Musician List

This index refers to the 236,879 individual jazz musicians (1,478,936 total entries) included in over 256,741 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of December 2022.

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Musicians who wish to have their listings updated are asked to submit full discographical data as per the following list – Please submit this information for each release you wish to have added to the database:

  • Leader name and country
  • Album title
  • Musicians including instrument(s) played
  • Recording location(s) (city) and venue if a live recording
  • Recording date(s)
  • Tunes played (as listed on release)
  • Record label name and release number [LP, CD, Download]
  • Country of origin of Record label

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First Name Last Name Instruments Sessions Recording Years
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Bob Dean
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
11925 - 1925
BuddyDean
  • Drums
41959 - 1983
Buddy Dean
  • Clarinet
  • Bar
21942 - 1942
CharlieDean
  • Bj
11923 - 1923
ChaseDean
  • B-cl
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
51954 - 1960
ChasemyDean
  • Saxes
11955 - 1955
ChaseyDean
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bassax
  • B-cl
  • flautist
  • B-flat-cl
11960 - 1960
ChasyDean
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
12003 - 2003
ChrisDean
  • Tenor Bass
  • Guitar
  • Bj
  • Drifter
191979 - 2004
ClarkDean
  • Sop
11999 - 1999
CraigDean
  • Eng-hrn
11987 - 1987
DanDean
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Percussion
  • B-g
  • El-g
  • Fretless-el-b
  • Vocals
  • D-programming
121975 - 2018
DarynnDean
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
DemasDean
  • Trumpet
  • Cnt
211922 - 1943
DolphusDean
  • Bass
21946 - 1960
DonDean
  • Trumpet
  • Alto Sax
101946 - 1947
Don Dean
  • El-b
41984 - 1984
Don Dean
  • Vocals
11933 - 1933
DonaldDean
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Bells
391961 - 2018
Donald Dean
  • Ldr
11933 - 1933
DoudDean
  • Percussion
11981 - 1981
EdDean
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
  • El-g
21987 - 1994
EltonDean
  • Alto Sax
  • Saxello
  • El-p
  • Saxes
  • Sax
  • Sopranino
  • C-mel
  • Sop
  • flautist
  • Straight-as
  • Wood-fl
  • Tenor Sax
1801968 - 2005
FeliceDean
  • Percussion
12006 - 2006
GeoffreyDean
  • Paino
12023 - 2023
GerriDean
  • Background Vcl
31972 - 1972
Hal C.Dean
  • Bj
41925 - 1926
HannahDean
  • Vocals
21960 - 1960
HestonDean
  • Paino
12002 - 2002
JackDean
  • Drums
11960 - 1960
JamaelDean
  • Paino
  • Org
  • Synt
22009 - 2019
JamesDean
  • Claves
11984 - 1984
James L.Dean
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
  • flautist
  • Alto Sax
  • Arrangement
  • Bar
81985 - 2010
JaneDean
  • Vocals
11930 - 1930
JeffDean
  • Tenor Bass
11973 - 1973
JimDean
  • Drums
  • Bar
21982 - 1990
JoeDean
  • Bar
11958 - 1958
JohnDean
  • Percussion
31969 - 1980
JohnnyDean
  • Chimes
11970 - 1970
K.Dean
  • Jamaican-rap
21993 - 1993
KellyDean
  • Reeds
12006 - 2006
KenDean
  • Cnt
  • Vocals
  • Trumpet
101948 - 1982
Ken Dean
  • Alto Sax
  • Reeds
  • flautist
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
51970 - 2011
KevinDean
  • Trumpet
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Spoken-word
