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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W
  • Guitar
11979 - 1979
W.E.S.
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
SebastienWaack
  • B-g
12002 - 2002
AdrianWaade
  • Violin
12012 - 2012
Adrian LosethWaade
  • Violin
  • Viola
122013 - 2021
Carl HaakonWaadeland
  • Drums
  • Percussion
141973 - 1998
Ernie van derWaag
  • Guitar
11948 - 1948
JoelWaag
  • Trumpet
12018 - 2018
Ivar AntonWaagaard
  • Paino
11987 - 1987
KjellWaage
  • Trumpet
11977 - 1977
LarsWaage
  • Narrator
21985 - 1986
HarryWaagen
  • Guitar
11954 - 1954
AbdulWaahid
  • Percussion
11981 - 1981
HankWaak
  • Tuba
551921 - 1925
Ed deWaal
  • Guitar
11977 - 1977
Ivan deWaal
  • Bj
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
41974 - 1979
Iwan deWaal
  • Bj
11982 - 1982
Jan van deWaal
  • Bj
11971 - 1971
KeesWaal
  • Paino
111961 - 1997
MarleneWaal
  • Vocals
11995 - 1995
VilkkaWaal
  • El-g
12023 - 2023
Stef van deWaals
  • Alto Sax
11986 - 1986
SanderWaamelink
  • Trumpet
  • Ldr
  • Flugelhorn
41981 - 1989
GeraldWaanders
  • Trumpet
21981 - 1989
ErikaWaardenburg
  • Harp
11977 - 1977
BradWaarner
  • Fhr
11978 - 1978
Bob vanWaasdijk
  • Tenor Sax
11988 - 1988
Waberi
  • Vocals
12005 - 2005
ChrisWabich
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Steel-d
201998 - 2019
TomaszWabnic
  • Viola
62011 - 2014
TomaszWabniz
  • Viola
22007 - 2007
ClemensWabra
  • Guitar
22002 - 2002
JacekWac
  • Drums
11981 - 1981
MarkusWach
  • Bass
12018 - 2018
JeanWache
  • Bass
12023 - 2023
EricWachmann
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
11989 - 1989
AdrianWachowiak
  • Paino
  • El-p
12010 - 2010
MarekWachowiak
  • Tenor Bass
71977 - 1983
ZenonWachowicz
  • Trumpet
11971 - 1971
RolfWachowius
  • Bj
11978 - 1978
MichaelWachs
  • Percussion
11995 - 1995
Murray "Waxy"Wachsman
  • Vocals
51925 - 1926
Diethard "Burschi"Wachsmann
  • Guitar
11977 - 1977
FranzWachsmann
  • Arrangement
  • Paino
  • Celeste
41929 - 1930
PhilippWachsmann
  • Violin
  • Electronics
  • Viola
  • Cond
  • El-vln
  • Live Electronics
  • Tapes
  • Vla
  • El-hca
  • Comp
  • Bells
  • Hca
  • Elec Vln
  • Elec
  • Cassettes
  • Percussion
  • Alto Sax
  • Amplified-vln
  • Projector
  • Elastic
  • Synt
  • Vocals
  • Electroncis
1911973 - 2022
SydneyWachtel
  • Drums
11969 - 1969
DirkWachtelaer
  • Drums
  • Radio Samples
  • Percussion
  • Rhythm Machine
  • Treatments
  • Sampler
81996 - 2024
BuddyWachter
  • Bj
51986 - 1986
HerbertWachter
  • Drums
  • Paino
  • Percussion
81989 - 2000
JackWachter
  • Clarinet
  • Reeds
161945 - 1963
JayWachter
  • Bj
11980 - 1980
ReedWachter
  • Trumpet
11975 - 1975
BuddyWachtera
  • Bj
  • Vocals
11992 - 1992
AdiWack
  • Trumpet
11988 - 1988
BeppeWackelin
  • Drums
12002 - 2002
FredWackenhut
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
41995 - 2010
Patti GreerWackenhut
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
BobWacker
  • Choir
11956 - 1956
FreddieWacker
  • Drums
31953 - 1965
JonWacker
  • Drums
11995 - 1995
JonathanWacker
  • Drums
21995 - 1997
UdoWacker
  • V-tb
11980 - 1980
ChristophWackerbarth
  • Tenor Bass
  • Sousa
  • Vocals
41983 - 2005
Efraim SchulzWackerbarth
  • Drums
12017 - 2017
GottfriedWackerbarth
  • Bass
11998 - 1998
UrsWackerli
  • Violin
  • Viola
41988 - 2018
BobWackerman
  • Bass
  • El-b
61982 - 1990
ChadWackerman
  • Drums
  • Keyboards
  • Countoff
  • D-mach Programs
  • Electronic-d
471980 - 2020
JohnWackerman
  • Drums
  • Synt-d
  • El-vib
11989 - 1989
LeoWacks
  • Drums
11930 - 1930
Waco
  • Bgo
11962 - 1962
PaulWacrenier
  • Paino
  • Vib
  • Comp
  • Arrangement
  • Percussion
  • flautist
  • Balafon
  • Mbira
72013 - 2018
AlainWacziarg
  • Recitation
11986 - 1986
AkiraWada
  • Guitar
41977 - 1981
AtsuoWada
  • Bass
  • Guitar
31980 - 1986
HajimeWada
  • Guitar
12008 - 2008
HiroshiWada
  • Bass
  • Tenor Bass
81980 - 2015
KayokoWada
  • Backing Vcl
11985 - 1985
KazunoriWada
  • Alto Sax
11973 - 1973
KikuWada
  • Guitar
  • El-g
  • Bass
21987 - 1992
MakotoWada
  • Comp
11977 - 1977
MitsuhiroWada
  • Tenor Bass
12021 - 2021
SunaoWada
  • Guitar
  • Drums
61972 - 1977
YoshiWada
  • Bagpipe
11984 - 1984
Wadada
  • Bass
12000 - 2000
VolkerWadauer
  • Bass
11996 - 1996
VolkerWadaver
  • Bass
11994 - 1994
AndrewWaddell
  • Guitar
12022 - 2022
AndyWaddell
  • Guitar
12021 - 2021
BrianWaddell
  • Percussion
11992 - 1992
CharlesWaddell
  • Hrn
12001 - 2001
DavidWaddell
  • El-b
  • Backing Vocals
11991 - 1991
LelandWaddell
  • Drums
11991 - 1991
MikeWaddell
  • Clarinet
  • Alto Sax
21990 - 1998
ReggieWaddell
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bar
21994 - 2012
SteveWaddell
  • Tenor Bass
  • Vocals
  • Arrangement
  • Tuba
  • Euphonium
301968 - 2002
NuikoWadden
  • Harp
12013 - 2013
KarlWaddenbach
  • Trumpet
11975 - 1975
AndyWaddicor
  • B-tb
  • Tenor Bass
51982 - 2006
BillWaddilove
  • Trumpet
91944 - 1945