthur Hemphill | 24.01.1938 | 02.04.1995 | Fort Worth | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| Fletcher Henderson | James Fletcher „Smack“ Henderson Jr. | 18.12.1897 | 28.12.1952 | Cuthbert | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Joe Henderson | Joseph A. „Joe“ Henderson | 24.04.1937 | 30.06.2001 | Lima | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| Jon Hendricks | John Carl „Jon“ Hendricks | 16.09.1921 | 22.11.2017 | Newark | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | vc | |
| Peter Herbolzheimer | Peter Alexander Herbolzheimer | 31.12.1935 | 27.03.2010 | Bukarest | D | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Woody Herman | Woodrow Charles Thomas „Woody“ Herman | 16.05.1913 | 29.10.1987 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | vc | |
| Fred Hersch | Frederick S. „Fred“ Hersch | 21.10.1955 | | Cincinnati | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Billy Higgins | Billy Higgins | 11.10.1936 | 03.05.2001 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Andrew Hill | Andrew Hill | 30.06.1931 | 20.04.2007 | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Earl Hines | Earl Kenneth „Fatha“ Hines | 28.12.1903 | 22.04.1983 | Duquesne | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Milt Hinton | Milton J. „Milt, The Judge“ Hinton | 23.06.1910 | 19.12.2000 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | vc | |
| Johnny Hodges | John Cornelius „Johnny, Rabbit“ Hodges | 25.07.1906 | 11.05.1970 | Cambridge | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Billie Holiday | Eleanora Gough „Lady Day“ McKay (Fagen) | 07.04.1915 | 17.07.1959 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Dave Holland | Dave Holland | 01.10.1946 | | Wolverhampton | GB | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | c |
| Bill Holman | Willis Leonard „Bill“ Holman | 21.05.1927 | 06.05.2024 | Olive | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shirley Horn | Shirley Valerie Horn | 01.05.1934 | 20.10.2005 | Washington D.C. | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Freddie Hubbard | Frederick Dewayne „Freddie“ Hubbard | 07.04.1938 | 29.12.2008 | Indianapolis | USA | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Ralf Hübner | Ralf-Rainer Hübner | 03.05.1939 | | Berlin | D | p | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Bobby Hutcherson | Robert Hutcherson | 27.01.1941 | 15.08.2016 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vb, marimbaphon |
| Abdullah Ibrahim | Adolph Johannes „Dollar“ Brand | 09.10.1934 | | Kapstadt | ZA | p | | | | | | ss | | | | | | fl | vc | c |
| Dieter Ilg | Dieter Josef Ilg | 30.09.1961 | | Offenburg | D | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | |
| Milt Jackson | Milton „Milt, Bags“ Jackson | 01.01.1923 | 09.10.1999 | Detroit | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | | vc | vb |
| Illinois Jacquet | Jean-Baptiste „Illinois“ Jacquet | 31.10.1922 | 22.07.2004 | Broussard | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | fag |
| Ahmad Jamal | Frederick Russell Jones | 02.07.1930 | 16.04.2023 | Pittsburgh | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al Jarreau | Alwyn Lopez Jarreau | 12.03.1940 | 12.02.2017 | Milwaukee | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Keith Jarrett | Keith Jarrett | 08.05.1945 | | Allentown | USA | p | | | | | | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Leroy Jenkins | Leroy Jenkins | 11.03.1932 | 24.02.2007 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v, Bratsche, div |
| Maria João | Maria João Monteiro Grancha | 27.06.1956 | | Lissabon | P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim | Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim | 25.01.1927 | 08.12.1994 | Rio de Janeiro | BR | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Budd Johnson | Albert J. „Budd“ Johnson | 14.12.1910 | 20.10.1984 | Dallas | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | |
| James P. Johnson | James Price „James P., Jimmy“ Johnson | 01.02.1891 | 17.11.1955 | New Brunswick | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jay Jay Johnson | James Louis „J. J.“ Johnson | 22.01.1924 | 04.02.2001 | Indianapolis | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Elvin Jones | Elvin Ray Jones | 09.09.1927 | 18.05.2004 | Pontiac | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Hank Jones | Hank Jones | 31.07.1918 | 16.05.2010 | Vicksburg | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jo Jones | Jonathan „Papa Jo“ Jones | 07.10.1911 | 03.09.1985 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Jonah Jones | Robert Elliott „Jonah“ Jones | 31.12.1908 | 30.04.2000 | Louisville | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Philly Joe Jones | Joseph Rudolph „Philly Joe“ Jones | 15.07.1923 | 30.08.1985 | Philadelphia | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | dr | | | | | sax |
| Quincy Jones | Quincy Delight Jones jr. | 14.03.1933 | | Chicago | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thad Jones | Thaddeus Joseph Jones „Thad“ Jones | 28.03.1923 | 20.08.1986 | Pontiac | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Herbert Joos | Herbert Joos | 21.03.1940 | 07.12.2019 | Karlsruhe | D | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh, div |