  • Drums
  • Org
  • Flugelhorn
311990 - 2019
Kevin Dean
  • Keyboards
11988 - 1988
L.Dean
  • Paino
11960 - 1960
Lawrence "Bubbles"Dean
  • Drums
22004 - 2010
LibbyDean
  • Vocals
11957 - 1957
LisaDean
  • Keyboards
11986 - 1986
LornaDean
  • Vocals
11949 - 1949
MalDean
  • Trumpet
11970 - 1970
MandaDean
  • Vocals
11991 - 1991
MauriceDean
  • Vocals
31982 - 1987
MelvinDean
  • Steel-d
12011 - 2011
MervDean
  • Trumpet
21946 - 1948
MiaDean
  • Vocals
11989 - 1989
MichaelDean
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
11994 - 1994
MikelDean
  • Vocals
11989 - 1989
MladenDean
  • Violin
11996 - 1996
MotterDean
  • Harp
11981 - 1981
NickDean
  • Bass
21975 - 1977
PatriciaDean
  • Drums
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
22005 - 2009
PeterDean
  • Vocals
  • Uke
  • Bar
  • Background Vcl
91972 - 1997
PhilDean
  • Tenor Bass
12007 - 2007
RobertDean
  • Alto Sax
31928 - 1931
Robert B.Dean
  • Reeds
31924 - 1925
RogerDean
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
  • Bass
  • Synt
  • Electronics
  • Computer
  • Programming
  • Computers
  • Xyl
  • Vib
  • Comp-interactin
  • Precomposed Electroacoustic Sound)
  • Ldr
321975 - 2021
SabrinaDean
  • Paino
12000 - 2000
SarahDean
  • Saxes
  • Alto Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Vocals
101951 - 2015
ScottDean
  • Trumpet
12020 - 2020
StephanieDean
  • Violin
22001 - 2008
SuzanneDean
  • Arrangement
  • Cond
  • Vocals
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Ukulele
  • Backing Vocals
71985 - 2015
TerenceDean
  • Tenor Sax
11994 - 1994
TomDean
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
TommyDean
  • Paino
  • Org
81949 - 1958
VinnieDean
  • Alto Sax
  • Bar
  • flautist
  • Pic
1291948 - 1960
WadeDean
  • Saxes
12010 - 2010
WallichDean
  • Bass
  • El-b
21949 - 1957
WesleyDean
  • Drums
121938 - 1939
WilliamDean
  • Vocals
11998 - 1998
Dean Sisters
  • Vocals
11963 - 1963
JaneDean-Burkhart
  • Paino
12008 - 2008
Gilmario M.deAndrade
  • Drums
11991 - 1991
RubenDeAndrea
  • Drums
  • Percussion
41967 - 1995
MarcoDeAndreis
  • Guitar
  • El-b
11983 - 1983
VictordeAndres
  • Tenor Bass
11997 - 1997
JoeDeAndries
  • flautist
  • Reeds
21974 - 1975
AlisonDeane
  • Paino
  • Harpsichord
31992 - 2016
ChrisDeane
  • Percussion
11988 - 1988
DebbieDeane
  • Paino
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
41991 - 2006
Dino J.A.Deane
  • Live Sampler
  • Electronics
  • Sampler
  • Lapsteel Dulcimer
22013 - 2017
DorenaDeane
  • Vocals
11950 - 1950
EdDeane
  • Guitar
11983 - 1983
ErnestDeane
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
11970 - 1970
J.A.Deane
  • Tenor Bass
  • Electronics
  • Sampler
  • Cond
  • Live Sampling
  • Percussion
  • B-fl
  • Shakuhachi
  • Bass-fl
  • Sampling
  • Lap-steel-g
  • Standing Waves
  • Paino
  • Tapes
  • El-perc
  • flautist
  • Live Looping
  • Uni-flute
  • Hubcaps
  • Synt
  • D-machine
  • Hand-d
  • Trombone
  • Dulcimer
  • Electrotechnics
  • Alto-fl
  • D-machine
  • Tb-synt
  • Lap Steel-g
  • Uniflute
  • Uni-fl
  • Samplers
  • B-d
  • Sound Design
  • D-machines
  • Synt Program
  • Soundscape
991983 - 2021
LauraDeane
  • Vocals
11936 - 1936
RonDeane
  • Guitar
21951 - 1951
SammyDeane
  • Trumpet
21942 - 1943
TeddyDeane
  • Clarinet
11999 - 1999
TerryDeane
  • Tenor Sax
12006 - 2006