Musician List

This index refers to the 247,325 individual jazz musicians (1,538,059) included in over 266,860 recording sessions detailed in The Jazz Discography Database as of February 2025.

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Musician Listing Updates:
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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GabyDirne
  • Ldr
  • Tenor Sax
21966 - 1968
MassimoDiRocco
  • Percussion
12001 - 2001
JaredDirolf
  • Guitar
12013 - 2013
RosarioDiRosa
  • Paino
  • El-p
  • Synt
32004 - 2011
"Skip"Dirringer
  • Tenor Bass
21973 - 1974
Dirty Bandits
  • Vocals
12001 - 2001
MikeDiRubbo
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
  • Comp
  • Clarinet
391994 - 2023
GianiDiRuzza
  • Oboe
12005 - 2005
HannekeDirven
  • Vocals
21976 - 1979
WilliamDirvin
  • Bj
  • Guitar
121929 - 1931
RolandDiry
  • Clarinet
21989 - 1998
DISA
  • Vocals
12022 - 2022
PaoloDiSabatini
  • Paino
11999 - 1999
GlaucoDiSabatino
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Mouth-perc
102004 - 2014
PaoloDiSabatino
  • Paino
  • El-p
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Keyboards
  • Vocals
311993 - 2016
BobDiSalle
  • Drums
31977 - 1986
PietroDiSalvatore
  • Trumpet
191940 - 1949
AriaDisalvio
  • Cello
21993 - 1999
RonDiSalvio
  • Paino
22005 - 2010
FabrizioDiSalvo
  • El-b
11988 - 1988
MelchiorreDiSalvo
  • Voice
12007 - 2007
VitoDisalvo
  • Accor
12005 - 2005
"Stevie" D.DiSanislao
  • Drums
11997 - 1997
DennisDiSano
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
12001 - 2001
DimiDisanti
  • Guitar
12004 - 2004
TedDiSanti
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
11999 - 1999
TonyDiSantis
  • Trumpet
12005 - 2005
JohnDiSanto
  • Bar
  • Drums
  • Pic
42008 - 2019
AnthonydiSanza
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Vib
22013 - 2016
FrankDiSario
  • Bass
141999 - 2011
ImrichDiscantini
  • Clarinet
41969 - 1971
MassimoDiscepoli
  • Drums
12006 - 2006
KlausDischereit
  • Trumpet
11969 - 1969
BobDiscon
  • Paino
  • Celeste
71955 - 1958
EricDisero
  • Paino
12009 - 2009
DrewDisher
  • Tenor Sax
  • Alto Sax
41992 - 1994
NateDishman
  • Tenor Bass
52002 - 2003
RichDishman
  • Drums
11979 - 1979
MichaelDiSibio
  • Trumpet
11995 - 1995
PeteDiSiena
  • Trumpet
  • Piccolo-tp
  • Flugelhorn
72004 - 2011
SunilDiSilva
  • Percussion
12004 - 2004
RalphDiSilvestro
  • Trumpet
12009 - 2009
KevinDiSimone
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
31992 - 1997
DJDisk
  • Turntables
  • Skratch Attack
21999 - 2002
LuisDisla
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
  • Alto Sax
  • Bar
  • Sax
41994 - 2011
DanielDisler
  • Drums
22011 - 2015
MaxDisler
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
21982 - 1986
WalterDisler
  • Bar
  • Vocals
101963 - 2003
DizDisley
  • Guitar
  • Bj
  • Vocals
  • El-g
861949 - 2004
TerenceDisley
  • Paino
12001 - 2001
TerryDisley
  • Keyboards
  • Keyboard
  • Synt
51989 - 1994
RogerDismore
  • Saxes
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Reeds
  • Sop
61969 - 1976
MelvinDismuke
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
11977 - 1977
HolleyDismukes
  • Alto Sax
191947 - 1954
JimDisner
  • Guitar
22008 - 2008
RayDisney
  • Trumpet
11975 - 1975
...Dison
  • Bj
11923 - 1923
LisaDispigno
  • flautist
12015 - 2015
DavideDiSpirito
  • Paino
12003 - 2003
JimDiSpirito
  • Gongs
  • Congas
  • Djembe
  • Bells
  • Cymb
  • Percussion
22000 - 2003
DizDisruhd
  • Vocals
201946 - 1948
ReneDissel
  • B-g
11991 - 1991
JohnDisselt
  • Oboe
  • Sax
  • El-p
51977 - 1986
TomDissevelt
  • Bass
  • Cond
141946 - 1960
PovlDissing
  • Vocals
  • Talking
91970 - 1997
GeneDiStachio
  • Tenor Bass
11954 - 1954
SteveDistanislao
  • Drums
141983 - 2003
GiorgioDistante
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
72005 - 2022
GavinDistasi
  • Trumpet
22001 - 2016
RiccardoDistasi
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
12001 - 2001
GeneDiStasio
  • Tenor Bass
71957 - 1983
RubenDistasio
  • Paino
11972 - 1972
PinoDiStaso
  • Guitar
41975 - 1993
JohnnyDistaulo
  • Trumpet
21958 - 1960
FabioDiStefano
  • Viola
12000 - 2000
GiovanniDiStefano
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
71991 - 2019
RonDiStefano
  • Drums
21988 - 1988
RonaldDiStefano
  • Drums
21958 - 1960
SalvoDiStefano
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
31985 - 1992
AndrewDistel
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
  • Flugelhorn
22006 - 2018
PaulDistel
  • Drums
91966 - 2006
SachaDistel
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
  • Talk
  • Bass
  • Solo G
371953 - 2004
BrandiDisterheft
  • Bass
  • Vocals
  • Kalimba
  • Comp
  • Whistling
  • B Sample
  • Cello
382003 - 2022
JedDistler
  • Paino
21994 - 2019
JasonDisu
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
HenriDisy
  • Trumpet
11936 - 1936
FabioDiTanno
  • Bass
22014 - 2018
JoeDiTaranto
  • Tenor Bass
21985 - 1989
PaulinhoDitarso
  • Percussion
  • Congas
21995 - 2005
CarlosdiTata
  • Bass
11945 - 1945
HumbertodiTata
  • Bass
11931 - 1931
MartinDitcham
  • Percussion
  • Drums
51984 - 2022
TomDitchey
  • Trumpet
11997 - 1997
MarkDitchman
  • Percussion
11983 - 1983
MartinDitchman
  • Percussion
31980 - 1989
EmanuelediTeodoro
  • Bass
12019 - 2019
Molamu SemaxuaDithla
  • Mbira
11994 - 1994
MereteDithmer
  • Guitar
  • Bj
71996 - 2000
Ditinho
  • Tenor Bass
11966 - 1966
JacquesDitisheim
  • Vib
  • Percussion
  • Flugelhorn
  • Mar
41983 - 1995