| Scott Joplin | Scott Joplin | 24.11.1868 | 01.04.1917 | Texarkana | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Louis Jordan | Louis Jordan | 08.07.1908 | 04.02.1975 | Brinkley | USA | | | | | | as | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Sheila Jordan | Sheila Jeannette Jordan geb. Dawson | 18.11.1928 | | Detroit | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Theo Jörgensmann | Theodor Franz Jörgensmann | 29.09.1948 | | Bottrop | D | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Ekkehard Jost | Ekkehard Jost | 22.01.1938 | 23.03.2017 | Breslau | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | bs, cb-cl, div |
| Wollie Kaiser | Wollie Kaiser | 09.08.1950 | | Königswinter | D | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Wynton Kelly | Wynton Kelly | 02.12.1931 | 12.04.1971 | Jamaika | JA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stan Kenton | Stanley Newcomb „Stan“ Kenton | 19.02.1912 | 25.08.1979 | Wichita | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Freddie Keppard | Freddie Keppard | 27.02.1889 | 15.07.1933 | New Orleans | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Barney Kessel | Barney Kessel | 17.10.1923 | 06.05.2004 | Muskogee | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| John Kirby | John Kirby | 31.12.1908 | 14.06.1952 | Winchester | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | tu |
| Andy Kirk | Andrew Dewey Kirk | 28.05.1898 | 11.12.1992 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | tuba, bs |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Roland T. Kirk | 07.08.1936 | 05.12.1977 | Columbus | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | fl | | manzello, stritch, div |
| Klaus Koch | Klaus Koch | 02.09.1936 | 07.11.2000 | Leipzig | D | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | |
| Hans Koller | Antonio Hans Cyrill „Hans“ Koller | 12.02.1921 | 22.12.2003 | Wien | A | | | | | ts | | ss | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Krzysztof Komeda | Krzysztof Komeda geb. Trzcinski | 27.04.1931 | 23.04.1969 | Posen | PL | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | comp |
| Lee Konitz | Lee Konitz | 13.10.1927 | 15.04.2020 | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | | | div |
| Peter Kowald | Peter Kowald | 21.04.1944 | 21.09.2002 | Masserberg | D | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | tu |
| Volker Kriegel | Volker Kriegel | 24.12.1943 | 14.06.2003 | Darmstadt | D | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | |
| Karin Krog | Karin Krog | 15.05.1937 | | Oslo | N | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Gene Krupa | Eugene „Gene“ Krupa | 15.01.1909 | 16.10.1973 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Joachim Kühn | Joachim Kurt Kühn | 15.03.1944 | | Leipzig | D | p | | | | | as | | | | | | | | | kb, synth |
| Rolf Kühn | Rolf Kühn | 29.09.1929 | 18.08.2022 | Köln | D | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | | arr |
| Steve Lacy | Steven Norman Lackritz | 23.07.1934 | 04.06.2004 | New York | USA | | | | | | | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Tommy Ladnier | Thomas J. „Tommy“ Ladnier | 28.05.1900 | 04.06.1939 | Florenceville | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Scott LaFaro | Rocco Scott LaFaro | 03.04.1936 | 06.07.1961 | Newark | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Eddie Lang | Salvatore Massaro | 25.10.1902 | 26.03.1933 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Nick LaRocca | Dominic James „Nick“ La Rocca | 11.04.1889 | 22.02.1961 | New Orleans | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yusef Abdul Lateef | William Emanuel Huddleston | 09.10.1920 | 23.12.2013 | Chattanooga | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | fl | | oboe, div |
| Christof Lauer | Christof Lauer | 25.05.1953 | | Melsungen | D | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| George Lewis | George Lewis Francis Zeno | 13.07.1900 | 31.12.1968 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| John Lewis | John Aaron Lewis | 03.05.1920 | 29.03.2001 | LaGrange | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mel Lewis | Melvin Sokoloff | 10.05.1929 | 02.02.1990 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| David Liebman | David Liebman | 04.09.1946 | | New York | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| Abbey Lincoln | Anna Marie Gaby Wooldridge | 06.08.1930 | 14.08.2010 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Melba Liston | Melba Doretta Liston | 13.01.1926 | 23.04.1999 | Kansas City | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Booker Little | Booker Little Jr. | 02.04.1938 | 05.10.1961 | Memphis | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Didier Lockwood | Didier Lockwood | 11.02.1956 | 18.02.2018 | Calais | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v |
| Joe Lovano | Joseph S. „Joe“ Lovano | 29.12.1952 | | Cleveland | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | dr | | | fl | | |
