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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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

If you are unable to send us this information, please send us scans or photocopies of the releases.

First Name Last Name Instruments Sessions Recording Years
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LikkaKahri
  • Sax
12011 - 2011
KonaKahsu
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Vocals
12015 - 2015
BigKahuna
  • Finger Snaps
11991 - 1991
AydinKahya
  • Vocals
11999 - 1999
BelindaKai
  • Background Vcl
11994 - 1994
EmikoKai
  • Paino
61978 - 1997
KunieKai
  • Vocals
12020 - 2020
KutisanKai
  • Vocals
32000 - 2000
MaKai
  • Bass
12013 - 2013
RioKai
  • Bass
52018 - 2023
SaiKai
  • Oboe
12009 - 2009
YutakaKaido
  • Bass
32009 - 2011
YutukaKaido
  • Bass
12015 - 2015
BoubakerKaifa
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
VictorKaihatu
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • B-g
  • Guitar
351965 - 1989
JarmoKaijansinkko
  • Paino
11993 - 1993
LuumuKaikkonen
  • Guitar
11988 - 1988
G.Kail
  • Violin
11960 - 1960
JeromeKail
  • Trumpet
11969 - 1969
JerryKail
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
511954 - 1979
JoshKail
  • Viola
12019 - 2019
Kaila
  • Paino
11994 - 1994
CliveKain
  • Paino
11946 - 1946
DaveKain
  • Guitar
12007 - 2007
LarryKain
  • Trumpet
11954 - 1954
MagorKain
  • Drums
  • Vocals
11986 - 1986
TimothyKain
  • Guitar
11981 - 1981
GeorgeKainapau
  • Vocals
11929 - 1929
RobertKainar
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Electronics
111996 - 2020
CharlyKaindl
  • Vocals
21970 - 1970
MartynKaine
  • Drums
22010 - 2012
TiniKainrath
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
52000 - 2020
MasatoshiKainuma
  • Percussion
22003 - 2003
MarcusKainz
  • Guitar
12001 - 2001
ReubenKairo
  • Tamb
12000 - 2000
BennoKaiser
  • Drums
  • Percussion
72001 - 2015
BradKaiser
  • Percussion
11992 - 1992
Christoph V.Kaiser
  • El-b
11996 - 1996
DavidKaiser
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
32011 - 2013
DeniseKaiser
  • Bassoon
21973 - 1973
EstherKaiser
  • Vocals
31987 - 2012
HarveyKaiser
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Bar
  • Sop
31979 - 1999
HenryKaiser
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • B-g
  • Voice
  • G-synt
  • Bass
  • Ac-g
  • Synt
  • Linn-d
  • Keyboards
  • Ismguitar
  • Bar-g
  • Rhythms
  • Bj
  • Synclavier
  • 12-string
  • Koa-wood-g
  • 6-string-b-g
  • Ukulele
  • Drums
  • Slide-g
  • Sanshin
  • El-sitar
  • Samples
  • Paino
  • Six-string-g
1401973 - 2023
JanKaiser
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
12022 - 2022
JeffKaiser
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Electronics
  • Vocals
  • Quartertone-tp
  • Cond
  • Laptop
  • Voice
  • Comp
  • Euph
  • Arrangement
  • Pump-org
  • Org
  • flautist
  • Guitar
  • Cnt
  • Quarter-tone-tp
  • Samples
  • Computer
  • V-tb
  • Peck-hrn
  • Electron
  • Live Electronics
391995 - 2020
JensKaiser
  • Bar
22011 - 2014
