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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FrancoisVaiana
  • Voice
  • Vocals
22007 - 2015
PierreVaiana
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Alto Sax
  • Reeds
  • Vocals
301980 - 2019
LeighVaiano
  • Vocals
12009 - 2009
PauliusVaicekauskas
  • Bass
  • El-b
22018 - 2018
VishalVaid
  • Vocals
12002 - 2002
MihaiVaida
  • flautist
  • Pic
12018 - 2018
KestutisVaigainis
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
12018 - 2018
KestutisVaiginis
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • flautist
  • Sax
32007 - 2022
RaulVaigla
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • E-bow
  • Fretted-b-g
  • Fretless-b
  • 6-string-el-b
131990 - 2003
Dalrie "Sunshine"Vail
  • Percussion
  • Backing Vocals
  • Vocals
21973 - 1973
EvanVail
  • Fhr
61946 - 1947
GregVail
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • Sax
  • flautist
  • Electronics
  • Bar
  • Percussion
301991 - 2021
MelanieVail
  • Vocals
12006 - 2006
OlcottVail
  • Violin
261944 - 1950
GianniVailati
  • Drums
21955 - 1955
HarryVaile
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
21925 - 1925
Jean-LouisVaile
  • Drums
11961 - 1961
Marie ClaireVaile
  • Paino
11997 - 1997
VladislavVailic
  • Clarinet
11963 - 1963
GerardVaillancourt
  • Tenor Bass
81957 - 1972
LorraineVaillancourt
  • Cond
12003 - 2003
MichelVaillancourt
  • Guitar
11995 - 1995
PaulVaillancourt
  • Drums
  • Percussion
22001 - 2007
PierreVaillancourt
  • Keyboards
12007 - 2007
ClaudeVaillant
  • Drums
11963 - 1963
FranckVaillant
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Comp
  • El-d
  • El-perc
  • Guitar
  • Sampler
131999 - 2019
PatrickVaillant
  • Mand
  • Vocals
41992 - 2001
ThierryVaillot
  • Guitar
51986 - 2016
PhilipVaiman
  • Violin
42021 - 2022
RubinasVainas
  • Bass
11981 - 1981
VladimirVainer
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
21985 - 1992
TommiVainikainen
  • Drums
  • Programming
51999 - 2003
TommoVainikainen
  • Moog-b
12007 - 2007
AnttiVainio
  • Cond
11989 - 1989
JarmoVainio
  • Cello
  • Strings
61964 - 1979
MikaVainio
12002 - 2002
TaitoVainio
  • Accor
21986 - 1989
ArvydasVainius
  • Drums
21986 - 1988
JosephineVains
  • Cello
12019 - 2019
JosefVainstein
  • Ldr
  • Cond
41959 - 1978
RayVairin
  • Paino
21970 - 1970
ErkkiVaisanen
  • Tenor Bass
31974 - 1989
IlpoVaisanen
12002 - 2002
MiyaVaisanen
  • Violin
12023 - 2023
JeanVaissade
  • Accor
21928 - 1930
LaurynasVaitkus
  • Birbyne
12018 - 2018
TomVaits
  • Alto Sax
  • Keyboards
12004 - 2004
TomVaitsas
  • Paino
  • Org
  • El-p
  • Arrangement
  • String Pad
  • Keyboards
141996 - 2022
TonyVaitsas
  • Arrangement
  • Paino
12002 - 2002
Karivaittinen
  • Reeds
11993 - 1993
MarcyVaj
  • Violin
22007 - 2015
JoeVajarsky
  • Tenor Sax
11986 - 1986
Vajava
  • Vocals
11972 - 1972
GergelyVajda
  • Cond
12001 - 2001
SandorVajda
  • Bass
491968 - 1998
ArpadVajdovich
  • B-g
  • Bass
22003 - 2003
MiloslavVajsochr
  • Alto Sax
  • Hautboy
  • Eng-hrn
11983 - 1983
Anna-LiisaVakevainen
  • Accor
11992 - 1992
M.Vaklinov
  • Trumpet
11977 - 1977
MinoVaknin
  • Drums
11996 - 1996
AlfVaksdal
  • Electronics
  • Synt
12017 - 2017
Val
  • Sampler
  • Words
31998 - 1998
BernadetteVal
  • Soprano Voice
11969 - 1969
JackVal
  • Vocals
11949 - 1949
ValeriaVal
  • Backing Vocals
12008 - 2008
VicVal
  • Tenor Sax
21957 - 1957
StanValacos
  • Bass
132002 - 2019
YvesValada
  • Fhr
71971 - 1983
LionelValadares
  • Trumpet
32004 - 2007
ClaudineValadier-Larne
  • Accor
11998 - 1998
ZakharValaha
  • Violin
12020 - 2020
ZaxarValaka
  • Violin
12012 - 2012
EnricoValanzuolo
  • Trumpet
12021 - 2021
BennyValarde
  • Scratcher
  • Guiro
  • Timb
21962 - 1964
ArtValasco
  • Tenor Bass
11994 - 1994
ViValasco
  • Vocals
11962 - 1962
Victor MonterrubioValasco
  • Drums
  • Chorus
  • Percussion
12004 - 2004
PetrValasek
  • Tenor Sax
  • B-cl
  • Vocals
21999 - 2001
ErkkiValaste
  • Drums
111952 - 1976
ErwanValazza
  • Guitar
22015 - 2017
StigValberg
  • Cello
12011 - 2011
JohnValche
  • Bass
11997 - 1997
AsjaValcic
  • Cello
142008 - 2021
D.Valcic
  • Tenor Sax
11959 - 1959
JohnValcke
  • Bass
  • Vocals
21992 - 2004
GerritValckenaers
  • Sampler
  • Bicycle Wheel
  • B-cl
11999 - 1999
OscarValdambrini
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Arrangement
  • Tenor Bass
1341950 - 2009
PrisciliaValdazo
  • Bass
  • Vocals
  • Cello
41997 - 2008
KariValde
  • Violin
11994 - 1994
PawelValde-Nowak
  • Congas
11977 - 1977
PatValdeler
  • Vocals
11953 - 1953
FelixValdelomar
  • Guapeo
  • Vocals
12014 - 2014
FedericoValdemarca
  • Bass
12005 - 2005
KjartanValdemarsson
  • Paino
  • El-p
  • Kalimba
31998 - 2023
SergioValdeos
  • Guitar
12007 - 2007
JoaquinValdepenas
  • Clarinet
12000 - 2000
AdolfoValdes
  • Percussion
41965 - 1968
AlbertValdes
  • Congas
11965 - 1965
AlbertoValdes
  • Percussion
  • Congas
51964 - 1971
Alberto "Virgilio"Valdes
  • Maracas
  • Vocals
21996 - 1996