| Jimmie Lunceford | James Melvin „Jimmie“ Lunceford | 06.06.1902 | 12.07.1947 | Seaside | USA | | | tb | | | as | | cl | | | | g | fl | | bj |
| Humphrey Lyttelton | Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton | 23.05.1921 | 25.04.2008 | Eton | GB | | | | tp | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Albert Mangelsdorff | Albert Mangelsdorff | 05.09.1928 | 25.07.2005 | Frankfurt a. M. | D | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | div |
| Emil Mangelsdorff | Emil Mangelsdorff | 11.04.1925 | 21.01.2022 | Frankfurt a. M. | D | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Chuck Mangione | Charles Frank „Chuck“ Mangione | 29.11.1940 | | Rochester | USA | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Herbie Mann | Herbert Jay Solomon | 16.04.1930 | 01.07.2003 | New York | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | fl | | |
| Shelly Manne | Sheldon „Shelly“ Manne | 11.06.1920 | 26.09.1984 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Michael Mantler | Michael Mantler | 10.08.1943 | | Wien | A | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | comp |
| Charlie Mariano | Carmine Ugo „Charlie“ Mariano | 12.11.1923 | 16.06.2009 | Boston | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | nagaswaram |
| Dodo Marmarosa | Michael Marmorosa | 12.12.1925 | 17.12.2002 | Pittsburgh | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Branford Marsalis | Branford Marsalis | 26.08.1960 | | New Orleans | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Ellis Marsalis | Ellis L. Marsalis | 14.11.1934 | 01.04.2020 | New Orleans | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wynton Marsalis | Wynton Learson Marsalis | 18.10.1961 | | New Orleans | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | co |
| Warne Marsh | Warne Marion Marsh | 26.10.1927 | 18.12.1987 | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Cecil McBee | Cecil McBee | 19.05.1935 | | Tulsa | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Christian McBride | Christian Lee McBride | 31.05.1972 | | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Les McCann | Lesly Coleman McCann | 23.09.1935 | 29.12.2023 | Lexington | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Bobby McFerrin | Robert „Bobby“ McFerrin | 11.03.1950 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Howard McGhee | Howard McGhee | 06.03.1918 | 17.07.1987 | New York | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy McGriff | James Harrell „Jimmy“ McGriff | 03.04.1936 | 24.05.2008 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | org |
| Dave McKenna | David Jr. „Dave“ McKenna | 30.05.1930 | 18.10.2008 | Woonsocket | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John McLaughlin | John McLaughlin | 04.01.1942 | | Kirk Sandall | GB | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | synth |
| Jackie McLean | John Lenwood „Jackie“ McLean | 17.05.1931 | 31.03.2006 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy McPartland | James Dougald „Jimmy“ McPartland | 15.03.1907 | 13.03.1991 | Chicago | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Marian McPartland | Marian Margaret McPartland (geb. Turner) | 21.03.1918 | 20.08.2013 | Slough | GB | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | comp |
| Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae | 08.04.1920 | 10.11.1994 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Jay McShann | James Columbus „Jay, Hootie“ McShann | 12.01.1916 | 07.12.2006 | Kansas City | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Brad Mehldau | Brad Mehldau | 23.08.1970 | | Jacksonville | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pat Metheny | Patrick Bruce „Pat“ Metheny | 12.08.1954 | | Lee’s Summit | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Bubber Miley | James „Bubber“ Miley | 03.04.1903 | 20.05.1932 | Aiken | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Glenn Miller | Alton Glenn Miller | 01.03.1904 | 15.12.1944 | Clarinda | USA | | | b | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Mingus | Charles Mingus | 22.04.1922 | 05.01.1979 | Nogales | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Red Mitchell | Keith Moore „Red“ Mitchell | 20.09.1927 | 08.11.1992 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | | | | | vc | c |
| Roscoe Mitchell | Roscoe Mitchell | 03.08.1940 | | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | pc | | fl | | sax, oboe, div |
| Hank Mobley | Henry „Hank“ Mobley | 07.07.1930 | 30.05.1986 | Eastman | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Sphere Monk | 10.10.1917 | 17.02.1982 | Rocky Mount | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wes Montgomery | John Leslie „Wes“ Montgomery | 06.03.1925 | 15.06.1968 | Indianapolis | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | fl | | bj |
| Tete Montoliu | Vicenç Montoliu i Massana | 28.03.1933 | 24.08.1997 | Barcelona | E | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Moody | James Moody | 26.03.1925 | 09.12.2010 | Savannah | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | fl | vc | |