JileaneKaiser
  • Vocals
11980 - 1980
JoelKaiser
  • Bass
  • El-b
21997 - 2001
JohnKaiser
  • Tenor Bass
  • Accor
  • Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
  • Arrangement
211927 - 1933
JosephKaiser
  • Trumpet
  • Cnt
111971 - 2003
KevinKaiser
  • Percussion
111987 - 2008
KrisKaiser
  • Guitar
12019 - 2019
KurtKaiser
  • Tenor Bass
11928 - 1928
MaggieKaiser
  • Bgo
  • Congas
  • Cuica
  • Percussion
11979 - 1979
ManfredKaiser
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
MarcusKaiser
  • Cello
12007 - 2007
MatthiasKaiser
  • flautist
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
12005 - 2005
MattieKaiser
  • Viola
12010 - 2010
MichaelKaiser
  • Guitar
12001 - 2001
NielsKaiser
  • Guitar
22010 - 2011
OtmarKaiser
  • Drums
41978 - 1980
PaulKaiser
  • Drums
  • Oboe
42007 - 2012
ReideKaiser
  • Paino
462000 - 2011
Russell C.Kaiser
  • Bj
21924 - 1925
SarahKaiser
  • Vocals
22009 - 2010
SteveKaiser
  • Vocals
21993 - 1996
VicKaiser
  • Bass
11962 - 1962
VictorKaiser
  • Bass
  • Tenor Sax
  • Paino
  • El-b
  • El-p
101961 - 2004
VladimirKaiser
  • Tenor Bass
11945 - 1945
WernerKaiser
  • Alto Sax
  • Clarinet
12000 - 2000
WollieKaiser
  • Tenor Sax
  • B-cl
  • Sop
  • Bassax
  • Contrabass-cl
  • flautist
  • Pic
  • B-fl
  • Clarinet
  • Vocals
  • Contra-b-cl
  • Bar
  • Alto-fl
  • Percussion
  • Reeds
  • C-b-cl
  • Sax
  • Sampler
  • Soundsamples
  • Cb-cl
  • Saxes
  • A-fl
771979 - 2008
WollteKaiser
  • El-sax
12001 - 2001
Kaiser Quartett
  • Strings
12022 - 2022
CristinaKaiser-Pergher
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
JohnnyKaisi
  • Dhol
12010 - 2010
ElsebethKaisner
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
SilvieKaissa
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
ClarenceKaister
  • Paino
11939 - 1939
Isaac "Jack"Kait
  • Trumpet
51946 - 1946
BenKaitz
  • Violin
41927 - 1927
HiatusKaiyota
  • Various Inst.
12015 - 2015
HelgeKaj
  • Clarinet
  • Vocals
31997 - 2003
PeterKajan
  • Bassoon
12018 - 2018
LauraKajander
  • Vla
11996 - 1996
LauraKajander-Fiestas
  • Viola
12002 - 2002
Kajasto
  • Sounds
  • Rhythm
11994 - 1994
KimmoKajasto
  • Keyboards
  • Prog
  • Programming
  • Percussion
131992 - 1994
Jean MichelKajdan
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • Bass
  • Claps
  • Synt
  • Chorus
  • Keyboards
  • El-b
  • Fretless
321978 - 1992
DavorKajfes
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Arrangement
401960 - 1999
GoranKajfes
  • Trumpet
  • Percussion
  • Cnt
  • EVI
  • Flugelhorn
  • Synt
  • El-tp
  • Slide-tp
  • Keyboards
  • Pocket-tp
  • Tenor Bass
  • El-g
  • El-b
  • Handclaps
  • Congas
  • Mellophone
  • Quartertone-tp
341994 - 2023
DavidKajfman
  • Bass
21967 - 1969
HideoKaji
  • Bj
21962 - 1962
AtsumiKajita
  • Paino
11983 - 1983
KarinKajita
  • Paino
21999 - 2011
S.Kajitani
  • Bass
11948 - 1948
YukoKajitani
  • Viola
12004 - 2004
MichioKajiwada
  • Tenor Bass
11981 - 1981
JunKajiwara
  • Guitar
31988 - 2001
KajiKajiwara
  • Tenor Bass
12004 - 2004
MarikoKajiwara
  • Vocals
22015 - 2019