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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SonnyRusso
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
  • Trumpet
  • Tenor Sax
1511949 - 1996
TitoRusso
  • Bass
11968 - 1968
TomRusso
  • Trumpet
11996 - 1996
TonyRusso
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
921928 - 2015
Tony Russo
  • Vocals
11954 - 1954
ValentinaRusso
  • Violin
22010 - 2014
WilliamRusso
  • Cond
21997 - 2000
PaulinhoRussolo
  • Org
11999 - 1999
JohnRusson
  • Guitar
12015 - 2015
A.Russotti
  • Trumpet
11952 - 1952
NickelRussu
  • Drums
12017 - 2017
HamRussum
  • Saxes
11951 - 1951
HammondRussum
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Saxes
  • Sax
171940 - 1956
AllanRust
  • Backing Vocals
11998 - 1998
BrianRust
  • Drums
21958 - 1959
DanielRust
  • Bass
12015 - 2015
DarrenRust
  • Backing Vocals
11998 - 1998
KirtRust
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Backup Vcl
151978 - 1990
LindsayRust
  • Vocals
12010 - 2010
MadisonRust
  • Bass
32000 - 2016
MarcelRust
  • B-tb
22003 - 2011
MarcusRust
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
42013 - 2019
SteveRust
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Sounds
  • Sonics
141981 - 2018
TomRust
  • Vocals
12010 - 2010
RonRustad
  • Vocals
21981 - 1986
KamilRustam
  • Guitar
  • Arrangement
  • Comp
61981 - 1989
AramRustamyants
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
11998 - 1998
ShellyRustein
  • Percussion
  • Drums
31966 - 1969
ShellyRusten
  • Drums
11969 - 1969
ErwinRuster
  • Bass
11949 - 1949
PaoloRustichelli
  • Synt
  • Comp
21980 - 1990
CorradoRustici
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • Rhythm-g
91979 - 1992
PatRustici
  • Handclap Choir
12008 - 2008
FriedrichRustig
  • Violin
11970 - 1970
HubertusRustige
  • Trumpet
11984 - 1984
WesleyRustin
  • Bass
22007 - 2011
GordonRustvold
  • Bass
21983 - 2005
Rusty
  • Vocals
11952 - 1952
DamianRusu
  • Guitar
12013 - 2013
LucaszRuszkowski
  • Percussion
12008 - 2008
...Ruta
  • Trumpet
31927 - 1927
BillRutan
  • Bj
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
181960 - 1994
LarryRutan
  • Guitar
12009 - 2009
WallyRutan
  • Alto Sax
81934 - 1936
JakobRutberg
  • Vla
11996 - 1996
KnutRutenborg
  • Tenor Bass
  • Paino
231959 - 1977
KurtRutenborg
  • Tenor Bass
11965 - 1965
K.Rutentals
  • Org
11978 - 1978
JanRutgers
  • Cello
21962 - 1963
AkelloRuth
  • Thumb-p
12009 - 2009
AnitaRuth
  • Synt
11993 - 1993
BenRuth
  • Bass
  • Guitar
32000 - 2004
BryonRuth
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
11998 - 1998
ByronRuth
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
  • flautist
21983 - 1985
DaveRuth
  • Trumpet
21984 - 1992
Frans vanRuth
  • Vocals
11984 - 1984
FridoRuth
  • Synt
  • Keyboards
21987 - 1987
HelenRuth
  • Tenor Sax
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
11934 - 1934
JimRuth
  • Clarinet
  • Bar
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
31986 - 1997
Lewis "Ludwig"Ruth
  • Ldr
  • Alto Sax
21936 - 1937
NancyRuth
  • Vocals
21994 - 2005
PeterRuth
  • Hca
  • Jew's Harp
  • Vocals
  • flautist
21971 - 1974
Peter "Madcat"Ruth
  • Hca
  • Vocals
61973 - 1994
Peter MadcatRuth
  • Ukelele
  • Hi-hat
  • Hca
  • Vocals
  • Jaw Harp
12011 - 2011
RocksRuth
  • Cnt
11949 - 1949
ThermonRuth
  • Vocals
11951 - 1951
VanRuth
  • Paino
11919 - 1919
WallyRuth
  • Paino
11958 - 1958
IndigoRuth-Davis
  • Cello
12005 - 2005
JacobRuthberg
  • Viola
21996 - 1996
JakobRuthbergh
  • Viola
41991 - 1998
RudyRutheford
  • Bar
  • Clarinet
11987 - 1987
WilliamRuthenberg
  • Voice
11969 - 1969
Hartmut "Hako"Ruther
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
71977 - 1987
JonasRuther
  • Drums
  • Paino
312011 - 2023
WyattRuther
  • Bass
  • Bj
641951 - 1979
ArthurRutherford
  • Percussion
11976 - 1976
BobRutherford
  • Paino
21946 - 1946
CharlesRutherford
  • Ldr
51987 - 1997
ChristianRutherford
  • Fhr
11978 - 1978
JannRutherford
  • Paino
31995 - 2003
Joel T.Rutherford
  • Vocals
21998 - 1999
JohnRutherford
  • Tenor Bass
42001 - 2012
LynneRutherford
  • Vocals
11984 - 1984
MargaretRutherford
  • Vocals
11981 - 1981
MarkRutherford
  • Paino
  • flautist
11975 - 1975
NickRutherford
  • Guitar
12021 - 2021
ParisRutherford
  • Arrangement
  • Drifter
71972 - 2003
PaulRutherford
  • Tenor Bass
  • Euph
  • Euphonium
  • Electronics
  • Tamb
  • Cond
  • Vocals
  • Voice
  • Percussion
  • Tuba
  • Indian-fl
  • Amplified-tb
  • Bar-hrn
  • Paino
  • Saxhorn
  • Tenor-hrn
2111964 - 2007
PhilRutherford
  • Tuba
  • Sousa
  • Bass
581990 - 2017
RobbieRutherford
  • Trumpet
12014 - 2014
RudyRutherford
  • Clarinet
  • Bar
  • Tenor Sax
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Saxes
  • Reeds
  • B-cl
1181943 - 1987
Ruthie
  • Vocals
12000 - 2000
JamesRuthier
  • Guitar
11993 - 1993
JeremyRuthrauff
  • Saxes
  • flautist
11997 - 1997
VitoRutigliani
  • Drums
11962 - 1962
AnnunziataRutigliano
  • Violin
31993 - 1995
GiorgioRutigliano
  • El-b
32003 - 2008
ChristophRutimann
  • Cacti
11991 - 1991
StephanRutishauser
  • Clarinet
11993 - 1993