| Airto Moreira | Airto Guimorvan Moreira | 05.08.1941 | | Itaiópolis | BR | p | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | vc | |
| Joe Morello | Joseph A. Morello | 17.07.1928 | 12.03.2011 | Springfield | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Lee Morgan | Lee Morgan | 10.07.1938 | 19.02.1972 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe / Lemott | 20.09.1889 | 10.07.1941 | Gulfport | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Benny Moten | Clarence Lemont „Benny“ Moten | 30.11.1916 | 27.03.1977 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paul Motian | Stephen Paul Motian | 25.03.1931 | 22.11.2011 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Don Moye | Famoudou Don Moye | 23.05.1946 | | Rochester | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | vc | |
| Gerry Mulligan | Gerald Joseph „Gerry“ Mulligan | 06.04.1927 | 20.01.1996 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | ss | cl | | | | | | vc | bs |
| David Murray | David Murray | 19.02.1955 | | Oakland | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | bs, bcl |
| Ray Nance | Willis Raymond Nance | 10.12.1913 | 28.01.1976 | Chicago | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | v |
| Tricky Sam Nanton | Joseph N. Irish | 01.02.1904 | 20.07.1946 | New York | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Naura | Michael Naura | 19.08.1934 | 13.02.2017 | Memel | LT | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fats Navarro | Theodore „Fats“ Navarro | 24.09.1923 | 07.07.1950 | Key West | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frankie Newton | William Frank Newton | 04.01.1906 | 11.03.1954 | Emory | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| James Newton | James Weldon Newton | 01.05.1953 | | Los Angeles | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | fl | | sax, bcl |
| Lauren Newton | Lauren Amber Newton | 16.11.1952 | | Coos Bay | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Herbie Nichols | Herbert Horatio „Herbie“ Nichols | 03.01.1919 | 12.04.1963 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Red Nichols | Ernest Loring „Red“ Nichols | 08.05.1905 | 28.06.1965 | Ogden | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmie Noone | Jimmie Noone | 23.04.1895 | 19.04.1944 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Red Norvo | Kenneth Norville | 31.03.1908 | 06.04.1999 | Beardstown | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vb, xylophon |
| Anita O’Day | Anita Belle Colton | 18.10.1919 | 23.11.2006 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Joe „King“ Oliver | Joseph „Joe, King“ Oliver | 11.05.1885 | 10.04.1938 | New Orleans | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sy Oliver | Melvin James „Sy“ Oliver | 17.12.1910 | 28.05.1988 | Battle Creek | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Niels-Henning „NHØP“ Ørsted Pedersen | 27.05.1946 | 19.04.2005 | Ørsted | DK | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Kid Ory | Edward „Kid“ Ory | 25.12.1886 | 23.01.1973 | LaPlace | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tony Oxley | Tony Oxley | 15.06.1938 | 26.12.2023 | Sheffield | GB | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | electronics, comp |
| Hot Lips Page | Oran Thaddeus „Hot Lips“ Page | 27.01.1908 | 05.11.1954 | Dallas | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Charlie Parker | Charles Christopher „Charlie, Bird, Yardbird“ Parker | 29.08.1920 | 12.03.1955 | Kansas City | USA | | | | | | as | | | | | | | | | |
| Evan Parker | Evan Shaw Parker | 05.04.1944 | | Bristol | GB | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | | | sax |
| Maceo Parker | Maceo Parker | 14.02.1943 | | Kinston | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Joe Pass | Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua | 13.01.1929 | 23.05.1994 | Brunswick | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Jaco Pastorius | John Francis „Jaco“ Pastorius III. | 01.12.1951 | 21.09.1987 | Norristown | USA | p | | | | | | | | b | | pc | | | | |
| Gary Peacock | Gary Peacock | 12.05.1935 | 04.09.2020 | Burley | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Art Pepper | Arthur Edward „Art“ Pepper | 01.09.1925 | 01.06.1982 | Gardena | USA | | | | | ts | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Oscar Peterson | Oscar Emmanuel Peterson | 15.08.1925 | 23.12.2007 | Montréal | CDN | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky | Ernst-Ludwig „Luten“ Petrowsky | 10.12.1933 | 10.07.2023 | Güstrow | D | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | fl | | sax |
| Michel Petrucciani | Michel Petrucciani | 28.12.1962 | 06.01.1999 | Orange, Vaucluse | F | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oscar Pettiford | Oscar Collins Pettiford | 30.09.1922 | 08.09.1960 | Okmulgee | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | c |
| Barre Phillips | Barre Phillips | 27.10.1934 | | San Francisco | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Flip Phillips | Joseph Edward „Flip“ Filipelli | 26.03.1915 | 17.08.2001 | New York | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | | | bcl |
