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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GregMurphy
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Arrangement
  • El-p
  • Synt
161994 - 2023
HarryMurphy
  • Paino
211931 - 1941
IanMurphy
  • Bass
12020 - 2020
JackMurphy
  • Drums
11935 - 1935
Jack Murphy
  • Background Vcl
11984 - 1984
JamesMurphy
  • Bass
  • Trumpet
31949 - 2002
JenniferMurphy
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
JerryMurphy
  • Paino
11953 - 1953
JesseMurphy
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • B-g
  • Vocals
101992 - 2018
Jesse YusefMurphy
  • Bass
81993 - 1994
JessieMurphy
  • Bass
21990 - 2001
JoeMurphy
  • Drums
  • Tuba
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Ldr
291937 - 2008
JohnMurphy
  • Viola
  • Strings
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
121983 - 2016
John Murphy
  • Tenor Bass
11937 - 1937
John Murphy
  • Bass
21950 - 1951
JohnnyMurphy
  • Vocals
11995 - 1995
JuwanMurphy
  • Tenor Bass
12017 - 2017
KaelinMurphy
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
22019 - 2019
KathleenMurphy
  • Cello
11979 - 1979
KeithMurphy
  • Guitar
12018 - 2018
KenMurphy
  • Tenor Sax
11985 - 1985
KevinMurphy
  • Guitar
12018 - 2018
KieranMurphy
  • Tenor Sax
12016 - 2016
LambertMurphy
  • Vocals
21928 - 1928
LanceMurphy
  • Tenor Sax
32000 - 2010
Landau Eugene Jr.Murphy
  • Vocals
12021 - 2021
LarryMurphy
  • Paino
  • Vocals
121926 - 1932
LeoMurphy
  • Violin
511920 - 1926
LeopoldMurphy
  • Violin
  • Saxes
41925 - 1925
LisMurphy
  • Backing Vocals
12022 - 2022
LutherMurphy
  • Tuba
  • B-tb
11972 - 1972
MalcMurphy
  • Drums
  • Vocals
371976 - 2018
MalcolmMurphy
  • Drums
191967 - 1995
MargaretMurphy
  • Vocals
12006 - 2006
MargeMurphy
  • Vocals
31977 - 1980
MarkMurphy
  • Vocals
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • Bass
  • Whistling
  • Bg.vcl
1271956 - 2015
Matt "Guitar"Murphy
  • Guitar
141954 - 1985
MatthewMurphy
  • Guitar
31952 - 1958
MaureenMurphy
  • Vocals
12021 - 2021
MauriceMurphy
  • Brass
12007 - 2007
MichaelMurphy
  • Percussion
  • Drums
12001 - 2001
Michael ThunderbirdMurphy
  • Tenor Bass
  • Trumpet
11997 - 1997
MichelleMurphy
  • flautist
11995 - 1995
MickMurphy
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Vocals
11967 - 1967
MikeMurphy
  • Drums
  • Percussion
71975 - 2005
MyraMurphy
  • Paino
  • Vocals
12010 - 2010
NapoleonMurphy
  • Vocals
11978 - 1978
NipperMurphy
  • Trumpet
11983 - 1983
NormMurphy
  • Trumpet
11984 - 1984
NormanMurphy
  • Trumpet
621941 - 1967
OlaMurphy
  • Vocals
12007 - 2007
OliviaMurphy
  • Comp
  • Clarinet
12022 - 2022
PatMurphy
  • Percussion
  • Congas
  • Bass
31975 - 2000
PaulMurphy
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Guitar
  • Cnt
  • El-g
331980 - 2019
PrestonMurphy
  • Bass
22010 - 2014
RaphaelMurphy
  • Vib
  • Utility-fl
11994 - 1994
RedMurphy
  • Guitar
11977 - 1977
RichardMurphy
  • Trumpet
41969 - 1969
RonMurphy
  • Background
  • Choir
21995 - 1995
RoseMurphy
  • Vocals
  • Paino
271945 - 1982
RupertMurphy
  • Tenor Sax
11944 - 1944
RussMurphy
  • Drums
  • Wbd
  • Wdb
321941 - 1981
ScottMurphy
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
12015 - 2015
SeanMurphy
  • Tuba
11983 - 1983
ShaunMurphy
  • Vocals
  • Tamb
31994 - 1999
SkyMurphy
  • Tenor Bass
12005 - 2005
SpencerMurphy
  • Bass
  • El-b
42008 - 2018
SpudMurphy
  • Arrangement
  • Tenor Bass
  • Drifter
  • Comp
  • Alto Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Celeste
  • Org
  • Ldr
841928 - 1999
SteveMurphy
  • Guitar
  • Org
  • El-g
41977 - 1981
T.C.Murphy
  • Tenor Bass
51940 - 1940
TamaraMurphy
  • Bass
52004 - 2012
TanyaMurphy
  • Strings
12014 - 2014
TerriMurphy
  • Vocals
12005 - 2005
TerryMurphy
  • Vocals
12005 - 2005
TimMurphy
  • Paino
  • Synt
  • Keyboards
  • Tenor Sax
  • Org
  • Coro
201988 - 2019
TinyMurphy
  • Vocals
21952 - 1953
ToddMurphy
  • B-tb
21988 - 1988
TomMurphy
  • Trumpet
11935 - 1935
TonyMurphy
  • Paino
  • Mellotron
11977 - 1977
TurkMurphy
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
  • Wbd
  • Arrangement
  • Euph
  • Wbd
  • Ldr
1711936 - 1999
WaltMurphy
  • Tuba
21958 - 1984
Walter P.Murphy
  • Vocals
11949 - 1949
William O.Murphy
  • flautist
11975 - 1975
WillieMurphy
  • Paino
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
TheMurphy Sisters
  • Vocals
11943 - 1943
PhillippaMurphy-Haste
  • Voice
  • Clarinet
12019 - 2019
CarlMurr
  • Tenor Bass
101999 - 2006
ChrisMurrah
  • Saxes
11995 - 1995
GiancarloMurranca
  • Percussion
11997 - 1997
"Atu" HaroldMurray
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
11997 - 1997
A. (Ron?)Murray
  • Reeds
21957 - 1957
AlanMurray
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
131959 - 1990
AlexMurray
  • Violin
41955 - 1957
AlexanderMurray
  • Strings
41976 - 1976
AllanMurray
  • Trumpet
11961 - 1961
AlyssaMurray
  • Paino
  • Vocals
12015 - 2015
AndrewMurray
  • V-tb
  • Drifter
  • Vib
  • Vocals
32008 - 2017
Atu HaroldMurray
  • flautist
  • Drums
  • Dun-dun
  • Earth-d
  • Percussion
21997 - 1998
BertMurray
  • Paino
  • Tenor Bass
181961 - 1981
BillMurray
  • Tenor Sax
  • Guitar
22001 - 2001