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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Apt.Q-258
  • Drums
  • Percussion
21995 - 1999
Q-Tip
  • Vocals
  • Spoken Intro
  • Glockenspiel
  • Rap-vcl
51995 - 2021
AbdulQadir
  • Drums
51997 - 1997
TalibQadr
  • Sop
11980 - 1980
Talib AbdulQadr
  • flautist
  • Alto Sax
  • Vocals
  • Sop
31977 - 1979
E. ShawnQaissaunee
  • Guitar
11999 - 1999
NadiQamar
  • African-d
  • Mama-lekimbe
  • Paino
  • Thumb-p
  • African Thumb-p
  • M
101951 - 1975
AlimQasimov
  • Vocals
12022 - 2022
ShawnQaussaunee
  • Guitar
12005 - 2005
PeterQB
  • Tenor Sax
12021 - 2021
JohnQdini
  • Guitar
11978 - 1978
Inger-JohanneQestby
  • flautist
11991 - 1991
ZhaoQi
  • Di Zi
12005 - 2005
ZhouQi
  • Gu Zheng
12000 - 2000
LiuQi-Chao
  • Erhu
  • Sona
  • Sheng
  • Suona
  • Vocals
31993 - 1997
TuQiang
  • Cello
11992 - 1992
Yi YingQiao
  • Violin
11992 - 1992
EricQin
  • Vocals
11992 - 1992
CarlinhosQoncalves
  • Percussion
11981 - 1981
MzwandileQotoyi
  • B-mar
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
  • African-d
31995 - 1995
EgiQselly
  • B-g
11988 - 1988
BryanQu
  • Tenor Sax
  • Comp
  • Alto Sax
  • Objects
  • Saxes
52013 - 2021
Siyuan VivianQu
  • Bass
12019 - 2019
ChrisQua
  • Bass
  • Fhr
  • El-b
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
  • Trumpet
  • Tenor Bass
311973 - 1997
PatQua
  • Paino
  • Keyboard-b
91961 - 1996
PatriciaQua
  • Paino
  • Bass
  • Keyboards
21974 - 1984
WillieQua
  • Drums
  • flautist
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Rec
  • Bar
  • Paino
  • Sop
131973 - 2003
Huu BacQuach
  • Dan Bau
  • Guitar
  • Ehru
  • Quena
12017 - 2017
DominicQuachie
  • Guitar
12022 - 2022
BillQuackenbush
  • Trumpet
11973 - 1973
BrianQuackenbush
  • Trumpet
12010 - 2010
DavideQuacquarella
  • Cowbells
  • Bgo
  • Ethnic-d
  • Djembe
  • Shakers
12002 - 2002
AndreasQuade
  • Viola
21996 - 2007
RichardQuaderer
  • Tenor Bass
21991 - 1995
LewQuadling
  • Arrangement
11967 - 1967
LouQuadling
  • Paino
51931 - 1931
Adula IbnQuadr
  • Violin
  • Viola
32000 - 2010
JoeQuadri
  • Violin
31956 - 1956
JohnQuadri
  • Violin
21950 - 1950
JosephQuadri
  • Violin
51946 - 1957
TheQuads
  • Vocals
161947 - 1950
StefanoQuaggiotti
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bar
  • Sop
11995 - 1995
Dario "Johnny"Quaglia
  • Guitar
91941 - 1974
LouQuagliato
  • Tenor Sax
12004 - 2004
AlQuaglieri
  • Trumpet
111945 - 1949
LinoQuagliero
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
31963 - 1970
AndreaQuaglino
  • El-g
12008 - 2008
GraceQuaglio
  • Paino
11995 - 1995
AlexQuagliotti
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • B-marimba
  • Cowbell
  • Crotali
  • Tom Tom
  • Xyl
  • Cymb
  • B-mar
  • Gongs
  • Dun Dun
  • Wood Block
  • Timpani
  • Stel-d
  • Maracas
  • Temple Black