| Alphonse Picou | Alphonse Floristan Picou | 19.10.1878 | 04.02.1961 | New Orleans | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Courtney Pine | Courtney Pine | 18.03.1964 | | London | GB | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | bcl |
| Bucky Pizzarelli | John Paul „Bucky“ Pizzarelli | 09.01.1926 | 01.04.2020 | Paterson | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Jean-Luc Ponty | Jean-Luc Ponty | 29.09.1942 | | Avranches | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v |
| Michel Portal | Michel Portal | 27.11.1935 | | Bayonne | F | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | pc | | | | sax, cls, bandoneon |
| Benny Powell | Benjamin Gordon Powell | 01.03.1930 | 26.06.2010 | New York | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bud Powell | Earl Rudolph „Bud“ Powell | 27.09.1924 | 31.07.1966 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| André Previn | Andreas Ludwig Priwin | 06.04.1929 | 28.02.2019 | Berlin | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Russell Procope | Russell Procope | 11.08.1908 | 21.01.1981 | New York | USA | | | | | | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | |
| Don Pullen | Don Gabriel Pullen | 25.12.1941 | 22.04.1995 | Roanoke | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | org |
| Ma Rainey | Gertrude Malissa Nix „Ma“ Rainey, geb. Pridgett | 26.04.1886 | 22.12.1939 | Rome | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Enrico Rava | Enrico Rava | 20.08.1939 | | Triest | I | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Dewey Redman | Walter Dewey Redman | 17.05.1931 | 02.09.2006 | Fort Worth | USA | | | | | ts | as | | cl | | | | | | | Musette |
| Don Redman | Donald Matthew „Don“ Redman | 29.07.1900 | 30.11.1964 | Piedmont | USA | | | | | | as | ss | | | | | | | | bs, comp, div |
| Joshua Redman | Joshua Redman | 01.02.1969 | | Berkeley | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | | | |
| Rufus Reid | Rufus Reid | 10.02.1944 | | Atlanta | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Django Reinhardt | Jean „Django“ Reinhardt | 23.01.1910 | 16.05.1953 | Liberchies | B | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Buddy Rich | Bernard „Buddy“ Rich | 30.09.1917 | 02.04.1987 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | vc | |
| Sam Rivers | Samuel „Sam“ Carthorne Rivers | 25.09.1923 | 26.12.2011 | El Reno | USA | p | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | g | fl | | bcl, viola |
| Max Roach | Maxwell Lemuel „Max“ Roach | 10.01.1924 | 16.08.2007 | New Land | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Perry Robinson | Perry Morris Robinson | 17.09.1938 | 02.12.2018 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Red Rodney | Robert Roland Chudnick | 27.09.1927 | 27.05.1994 | Boynton Beach | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh |
| Shorty Rogers | Milton Michael Rajonsky | 14.04.1924 | 07.11.1994 | Great Barrington | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Sonny Rollins | Theodore Walter „Sonny, Newk“ Rollins | 07.09.1930 | | New York | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Rosolino | Frank Rosolino | 20.08.1926 | 26.11.1978 | Detroit | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Annie Ross | Annabelle Short-Lynch | 25.07.1930 | 21.07.2020 | Mitcham | GB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Rowles | James Polk „Jimmie, Living Smithsonian“ Hunter | 19.08.1918 | 28.05.1996 | Spokane | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mathias Rüegg | Mathias Rüegg | 08.12.1952 | | Zürich | CH | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | comp, ld |
| Jimmy Rushing | James Andrew „Mr. Five by Five“ Rushing | 26.08.1903 | 08.06.1972 | Oklahoma City | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| George Russell | George Allan Russell | 23.06.1923 | 27.07.2009 | Cincinnati | USA | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Pee Wee Russell | Charles Ellsworth Russell | 27.03.1906 | 15.02.1969 | Maplewood | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | reeds |
| David Sanborn | David William Sanborn | 30.07.1945 | | Tampa | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| Pharoah Sanders | Farell Sanders, | 13.10.1940 | 24.09.2022 | Little Rock | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | cl | | | pc | | | vc | sax, cls |
| Arturo Sandoval | Arturo Sandoval | 06.11.1949 | | Artemisa | C | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Heinz Sauer | Heinz Sauer | 25.12.1932 | | Merseburg | D | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | | | kb, electronics |
| Lalo Schifrin | Boris Claudio Schifrin | 21.06.1932 | | Buenos Aires | RA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | comp, ld |
| Arkady Schilkloper | Arkadi Fimowitsch Schilkloper | 17.10.1956 | | Moskau | RUS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | frh, flh, Alphorn, div |
| Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander von Schlippenbach | 07.04.1938 | | Berlin | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wolfgang Schlüter | Wolfgang Schlüter | 12.11.1933 | 12.11.2018 | Berlin | D | | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | | vb |
