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

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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RainerPurkus
  • Bass
11973 - 1973
KymPurling
  • Paino
12023 - 2023
AltonPurnell
  • Paino
  • Vocals
1291945 - 1986
BillPurnell
  • Arrangement
21972 - 1973
CurtPurnell
  • Vocals
201941 - 1944
GeorgePurnell
  • Paino
22006 - 2007
JackPurnell
  • Saxes
12012 - 2012
JimPurnell
  • Guitar
11994 - 1994
JoelPurnell
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
32007 - 2008
KegPurnell
  • Drums
411939 - 1959
LizPurnell
  • Tenor Bass
11998 - 1998
MikiPurnell
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
NickPurnell
  • Tenor Bass
  • Arrangement
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
  • Artistic Dir
41981 - 1994
TheodorePurnell
  • Alto Sax
11929 - 1929
GregPurnhagen
  • Vocals
11998 - 1998
GregoryPurnhagen
  • Chorus
  • Vocals
  • Bar
61996 - 2010
FrancoisePurnode
  • Voice
  • Acting
12012 - 2012
DavePurple
  • Vocals
11969 - 1969
DavidPurpur
  • Bird Collage
  • Bell Tree
21996 - 1996
CraigPurpura
  • Bar
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
41978 - 1978
JeanPurretta
  • Vocals
11960 - 1960
ChuckPurrington
  • Trumpet
21984 - 1985
TonyPurrone
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • Arrangement
411978 - 2014
LisbethPurschel
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
BillPurse
  • Tamb
  • Tenor Bass
  • Sequencer
  • Flutalhorn
  • Paino
  • String-synt
  • D Progr
31985 - 1987
BrucePurse
  • Trumpet
  • Keyboard
  • Bass
  • Keyboards
  • Hrn
  • D Program
  • Synt
  • Flugelhorn
  • Vocals
81981 - 1995
GuyPurse
  • Vocals
11985 - 1985
JessicaPurse
  • Vocals
11985 - 1985
Mary FrancesPurse
  • Vocals
11980 - 1980
Teri DeSarioPurse
  • Vocals
11985 - 1985
JohnPursel
  • El-b
12006 - 2006
ChuckPursell
  • Tenor Bass
11985 - 1985
JunePursell
  • Vocals
11929 - 1929
LauraPursell
  • Vocals
12000 - 2000
WilliamPursell
  • Paino
21960 - 1960
BrianPurser
  • Bass
11973 - 1973
DavidPurser
  • Tenor Bass
  • Euph
41978 - 2004
JohnPurser
  • Drums
11960 - 1960
JohnnyPurser
  • Drums
11958 - 1958
AndrewPursglove
  • Trumpet
12007 - 2007
PercyPursglove
  • Trumpet
  • Bass
  • Flugelhorn
  • Bagpipes
472003 - 2024
RegPursglove
  • Violin
  • Vocals
991925 - 1937
ReginaldPursglove
  • Violin
11931 - 1931
JohnPursley
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
31961 - 1962
GordonPurslow
  • Trumpet
11959 - 1959
DannyPurssford
  • Guitar
41958 - 1959
DennyPurssord
  • Guitar
51957 - 1962
PatPurswell
  • Pic
11967 - 1967
JustinPurtill
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Percussion
32006 - 2010
MauricePurtill
  • Drums
4211936 - 1959
AlicePurton
  • Cello
22009 - 2012
JohnPurton
  • Violin
12013 - 2013
NataliePurton
  • Viola
  • Violin
12013 - 2013
NareshPurushotham
  • Veena
12001 - 2001
RonPurver
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
  • Fhr
41981 - 1986
Alan "Gunga"Purves
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Shakers
  • Bodhran
  • Brim Bram
  • Bones
  • Vocals
  • Wooden Spoons
  • Water-cymb
  • Toys
  • Bells
