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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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

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First Name Last Name Instruments Sessions Recording Years
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WoodyWalder
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
  • Cl-mouthpiece
  • Kazoo Effects
211923 - 1931
JimWaldersee
  • Tuba
  • Tenor Bass
  • Paino
51949 - 1986
RutWaldeyer
  • Drums
12003 - 2003
ChrisWaldhoben
  • Tenor Bass
131947 - 1981
SuneWaldimir
  • Arrangement
  • Paino
  • Drifter
  • Vocals
41929 - 1938
DanWaldis
  • Paino
11982 - 1982
Devin BrahjaWaldmam
  • Alto Sax
12020 - 2020
Devin BrahjaWaldman
  • Alto Sax
  • Synt
  • Sax
  • Tenor Sax
52017 - 2020
FredWaldman
  • Vocals
11934 - 1934
HermanWaldman
  • Violin
  • Drifter
  • Arrangement
11929 - 1929
JackWaldman
  • Keyboards
11981 - 1981
RandyWaldman
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • Synt
  • Trumpet
  • Arrangement
  • Keyboard
  • El-p
  • Cond
  • Strings
  • Synt & D Prog.
  • Drums
  • flautist
  • Vib
  • String-arr
  • Backing Vocals
  • Inst Arr
  • Mar
641981 - 2023
RonnieWaldman
  • Compere
31945 - 1945
WendyWaldman
  • Unknown Inst.
11973 - 1973
WillieWaldman
  • Trumpet
12000 - 2000
YuvalWaldman
  • Violin
21992 - 1994
AdamWaldmann
  • Sop
  • Tenor Sax
42008 - 2012
ClemWaldmann
  • Drums
12002 - 2002
OferWaldmann
  • Fhr
12009 - 2009
PeterWaldmann
  • Drums
11981 - 1981
CorinneWaldmeier
  • Vocals
12013 - 2013
HansWaldmeier
  • Trumpet
11969 - 1969
StefanWaldmeier
  • Vocals
11994 - 1994
HerbertWaldner
  • Tuba
11993 - 1993
HubertWaldner
  • Saxes
11978 - 1978
StuartWaldner
  • Percussion
11988 - 1988
AidenWaldo
  • Saxes
12000 - 2000
DavidWaldo
  • Tenor Sax
11983 - 1983
JanetWaldo
  • Vocals
121948 - 1948
JimWaldo
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
TerryWaldo
  • Paino
  • Ldr
  • Vocals
  • Comments
651970 - 2021
TorbenWaldorff
  • Guitar
91995 - 2016
AlanWaldow
  • Saxes
11998 - 1998
Tomasz "Harry"Waldowski
  • Drums
12015 - 2015
ChrisWaldren
  • Drums
  • Ldr
  • Synt-programs
  • Flugelhorn
  • Arrangement
  • Comp
12002 - 2002
MikeWaldren
  • Drums
21989 - 1990
CarrollWaldron
  • Bass
31933 - 1946
ElaineWaldron
  • Vocals
11958 - 1958
FredWaldron
  • Fhr
711942 - 1944
H.M.S.Waldron
  • Computer
  • Samples
  • El-b-g
11994 - 1994
LeslieWaldron
  • Paino
21969 - 1973
MalWaldron
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • El-p
  • Comp
  • Cond
  • Grave-medium
  • Spoken Word
2881949 - 2010
MalaWaldron
  • Vocals
  • Paino
  • Backing Vocals
  • El-p
71991 - 2019
MikeWaldron
  • Drums
  • Wbd
111961 - 1963
MyronWaldron
  • Alto Sax
12001 - 2001
PhilWaldron
  • Bass
  • El-b
22001 - 2010
PhilipWaldron
  • Bass
11996 - 1996
RickWaldron
  • Paino
11997 - 1997