| Peter Schmidlin | Peter Schmidlin | 28.12.1947 | 25.05.2015 | Riehen | CH | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Manfred Schoof | Manfred Schoof | 06.04.1936 | | Magdeburg | D | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Gunther Schuller | Gunther Schuller | 22.11.1925 | 21.06.2015 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | frh, comp |
| Roman Schwaller | Roman Schwaller | 18.01.1957 | | Frauenfeld | CH | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Irène Schweizer | Irène Schweizer | 02.06.1941 | | Schaffhausen | CH | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Louis Sclavis | Louis Sclavis | 02.02.1953 | | Lyon | F | | | | | | | ss | cl | | | | | | | bcl |
| John Scofield | John Scofield | 26.12.1951 | | Dayton | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| Jimmy Scott | James Victor „Little Jimmy“ Scott | 17.07.1925 | 12.06.2014 | Cleveland | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Tony Scott | Anthony Sciacca | 17.06.1921 | 28.03.2007 | Morristown | USA | p | | | | | | | cl | | | | g | | vc | sax |
| Bud Shank | Clifford Everett Jr. „Bud“ Shank | 27.05.1926 | 02.04.2009 | Dayton | USA | | | | | | as | | | | | | | fl | | bs |
| Charlie Shavers | Charles James Shavers | 03.08.1917 | 08.07.1971 | New York | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Artie Shaw | Arthur Jacob Arshawsky | 23.05.1910 | 30.12.2004 | Thousand Oaks | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Woody Shaw | Woody Hermann II Shaw | 24.12.1944 | 10.05.1989 | Laurinburg | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| George Shearing | George Albert Shearing | 13.08.1919 | 14.02.2011 | London | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | acc |
| Archie Shepp | Vernon „Archie“ Shepp | 24.05.1937 | | Fort Lauderdale | USA | p | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | | vc | |
| Wayne Shorter | Wayne Shorter | 25.08.1933 | 02.03.2023 | Newark | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | | | |
| Horace Silver | Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva | 02.09.1928 | 18.06.2014 | Norwalk | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zoot Sims | John Haley „Zoot“ Sims | 29.10.1925 | 23.03.1985 | Inglewood | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | | vc | |
| Frank Sinatra | Francis Albert Sinatra | 12.12.1915 | 14.05.1998 | Hoboken | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Zutty Singleton | Arthur James „Zutty“ Singleton | 14.05.1898 | 14.07.1975 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | 15.04.1894 | 26.09.1937 | Chattanooga | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Jimmy Smith | James Oscar Smith | 08.12.1928 | 08.02.2005 | Norristown | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Stuff Smith | Hezekiah Leroy Gordon „Stuff“ Smith | 14.08.1909 | 25.09.1967 | Portsmouth | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | v |
| Willie The Lion Smith | William Henry Joseph Berthol Bonaparte „Willie The Lion“ Bertholoff | 25.11.1897 | 18.04.1973 | Goshen | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Martial Solal | Martial Solal | 23.08.1927 | 12.12.2024 | Algier | F | p | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Günter Sommer | Günter „Baby“ Sommer | 25.08.1943 | | Dresden | D | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | div |
| Muggsy Spanier | Joseph „Muggsy“ Spanier | 09.11.1906 | 12.02.1967 | Chicago | USA | | co | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Christoph Spendel | Christoph Spendel | 19.07.1955 | | Bytom | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Jess Stacy | Jess Alexandria Stacy | 11.08.1904 | 01.01.1995 | Bird’s Point | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tomasz Stańko | Tomasz Stańko | 11.07.1942 | 29.07.2018 | Rzeszów | PL | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Jeremy Steig | Jeremy Steig | 23.09.1942 | 13.04.2016 | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | fl | | | |
| Bobo Stenson | Bo Gustav Stenson | 04.08.1944 | | Västerås | S | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rex Stewart | Rex William Stewart Jr. | 22.02.1907 | 07.09.1967 | Philadelphia | USA | | co | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Slam Stewart | Leroy Elliot „Slam“ Stewart | 21.09.1914 | 10.12.1987 | Englewood | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | vc | |
| Sonny Stitt | Edward jr. Boatner | 02.02.1924 | 22.07.1982 | Boston | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | | | | | bs |
| Markus Stockhausen | Markus Stockhausen | 02.05.1957 | | Köln | D | p | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Billy Strayhorn | William „Billy, Swee’ Pea“ Strayhorn | 29.11.1915 | 31.05.1967 | Dayton | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fredy Studer | Fredy Studer | 16.06.1948 | 22.08.2022 | Luzern | D | | | | | | | | | | dr | pc | | | | |
| Ira Sullivan | Ira Brevard Sullivan Jr. | 01.05.1931 | 21.09.2020 | Washington | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | fl | | | flh, sax |