  • Squeaky Toys
  • Hca
  • Sound Objects
  • Whistles
  • Cup-coil
  • Glockenspiel
  • Low Tom
  • Baby-mar
  • Snare
  • Jawbone
  • Etc
  • Mini Thumb-p
  • Squeaks
311980 - 2017
DonPurviance
  • Tenor Sax
61934 - 1945
DougPurviance
  • Tenor Bass
31988 - 2020
DouglasPurviance
  • B-tb
  • Tenor Bass
  • Tuba
  • Shell Choir
  • Shells
1151975 - 2019
JackPurvis
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
  • Arrangement
  • Bass
  • Cnt
971927 - 1935
KeithPurvis
  • Drums
21944 - 1962
PamPurvis
  • Vocals
  • Vcl Digit-synt
  • Bkgd Vcl
91980 - 2007
ThomasPurvis
  • Tenor Sax
61966 - 1968
Purwanto
  • Percussion
12003 - 2003
AdamPusateri
  • Tenor Bass
12013 - 2013
JoePusateri
  • Percussion
11986 - 1986
AngeloPusceddu
  • Percussion
111991 - 2010
BastianPusch
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Vocals
41996 - 2000
FranzPusch
  • Handclaps
  • Keyboards
  • Percussion
31990 - 2002
GretchenPusch
  • flautist
12020 - 2020
RainerPusch
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sax
  • Sop
  • flautist
61980 - 1997
WernerPusch
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
21980 - 1981
HorstPuschel
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
  • Arrangement
21982 - 2002
IngmarPuschel
  • Violin
12001 - 2001
KatjaPuschel
  • Viola
12001 - 2001
WolfgangPuschnig
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • B-cl
  • Sax
  • Hojak
  • Pic
  • Alto-fl
  • Vocals
  • Reeds
  • Bamboo-fl
  • Sopranino
  • Synt
  • Arrangement
  • Recorder
  • Voice
  • Bansuri
  • Shakuhachi
  • Sound Program
  • Sop
  • Zurna
  • Bells
  • Exotic-fl
  • Harmonizer
  • Jammin Jazz Sax
  • Jawharp
  • Bar
  • Funked Out Sax
  • Saxes
  • Silver-fl
  • Wood-fl
  • Wx
  • Accor
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
  • Tarogato
  • Clarinet
  • Whistle
  • Melodica
  • Backing Vocals
  • Duduk
1881977 - 2023
HaimoPuschnigg
  • Paino
12005 - 2005
BillPusey
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
101981 - 2010
DomPusey
  • Sax
12017 - 2017
JamesPusey
  • Guitar
  • El-g
22012 - 2021
MarcelPusey
  • El-b
11995 - 1995
RobPusey
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Congas
  • Gong
  • Timpani
31974 - 1979
AndreiPushkarev
  • Vib
  • Kettle-d
  • Glockenspiel
  • Mar
12003 - 2003
AlexPushkin
  • Trumpet
12000 - 2000
CsabaPuskas
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
32001 - 2007
PeterPuskas
  • El-b
12022 - 2022
MarkPusker
  • Alto Sax
12017 - 2017
RobertPussecker
  • Ldr
  • Clarinet
  • Cond
  • Sop
  • E-flat-cl
41991 - 2008
RolandPussecker
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
12008 - 2008
KenPustelnik
  • Drums
11966 - 1966
TobiasPustelnik
  • Sax
  • Sop
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
42016 - 2022
JanPustjens
  • Cond
11987 - 1987
IlanPustopetski
  • Keyboards
  • Paino
  • El-p
12006 - 2006
PawelPuszczalo
  • Bass
12017 - 2017
WojciechPuszek
  • Synt
  • Paino
11982 - 1982
WojtekPuszek
  • Paino
12003 - 2003
AndrzejPuszkarzewicz
  • Paino
11998 - 1998
CsabaPusztai
  • Drums
  • Percussion
32001 - 2014
TiborPusztai
  • Violin
11973 - 1973
TonyPusztal
  • Guitar
12015 - 2015