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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ChrisO'Dea
  • Bar
22013 - 2019
KellyO'Dea
  • Violin
12003 - 2003
AnnO'Dell
  • El-p
11971 - 1971
JackO'Dell
  • Snare-d
11996 - 1996
JimO'Dell
  • Tuba
81989 - 1995
RickO'Dell
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
11997 - 1997
RonO'Dell
  • Comp
12018 - 2018
TimO'Dell
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
81997 - 2023
DickO'Dette
  • Drums
11978 - 1978
CokniO'Dire
  • Scratches
  • Vcl Samples
21969 - 1995
CailiO'Doherty
  • Paino
  • Comp
42015 - 2021
KentO'Doherty
  • Sax
12017 - 2017
MichaelO'Domhnail
  • Whistling
  • Paino
  • Guitar
  • Harmonium
11983 - 1983
MaxO'Donahue
  • Violin
11987 - 1987
BobO'Donell
  • Trumpet
12007 - 2007
HughO'Donnel
  • Drums
12012 - 2012
LeoO'Donnel
  • Paino
11996 - 1996
RobertO'Donnel
  • Trumpet
12000 - 2000
AidanO'Donnell
  • Bass
212004 - 2023
BobO'Donnell
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
111995 - 2017
BobbyO'Donnell
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
31980 - 1985
BrendanO'Donnell
  • Guitar
12011 - 2011
EdO'Donnell
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
41954 - 2004
EddieO'Donnell
  • Tenor Bass
91949 - 1954
GeneO'Donnell
  • Trumpet
91939 - 1940
HughO'Donnell
  • Drums
  • Xyl
  • Vib
  • Train Whistle
  • Bells
  • Mar
  • Percussion
121992 - 2001
JamesO'Donnell
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
  • Ldr
  • Maracas
211984 - 2024
JamieO'Donnell
  • Alto Sax
12000 - 2000
JohnnyO'Donnell
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • B-cl
  • C-mel
261922 - 1925
KenO'Donnell
  • Bass
11963 - 1963
KevinO'Donnell
  • Drums
31998 - 2000
KyleO'Donnell
  • Woodwinds
  • flautist
  • Sax
  • Tenor Sax
22018 - 2018
MichaelO'Donnell
  • flautist
12001 - 2001
PatO'Donnell
  • Drums
  • Percussion
11995 - 1995
PaulO'Donnell
  • Paino
12001 - 2001
RichO'Donnell
  • Tymp
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Tabalum
  • Koto-veen
  • Talking-d
  • Gamelan Go
51959 - 2009
RubyO'Donnell
  • Trumpet
31965 - 1965
TomO'Donnell
  • Org
  • El-p
11974 - 1974
MeganO'Donoghue-Williams
  • Vocals
12013 - 2013
MikeO'Donoval
  • Bassoon
11998 - 1998
AiofeO'Donovan
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
AoifeO'Donovan
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
42004 - 2023
LibbyO'Donovan
  • Vocals
12001 - 2001
Michael R.O'Donovan
  • Bassoon
21993 - 1997
MikeO'Donovan
  • Bassoon
41998 - 1998
ShaneO'Donovan
  • Percussion
12010 - 2010
Mary AnnO'Dougherty
  • Vocals
21995 - 2001
MichaelO'Dougherty
  • Vocals
12016 - 2016
MikeO'Dougherty
  • Bar
12011 - 2011
BarryO'Dowd
  • Vocals
11958 - 1958
DennisO'Doyle
  • Violin
12015 - 2015
JimmyO'Driscoll
  • Reeds
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
41964 - 1974
PaulO'Driscoll
  • Bass
11999 - 1999
Paul StaveleyO'Duffy
  • Computer
  • Rhythm-programming
12002 - 2002
AlexO'Dwyer
  • Bass
11966 - 1966
Michael "Spoon"O'Dwyer
  • Tenor Sax
11969 - 1969
TimO'Dwyer
  • Alto Sax
  • Effects
  • Reeds
  • Shawm
  • B-cl
  • Saxes
  • Sax
  • Vocals
91993 - 2020
GlenO'Fallon
  • Bass
12014 - 2014
MalletsO'Farethawt
  • Vib
11995 - 1995
ZackO'Farill
  • Drums
12018 - 2018
Chi ChoO'Farrell
  • Synt-arr
11994 - 1994
AdamO'Farrill
  • Trumpet
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Electronics
  • Pedalboard
  • Flugelhorn
472009 - 2024
ArturoO'Farrill
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • Comp
  • El-p
  • Drifter
  • Org
  • Keyboards
  • Backing Vocals
  • Toy Organ
  • Cond
  • Rhythm
  • Vocals
791981 - 2022
Arturo Jr.O'Farrill
  • Paino
  • Org
  • El-p
32000 - 2001
ChicoO'Farrill
  • Arrangement
  • Cond
  • Trumpet
  • Drifter
  • Comp
  • Brass Arr
1011948 - 2017
ZackO'Farrill
  • Drums
  • Arrangement
  • Comp
  • Percussion
112009 - 2023
ChanoO'Ferral
  • Bgo
  • Congas
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
21975 - 1976
BrianO'Flaherty
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
361980 - 2015
BillyO'Flynn
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
11939 - 1939
BridgetO'Flynn
  • Drums
  • Vib
31946 - 1947
SarahO'Flynn
  • flautist
  • Pic
  • Alto-fl
  • Whistle
12006 - 2006
BobO'Friel
  • Bar
11976 - 1976
CallumO'Froerer
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
12008 - 2008
JohnO'Gallagher
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
  • flautist
  • Reeds
  • Sax
  • Clarinet
651993 - 2024
MichaelO'Gara
  • Vocals
11971 - 1971
NormanO'Gara
  • Tenor Bass
11980 - 1980
PeteO'Gara
  • Tenor Bass
41968 - 1994
MikeO'Gorman
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
131980 - 1986
SidneyO'Gorman
  • Backing Vocals
12020 - 2020
KrisO'Grady
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
PeterO'Grady
  • Reeds
12002 - 2002
TomO'Grady
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
  • Synt
  • Tenor Bass
12019 - 2019
ReggieO'Gwin
  • Dance
11985 - 1985
JackO'Hagan
  • Vocals
101928 - 1930
JerryO'Hagan
  • Clarinet
12011 - 2011
JohnO'Hagan
  • Vocals
  • El-b
11974 - 1974
MattO'Hair
  • Reeds
12006 - 2006
TomO'Hallaran
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Org
12004 - 2004
TomO'Halloran
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
111996 - 2011
JackO'Hanlon
  • Guitar
12020 - 2020
PeterO'Hanlon
  • Dobro
11996 - 1996
ArthurO'Hara
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Vocals
42015 - 2020
BarrettO'Hara
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
91958 - 1993
BettyO'Hara
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
  • Flugelhorn
  • B-tp
  • Trumpet
  • V-tb
  • Bar-hrn
  • Dbl-bell-euph
  • Eu
151968 - 1998
ColmO'Hara
  • Tenor Bass
22009 - 2014
EdO'Hara
  • Drums
71936 - 1939
JackO'Hara
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
  • El-g
11972 - 1972
JillO'Hara
  • Vocals
101993 - 1993
JohnO'Hara
  • Percussion
  • Misc. Instruments
  • Background-vcl
21964 - 2003
JulieO'Hara
  • Vocals
81999 - 2009