| Sun Ra (Le Sony´r Ra) | Herman „Sonny“ Blount | 22.05.1914 | 30.05.1993 | Birmingham | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb, Sun Harp, div |
| John Surman | John Douglas Surman | 30.08.1944 | | Tavistock | GB | p | | | | | | ss | cl | | | | | fl | | bs, bcl, synth |
| Ralph Sutton | Ralph Earl Sutton | 04.11.1922 | 30.12.2001 | Hamburg (Missouri) | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Esbjörn Svensson | Esbjörn Svensson | 16.04.1964 | 14.06.2008 | Västerås | S | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Steve Swallow | Stephen W. „Steve“ Swallow | 04.10.1940 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Lew Tabackin | Lewis Barry Tabackin | 26.05.1940 | | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | ts | | | | | | | | fl | | |
| Aki Takase | Aki Takase | 26.01.1948 | | Osaka | J | p | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | | jl, Koto |
| Horace Tapscott | Horace Elva Tapscott | 06.04.1934 | 27.02.1999 | Houston | USA | p | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Buddy Tate | George Holmes „Buddy“ Tate | 22.02.1915 | 10.02.2001 | Sherman | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | cl | | | | | fl | vc | bs |
| Art Tatum | Arthur Jr. „Art“ Tatum | 13.10.1909 | 05.11.1956 | Toledo | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Billy Taylor | William Taylor Jr. | 24.07.1921 | 28.12.2010 | Greenville | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cecil Taylor | Cecil Percival Taylor | 15.03.1929 | 05.04.2018 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Taylor | John Richard Taylor | 25.09.1942 | 17.07.2015 | Manchester | GB | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| John Tchicai | John Martin Tchicai | 28.04.1936 | 08.10.2012 | Kopenhagen | DK | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | bcl |
| Jack Teagarden | Weldon John „Jack, Mr. T“ Teagarden | 20.08.1905 | 15.01.1964 | Vernon | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Clark Terry | Clark Terry | 14.12.1920 | 21.02.2015 | St. Louis | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh |
| Toots Thielemans | Jean Baptiste „Toots“ Thielemans | 29.04.1922 | 22.08.2016 | Brüssel | B | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | harm |
| Leon Thomas | Amos Leon Thomas Jr. | 04.10.1937 | 08.05.1999 | East St. Louis | USA | | | | | | | | | | | pc | fl | | vc | |
| Barbara Thompson | Barbara Gracey Thompson | 27.07.1944 | | Oxford | GB | | | | | ts | as | ss | | | | | | fl | | |
| Lucky Thompson | Eli „Lucky“ Thompson | 16.06.1924 | 31.07.2005 | Detroit | USA | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | | | bs |
| Henry Threadgill | Henry Threadgill | 15.02.1944 | | Chicago | USA | | | | | ts | as | | | | | pc | | fl | | bs, cls |
| Mel Tormé | Melvin Howard „Mel“ Tormé | 13.09.1925 | 05.06.1999 | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | vc | |
| Dave Tough | David Jarvis Tough | 26.04.1907 | 09.12.1948 | Oak Park | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Ralph Towner | Ralph Towner | 01.03.1940 | | Chehalis | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | synth, frh |
| Lennie Tristano | Lennie Tristano | 19.03.1919 | 18.11.1978 | Chicago | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Trumbauer | Frank „Tram“ Trumbauer | 30.05.1901 | 11.06.1956 | Carbondale | USA | | | | | | as | | | | | | | | vc | C-melody-sax, div |
| Steve Turré | Steve Turré | 12.09.1948 | | Omaha | USA | | | tb | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| McCoy Tyner | Alfred McCoy „Sulaiman Saud“ Tyner | 11.12.1938 | 06.03.2020 | Philadelphia | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | pc | | fl | | Koto, Dulcimer |
| Gebhard Ullmann | Gebhard Ullmann | 02.11.1957 | | Bad Godesberg | D | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | fl | | bcl, bafl |
| James Blood Ulmer | James „Blood“ Ulmer | 02.02.1942 | | St. Matthews | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | fl | vc | |
| Michal Urbaniak | Michal Urbaniak | 22.01.1943 | | Warschau | PL | | | | | ts | | ss | | | | | | | | v, electronics |
| Ack van Rooyen | Ack van Rooyen | 01.01.1930 | 18.11.2021 | Den Haag | NL | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Jasper van’t Hof | Jasper van’t Hof | 30.06.1947 | | Enschede | NL | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Naná Vasconcelos | Juvenal de Hollanda „Naná“ Vasconcelos | 02.08.1944 | 09.03.2016 | Recife | BR | | | | | | | | | | | pc | | | vc | |
| Sarah Vaughan | Sarah Lois „Sassy“ Vaughan | 27.03.1924 | 03.04.1990 | Newark | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Joe Venuti | Giuseppe „Joe“ Venuti | 16.09.1903 | 14.08.1978 | Philadelphia | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v |
| Miroslav Vitouš | Miroslav Vitouš | 06.12.1947 | | Prag | CS | p | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | |
| Mal Waldron | Malcolm Earl „Mal“ Waldron | 16.08.1925 | 02.12.2002 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bennie Wallace | Bennie Lee Wallace Jr. | 18.11.1946 | | Chattanooga | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Fats Waller | Thomas Wright „Fats“ Waller | 21.05.1904 | 15.12.1943 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | org |
