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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CharlesSwinnerton
  • Alto Sax
51925 - 1927
JimSwinnerton
  • Bass
62003 - 2008
SeanSwinney
  • Drums
11994 - 1994
GuySwinton
  • Drums
32021 - 2021
DanSwires
  • Trumpet
31973 - 1973
DanielSwires-Hennessy
  • Clarinet
12006 - 2006
PrestonSwirnoff
  • Org
  • Paino
  • Percussion
  • El-p
22008 - 2008
PatrickSwisher
  • Tenor Bass
11996 - 1996
SallySwisher
  • Vocals
31980 - 2001
RobertSwisshelm
  • Fhr
71961 - 1963
Switch
  • Electronics
  • Vocals
11990 - 1990
MrSwitch
  • Dj
  • Scratch
12021 - 2021
NancySwitkes
  • Bar
11996 - 1996
HenrikSwitser
  • flautist
11982 - 1982
ErikSwitsers
  • Bb-cl
21991 - 1994
JanSwitz
  • Paino
11986 - 1986
AndySwitzer
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
12004 - 2004
BobSwitzer
  • Tenor Bass
12000 - 2000
BrianSwitzer
  • Trumpet
12023 - 2023
CheebaSwitzer
  • Backing Vocals
41972 - 1972
DonSwitzer
  • B-tb
  • Tenor Bass
171963 - 1975
KenSwitzer
  • Trumpet
11929 - 1929
BerndSwoboda
  • Tenor Bass
  • Flugelhorn
91975 - 1988
HerbertSwoboda
  • Clarinet
  • Paino
  • P+cl
101997 - 2012
MarcinSwoboda
  • Viola
12011 - 2011
PatSwoboda
  • Upright El-b
  • Bass
22014 - 2017
TheoSwolfs
  • Clarinet
  • C-mel
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bassax
61993 - 1998
MarkSwonarjow
  • S
11972 - 1972
WalerijSwonow
  • Trumpet
11978 - 1978
EarlSwope
  • Tenor Bass
991940 - 1962
RobSwope
  • Tenor Bass
271947 - 1959
TerrySwope
  • Vocals
191948 - 1950
Terry Swope
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Guitar
21953 - 1989
VictorSword
  • Drums
  • Percussion
11996 - 1996
JonathanSwygert
  • Trumpet
22005 - 2005
Sa'atSyah
  • Suling-fl
  • Vocals
12017 - 2017
SaatSyah
  • flautist
  • Indonesian Suling Fl
  • Suling Bamboo-fl
32000 - 2020
MichielSybesma
  • Trumpet
11999 - 1999
Sybil
  • Backing Vocals
11995 - 1995
TonSybrands
  • Guitar
21974 - 1974
DarrylSycamore
  • Sax
12000 - 2000
YuriySych
  • Paino
  • El-p
12015 - 2015
YurlySych
  • Synt-b
12021 - 2021
DavidSycks
  • Trumpet
11990 - 1990
JaneSycks
  • Trumpet
12017 - 2017
SteveSydelnyk
  • Percussion
21988 - 1989
DouglasSydes
  • Drums
11992 - 1992
ElinSydhagen
  • Viola
12006 - 2006
RolfSydler
  • Drums
31975 - 1979
TheSydney String Quartet
  • Strings
21975 - 1986
CurtSydnor
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
  • Synt
12015 - 2015
Sister ShirleySydnor
  • Vocals
12001 - 2001
Sister SydneySydnor
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
BobSydor
  • Tenor Sax
  • Alto Sax
  • Reeds
  • Saxes
  • Clarinet
  • flautist
221970 - 2015
BogdanSydorenko
  • Bar-hrn
12017 - 2017
SergeySydorenko
  • Flugelhorn
12001 - 2001
JoeSydow
  • Bass
391948 - 1983
MaxSydow
  • Bass
11974 - 1974
FareedSyed
  • Tenor Bass
11986 - 1986
JoschoSyephan
  • Guitar
  • El-g
12010 - 2010
FreddieSyer
  • Alto Sax
111954 - 1958
AlvinSykes
  • Drums
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
12006 - 2006
ArcellasSykes
  • Bass
12015 - 2015
BelindaSykes
  • Vocals
  • Recorder
  • Oboe
21999 - 2000
BobSykes
  • Paino
  • El-p
21990 - 2003
CatherineSykes
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
ChrisSykes
  • Percussion
12007 - 2007
GarySykes
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Ballphone
  • Bowed Cymbals
  • Metal Perc
81989 - 1992
GregorySykes
  • Violin
11994 - 1994
JoeSykes
  • Drums
12023 - 2023
JonSykes
  • Trumpet
12008 - 2008
JubilantSykes
  • Vocals
12019 - 2019
LeeSykes
  • Drums
12010 - 2010
MaiyaSykes
  • Vocals
12018 - 2018
MalyaSykes
  • Vocals
12016 - 2016
PaulSykes
  • Tenor Bass
12011 - 2011
RooseveltSykes
  • Paino
  • Vocals
  • Bass
  • Celeste
331929 - 1976
SteveSykes
  • Guitar
141988 - 2013
Steve Sykes
  • Drums
72000 - 2002
ZanetaSykes
  • Mar
12020 - 2020
JessicaSykiaridis
  • Reeds
11995 - 1995
BodhiSykora
  • Vocals
11995 - 1995
KenSykora
  • Guitar
171942 - 1958
RudiSykora
  • Vocals
12015 - 2015
JanaSykorova
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
RobinSyler
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Backing Vocals
51981 - 1989
AbouSylla
  • Balafon
12003 - 2003
MangueSylla
  • Djembe
  • Sangban
12010 - 2010
MaryamSylla
  • Vocals
21996 - 1998
MolaSylla
  • Vocals
  • Voice
  • M'bira
  • Kongoma
  • Comp
  • Bejjen
  • Xalam
  • Nose-fl
  • Mbira
  • Ngoni
81997 - 2022
SalifouSylla
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
11988 - 1988
GeorgiaSylleou
  • Voice
  • Vocals
21996 - 2001
AndresSylleros
  • Keyboards
  • Paino
81991 - 1992
SylviaSylt
  • Vocals
11998 - 1998
JaySylva
  • Tenor Sax
12002 - 2002
GerardSylvain
  • Cnt
  • Trumpet
41966 - 1966
MarcSylvain
  • El-b
11983 - 1983
PatrickSylvain
  • Narr
12019 - 2019
Tico HarrySylvain
  • Drums
11982 - 1982
CaroleSylvan
  • Backing Vocals
  • Background Vcl
21989 - 1994