  • Roto Toms
  • Timb
151990 - 2009
AlexQuaglotti
  • Drums
12009 - 2009
KevinQuail
  • Tenor Bass
51983 - 2001
ThomasQuail
  • Viola
12014 - 2014
BobQuaile
  • Saxes
  • Sax
21993 - 1999
KevinQuain
  • Backing Vocals
11996 - 1996
BrianQuakenbush
  • Trumpet
12019 - 2019
DavidQualey
  • Guitar
11989 - 1989
AndreaQualiano
  • Paino
12006 - 2006
PatQuall
  • Wbd
11974 - 1974
BobQualle
  • Sax
11993 - 1993
RobQuallich
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
22007 - 2022
RobertQuallich
  • Pic-tp
  • Trumpet
12008 - 2008
JovanQuallo
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
52013 - 2024
LaquetaQualls
  • Backing Vocals
12007 - 2007
LorenQualls
  • Vocals
11992 - 1992
EileenQuam
  • Drums
  • Congas
12007 - 2007
JimQuam
  • Saxes
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Sax
  • Woodwinds
  • Sop
81984 - 2001
JohnQuam
  • Paino
21996 - 2000
Nguyen NgocQuan
  • Percussion
82003 - 2003
RandyQuan
  • Guitar
11994 - 1994
SisQuander
  • Vocals
11927 - 1927
YolandaQuandt
  • Vocals
12003 - 2003
Ngo HongQuang
  • Vocals
  • Monocorde
  • Jew's Harp
  • Dan Tinh Lute
  • Lute
  • Dan Moi Jew's Harp
  • Violin
  • Dan Bau Monocorde
  • Dan Nhi Fiddle
  • Dan Chieng Day Harmonic Harp
22016 - 2019
EddieQuansah
  • Background Vcl
11974 - 1974
CurtQuanstron
  • Bass
11991 - 1991
MargoQuantrell
  • Background Vcl
11972 - 1972
MichaelQuantz
  • Tenor Bass
11993 - 1993
DaniQuao
  • Drums
11999 - 1999
JohnQuara
  • Guitar
21957 - 1959
PieroQuara
  • Bar
12000 - 2000
AnnamariaQuaranta
  • Violin
11990 - 1990
BobQuaranta
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • El-p
211982 - 2019
BobbyQuaranta
  • Paino
11983 - 1983
RobertQuaranta
  • Paino
12006 - 2006
VitoQuaranta
  • El-g
  • Vocals
  • Nylon-string-g
  • Loop Conduction
  • Guitar
  • Steel-d-g
  • Slide-g
  • Ring Bell
  • Treated-whistle
  • Treated-d Sample
  • Sample Conduction
  • Loop
  • Undertow-g
  • Claps
112005 - 2005
LilloQuaratino
  • Bass
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
21976 - 2010
AlbertoQuarella
  • Trumpet
  • Violin
291940 - 1949
MarcoQuaresimin
  • Bass
22013 - 2014
FilipeQuaresma
  • Cello
22012 - 2016
DaveQuarin
  • Alto Sax
  • Saxes
  • flautist
  • Woodwinds
  • Sax
81961 - 1975
MikeQuarles
  • Percussion
21996 - 1999
JoeQuarra
  • Guitar
11946 - 1946
GlenQuarrie
  • flautist
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bar
21986 - 2009
JoelQuarrington
  • Bass
  • Strings
21983 - 1993
TonyQuarrington
  • Guitar
  • Mand
  • Vocals
  • Rhythm-g
  • Bj
  • Backing Vocals
  • Grand Bouche-g
201995 - 2010
AlexandroQuarta
  • Vocals
12001 - 2001
PieroQuarta
  • Bar
  • B-cl
  • Saxes
31997 - 2002
SergioQuarta
  • Percussion
31988 - 2011
MelissaQuartaro
  • Tuba
12006 - 2006
FrancescoQuartarona
  • Trumpet
11997 - 1997
AndreaQuartarone
  • Guitar
11997 - 1997