| Jack Walrath | Jack Arthur Walrath Jr. | 05.05.1946 | | Stuart | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | arr, comp, flh |
| Cedar Walton | Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. | 17.01.1934 | 19.08.2013 | Dallas | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb |
| Earle Warren | Earle Ronald Warren, | 01.07.1914 | 04.06.1994 | Springfield | USA | | | | | | as | | cl | | | | | | vc | |
| Grover Washington, Jr. | Grover Washington Jr. | 12.12.1943 | 17.12.1999 | Buffalo | USA | p | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | sax |
| Benny Waters | Benjamin „Beny“ Waters | 23.01.1902 | 13.08.1998 | Brighton | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | | vc | |
| Bobby Watson | Robert Michael Watson Jr. | 23.08.1953 | | Lawrence | USA | p | | | | | as | ss | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Chick Webb | William Henry „Chick“ Webb | 10.02.1905 | 16.06.1939 | Baltimore | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Eberhard Weber | Eberhard Weber | 22.01.1940 | | Stuttgart | D | | | | | | | | | b | | | | | | c |
| Ben Webster | Benjamin Francis „Ben“ Webster | 27.03.1909 | 20.09.1973 | Kansas City | USA | p | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | | |
| Dick Wellstood | Richard McQueen „Dick“ Wellstood | 25.11.1927 | 24.07.1987 | Greenwich | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frank Wess | Frank Wellington Wess | 04.01.1922 | 30.10.2013 | Kansas City | USA | | | | | ts | as | | cl | | | | | fl | | |
| Mike Westbrook | Michael John David Westbrook | 21.03.1936 | | High Wycombe | GB | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | tu |
| Randy Weston | Randolph E. Weston | 06.04.1926 | 01.09.2018 | New York | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenny Wheeler | Kenny Wheeler | 14.01.1930 | 18.09.2014 | St. Catharines | CDN | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | flh |
| Paul Whiteman | Paul Whiteman | 28.03.1890 | 29.12.1967 | Denver | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v, ld |
| Bob Wilber | Robert Sage Wilber | 15.03.1928 | 04.08.2019 | New York | USA | | | | | ts | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | bcl |
| Joe Wilder | Joseph Benjamin Wilder | 22.02.1922 | 09.05.2014 | Colwyn | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Claude Williams | Claude Gabriel „Fiddler“ Williams | 22.02.1908 | 25.04.2004 | Muskogee | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | vc | v, bj |
| Cootie Williams | Charlie Melvin „Cootie“ Williams | 10.07.1911 | 15.09.1985 | Mobile | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Joe Williams | Joseph Goreed Williams | 12.12.1918 | 29.03.1999 | Cordele | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Mary Lou Williams | Mary Alfrieda Scruggs | 08.05.1910 | 28.05.1981 | Atlanta | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tony Williams | Anthony Tillmon Williams | 12.12.1945 | 23.02.1997 | Chicago | USA | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |
| Cassandra Wilson | Cassandra Wilson | 04.12.1955 | | Jackson | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | g | | vc | |
| Gerald Wilson | Gerald Stanley Wilson | 04.09.1918 | 08.09.2014 | Shelby | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nancy Wilson | Nancy Wilson | 20.02.1937 | 13.12.2018 | Chillicothe | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Teddy Wilson | Theodore Shaw „Teddy“ Wilson | 24.11.1912 | 31.07.1986 | Austin | USA | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kai Winding | Kai Chresten Winding | 18.05.1922 | 06.05.1983 | Aarhus | DK | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Phil Woods | Philip Wells „Phil“ Woods | 02.11.1931 | 29.09.2015 | Springfield | USA | | | | | | as | ss | cl | | | | | | | |
| Frank Wunsch | Frank Harald Wunsch | 29.08.1945 | | Bochum | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lester Young | Lester Willis „Prez, Pres“ Young | 27.08.1909 | 15.03.1959 | Woodville | USA | | | | | ts | | | cl | | | | | | vc | sax |
| Snooky Young | Eugene Edward Young | 03.02.1919 | 11.05.2011 | Dayton | USA | | | | tp | | | | | | | | | | | flh |
| Trummy Young | James Orborne „Trummy“ Young | 12.01.1912 | 10.09.1984 | Savannah | USA | | | tb | | | | | | | | | | | vc | |
| Frank Zappa | Frank Vincent Zappa | 21.12.1940 | 04.12.1993 | Baltimore | USA | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | comp, ld |
| Joe Zawinul | Josef Erich Zawinul | 07.07.1932 | 11.09.2007 | Wien | A | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kb, b-tp, multi |
| Attila Zoller | Attila Cornelius Zoller | 13.06.1927 | 25.01.1998 | Visegrád | H | | | | | | | | | | | | g | | | |
| John Zorn | John Zorn | 02.09.1953 | | New York | USA | | | | | | | | cl | | | | | | | sax, div |
| Axel Zwingenberger | Axel Zwingenberger | 07.05.1955 | | Hamburg | D | p | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Celesta, Cembalo |
| Torsten Zwingenberger | Torsten Zwingenberger | 12.01.1959 | | Hamburg | D | | | | | | | | | | dr | | | | | |