VernWaldron
  • Paino
12003 - 2003
DavidWaldrop
  • Tenor Bass
12001 - 2001
DonWaldrop
  • B-tb
  • Tuba
  • Tenor Bass
331969 - 1999
DonaldWaldrop
  • Tuba
11995 - 1995
MichaelWaldrop
  • Drums
  • Vib
51994 - 2017
MattWaldrum
  • El-g
61992 - 1998
ScottWaldrup
  • Trumpet
11981 - 1981
Dietrich "Pope"Waldsdorf
  • Bass
  • Vocals
11963 - 1963
JackieWalduck
  • Vib
62007 - 2019
RegWale
  • Percussion
  • Vib
  • Mar
31958 - 1970
FrancoiseWaleh
  • Vocals
11964 - 1964
NilsWalen
  • Oboe
  • Eng-hrn
31967 - 1972
J.Walenczyk
  • Poetry
11985 - 1985
TheoWalentiny
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
12021 - 2021
EricWalentowicz
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
52002 - 2014
FabienWalerand
  • Tuba
12012 - 2012
MatWalerian
  • Alto Sax
  • B-cl
  • Sop-cl
  • flautist
52012 - 2018
AshleyWales
  • Electronics
  • Percussion
  • Soundscapes
  • Samples
  • Other Inst
  • Paino
  • Trumpet
  • Bow
  • Cond
  • Glasses
  • Steel-bowls
  • Steel Bowls
  • El-p Insides
  • Djembe
  • Wood
  • Pebbles
  • Org
  • Shells
  • Guitar
  • Metal
  • Samplers
  • Branches
  • Sticks
  • Bowed-cymb
  • B-d
  • Congas
  • All Other Inst & Electronics
142001 - 2017
BrianWales
  • Tenor Sax
  • El-vln
21964 - 1976
MattWales
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
12005 - 2005
NickWales
  • Unknown Inst
12000 - 2000
OwenWales
  • Tenor Bass
12000 - 2000
WallyWales
  • Trumpet
11955 - 1955
BrettWalfisch
  • Viola
12015 - 2015
GaryWalford
  • Paino
111969 - 1997
SpencerWalgren
  • Sax
12015 - 2015
Wali
  • Drums
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
11969 - 1969
AbdulWali
  • Guitar
61984 - 1990
AdbuWali
  • Guitar
11983 - 1983
MensaWali
  • Percussion
  • Trumpet
11979 - 1979
OlgierdWalicki
  • Bass
31995 - 1998
OloWalicki
  • Bass
  • El-b
131997 - 2006
JeffWalik
  • Trumpet
12002 - 2002
EddieWalis
  • Ldr
  • Violin
11930 - 1930
GostaWalivaara
  • Bass
131964 - 1973
JeffWalk
  • Trumpet
21998 - 2001
KenWalk
  • Bass
12013 - 2013
JustinWalke
  • Drums
12003 - 2003
IanWalkear
  • Clarinet
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • Vocals
  • Reeds
  • Bar
  • Alto Sax
  • Sax
  • Saxes
341972 - 2004
BenWalkenhauser
  • Tenor Sax
12014 - 2014
"Growlin" DanWalker
  • Tenor Sax
11999 - 1999
AaronWalker
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Tamb
  • Congas
  • Programming
281986 - 2008
AbeWalker
  • Tenor Sax
  • Bar
31941 - 1951
AlWalker
  • Drums
  • Paino
  • Toys
  • Vocals
201947 - 1969
AlanWalker
  • Reeds
  • Alto Sax
  • Tenor Sax
31983 - 1991
AlastairWalker
  • Trumpet
11993 - 1993
AledWalker
  • Paino
12012 - 2012
AlfredWalker
  • Drums
11950 - 1950
Alistair "Titch"Walker
  • Trumpet
51998 - 1998
AlphonseWalker
  • Drums
11947 - 1947
AlvinWalker
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
121996 - 2019
Alvin S.Walker
  • Tenor Bass
11972 - 1972