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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OwenSwenson
  • Drums
  • Bass
91992 - 1992
StureSwenson
  • Bar
  • Bass
  • Tenor Sax
131958 - 1959
ToddSwenson
  • Guitar
11999 - 1999
SwannySwenumsen
  • Cnt
11927 - 1927
HalSwenzey
  • Paino
12000 - 2000
DavidSwerdlove
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
11978 - 1978
RachelSwerdlow
  • Viola
12013 - 2013
AugustSwerissen
  • Bass
42006 - 2017
DaveSwerling
  • Saxes
  • Bar
21994 - 1997
CherylSwern
  • Violin
12008 - 2008
DanielSwern
  • Violin
12008 - 2008
CliffSwesey
  • Drums
41961 - 1982
JosephSwetchin
  • Violin
21937 - 1938
Swetja
  • Midi-g
  • Steel-g
  • Saw
  • Fujara
42002 - 2004
RickySweum
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • Comp
42008 - 2018
PeterSwiadon
  • Bass
11975 - 1975
SylwiaSwiatkowska
  • Bilgoraj
  • Suka
12022 - 2022
JonSwichtenberg
  • Tenor Sax
11983 - 1983
KeithSwickerath
  • Vocals
21973 - 1973
RoySwickerath
  • Vocals
11973 - 1973
DickSwidde
  • Vocals
11983 - 1983
LiliannaSwiderska
  • Violin
12004 - 2004
AbbySwidler
  • Viola
  • Violin
  • Vla
42019 - 2023
JulieSwidler
  • Spoken Word
12019 - 2019
ShariSwiecichowski
  • Tenor Sax
11994 - 1994
MateuszSwiecicki
  • Paino
11956 - 1956
SteveSwierczek
  • Percussion
21975 - 1975
ZdislawSwierczynski
  • Drums
11978 - 1978
WaldemarSwiergiel
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
11999 - 1999
LeszekSwierszcz
  • Trumpet
11977 - 1977
AndrzejSwies
  • Bass
102006 - 2015
MarcinSwietlicki
  • Vocals
12002 - 2002
AndrewSwift
  • Percussion
  • Guitar
22012 - 2013
BobSwift
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
  • Tenor Sax
  • Btb
691940 - 1948
CarlSwift
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
131936 - 1946
DaveSwift
  • Bass
12002 - 2002
DuncanSwift
  • Paino
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
311969 - 1996
EddieSwift
  • Tenor Sax
11942 - 1942
EricSwift
  • Trumpet
21997 - 2004
EstherSwift
  • Harp
  • Vocals
12016 - 2016
GeneSwift
  • Guitar
11959 - 1959
GeorgeSwift
  • Trumpet
81934 - 1939
HarrySwift
  • Bass
51991 - 2014
Harry Swift
  • Tenor Bass
11926 - 1926
JoeSwift
  • Vocals
41948 - 1949
JudeSwift
  • Vocals
  • El-p
11990 - 1990
KaySwift
  • Paino
  • Comp
21973 - 2020
MattSwift
  • Vocals
11958 - 1958
MazzSwift
  • Violin
  • Vocals
  • Voice
  • Tin Whistle
192007 - 2022
RickSwift
  • Tenor Bass
21986 - 1987
RobSwift
  • Scratches
  • Turntables
21992 - 1998
TomSwift
  • Percussion
12004 - 2004
VeronicaSwift
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
172004 - 2023
MarkSwigart
  • Reeds
  • Saxes
21977 - 1978
MicahSwigert
  • Paino
11996 - 1996
ClifSwiggett
  • Bgo
  • Tenor Bass
11992 - 1992
NeldaSwiggett
  • Vocals
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
31992 - 2013
DonaldSwihart
  • Bass
81934 - 1936
JacquesSwijngedouw
  • Trumpet
11984 - 1984
WillemSwikker
  • Keyboards
21990 - 1990
ArnoldSwillens
  • Bassoon
11957 - 1957
AbbySwiller
  • Violin
12020 - 2020
GregSwiller
  • Bass
42008 - 2010
UlrichSwillms
  • El-p
11974 - 1974
ColinSwinburne
  • El-g
11984 - 1984
RaySwinburne
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
11960 - 1960
DonSwinchoski
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
11994 - 1994
BillSwindell
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
51944 - 1961
DonSwindell
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Hca
31982 - 2002
MatthewSwindells
  • Drums
22007 - 2010
EricSwinderman
  • Guitar
22006 - 2010
WilSwindler
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
  • flautist
  • Bar
  • Saxes
  • Comp
  • Clarinet
  • B-cl
  • Arrangement
  • Sax
182000 - 2022
TheSwinettes
  • Vocals
11991 - 1991
DeborahSwiney
  • Vocals
12004 - 2004
TheSwiney Silvertones
  • Backing Vcl
11992 - 1992
JohnnySwinfen
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Violin
141928 - 1934
RaySwinfield
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Clarinet
  • Reeds
  • Saxes
  • Woodwinds
  • Bar
  • Sop
  • Sax
501963 - 2002
RobertSwing
  • Paino
11945 - 1945
Swing Beavers
11977 - 1977
TheSwing Fourteen
  • Vocals
51938 - 1939
TheSwing Maniacs
  • Dancers
11943 - 1943
Swing Singers
  • Vocals
11981 - 1981
Swing Sisters
  • Vcl Group
11990 - 1990
TheSwing Sisters:
21992 - 1993
Swing4You
  • Vcl Group
12021 - 2021
TheSwingers
  • Vocals
11962 - 1962
SchwabischeSwinggemeinschaft
  • Vocals
11982 - 1982
KurtSwinghammer
  • Guitar
  • Synt
  • El-g
  • Autoharp
  • Omnichord
22007 - 2011
Swingin' Swimmers
  • Vocals
11964 - 1964
WardSwingle
  • Vocals
  • Arrangement
  • Drifter
  • Keyboards
  • Paino
  • Synt
451957 - 2013
Swingle Singers
  • Vocals
21966 - 1972
TheSwingle Singers
  • Vocals
21969 - 2005
TheSwingle Singers :
91968 - 2017
DieSwingsingers
  • Vocals
281946 - 1949
The ThreeSwingsters
  • Vocals
11939 - 1939
TheSwingtette
  • Vocals
21936 - 1936
CarolusSwinkels
  • Tenor Bass
  • Bj
  • Vocals
31963 - 1976
JimSwinkels
  • Drums
11966 - 1966
JoostSwinkels
  • Tenor Bass
41997 - 2003
RiniSwinkels
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
181997 - 2014