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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Y
  • Drums
11979 - 1979
MadamY
  • Violin
22001 - 2002
YahYa
  • Tenor Sax
11976 - 1976
YongYa
  • Koto
12003 - 2003
NgomaYa Uhura
  • Bells
  • Poet
  • Vocals
  • Percussion
21972 - 1974
SmadarYa'ari
  • Vocals
11994 - 1994
NanaYaa
  • Vocals
12010 - 2010
NormYablonsky
  • Drifter
11968 - 1968
KoichiYabori
  • Guitar
  • Arrangement
  • El-g
71997 - 2018
JanYabs
  • Tenor Bass
11998 - 1998
MonzaliYabusele
  • Maracas
  • Lokale
  • Vocals
11988 - 1988
GakuYabushita
  • Guitar
12014 - 2014
JimYacabacci
  • Backing Vcl
11996 - 1996
GeorgeYachnicki
  • Violin
121945 - 1945
TheYachtsmen
  • Vocals
11961 - 1961
WesYaciuk
  • Guitar
52004 - 2009
YonaYacoub
  • Alto Sax
  • Drums
  • Vocals
22004 - 2008
DaveYaden
  • Keyboards
12018 - 2018
HarryYaeger
  • Drums
41941 - 1942
PhilYaeger
  • Tenor Bass
  • Comp
  • Spoken Word
82007 - 2018
PhilipYaeger
  • Tenor Bass
51998 - 2008
Philip A.Yaeger
  • Tenor Bass
12017 - 2017
JessicaYafanaro
  • Vocals
12022 - 2022
AlicynYaffee
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
22019 - 2022
ManosYafiadis
  • Guitar
12000 - 2000
JukoYagami
  • Synt
11989 - 1989
SolYaged
  • Clarinet
251947 - 2018
BudYager
  • Arrangement
  • Bass
11982 - 1982
CharlesYager
  • Drums
21946 - 1946
WardYager
  • Flugelhorn
  • Trumpet
32000 - 2001
AmirYaghmai
  • Guitar
12014 - 2014
HidekiYagi
  • Drums
12011 - 2011
MasaoYagi
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
  • Keyboards
261957 - 1985
MichieYagi
  • Sou
11994 - 1994
MichiyoYagi
  • 21-string Koto
  • 17-string B-koto
  • Electronics
  • Koto
  • 17-string Koto
  • El-21-string-koto
  • B-koto Ching
  • Koto
  • 17-string-koto
101995 - 2023
MinakoYagi
  • Drifter
12017 - 2017
NobuoYagi
  • Hca
11980 - 1980
TakayugiYagi
  • Paino
  • Comp
12015 - 2015
TakayukiYagi
  • Paino
22010 - 2012
HiroshiYaginuma
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Clarinet
  • Reeds
51977 - 1983
HarryYaglijian
  • Vocals
11985 - 1985
MichiyoYago
  • 17-string-b-koto
  • El-21-string-koto
12012 - 2012
Yagon
  • Prog
11997 - 1997
KazukoYaguchi
  • Cello
11979 - 1979
Jose LuisYague
  • El-b
11984 - 1984
ToniYagumi
  • Koto
  • Taiko
  • Percussion
11996 - 1996
TalYahalom
  • Guitar
52015 - 2022
TetsuYahauchi
  • El-b
11991 - 1991
SamYahel
  • Org
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
  • Guitar
  • Clavinet
  • Synt
471994 - 2024
IgorYahilevich
  • El-p
11975 - 1975
TomohiroYahiro
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Tablas
221984 - 2012
YoichiYahiro
  • El-b
11990 - 1990
KurtYahjian
  • Background Vcl
11984 - 1984
LeslieYahonikan
  • Bar
  • B-cl
11975 - 1975
BarbaraYahr
  • Cond
11998 - 1998
Yahzarah
  • Vocals
12014 - 2014
MinckoYajima
  • Violin
21988 - 1988
MinekoYajima
  • Violin
61995 - 2000
NibekoYajima
  • Violin
12004 - 2004
TomioYajima
  • Cello
41978 - 1993
JimYakas
  • Percussion
12008 - 2008
HitomiYakata
  • Tuba
12006 - 2006
NickolaiYakimov
  • Guitar
  • Noises
12005 - 2005
RomanYakovchuk
  • Drums
  • Percussion
32010 - 2016
DmitryYakovlev
  • Paino
12017 - 2017
KirillYakovlev
  • Percussion
  • Guitar
  • Balalaika
  • Duduk
12020 - 2020
MaralYakshieva
  • Paino
12008 - 2008
AbdullaYakub
  • Percussion
  • Small Inst
  • Vocals
21973 - 1977
AbdullahYakub
  • A-hrn
  • Small Inst
11973 - 1973
DmitryYakubovsky
  • Viola
  • Alto-vln
22007 - 2009
MarinaYakut
  • Viola
12009 - 2009
RamonYalas
  • Percussion
11993 - 1993
MahmutYalay
  • Bass
  • Vocals
  • Glasses
  • Cymb
91996 - 2006
AnnYale
  • Vocals
11995 - 1995
DanielYale
  • Viola
21976 - 1976
RobYale
  • Synt
  • Drums
81988 - 1988
WilliamYale
  • Bass
  • Percussion
31996 - 1996
JohnYalenezian
  • Dumbeg
21967 - 1967
RaulYalez
  • Paino
12004 - 2004
DonYallech
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • El-perc
51982 - 1990
CengizYaltkaya
  • Paino
  • Arrangement
112000 - 2010
AtsukoYama
  • Vocals
22004 - 2004
NedaYamach
  • Violin
12016 - 2016
AkiraYamada
  • Drums
22020 - 2020
AtsushiYamada
  • Bar
  • B-cl
  • Reeds
21978 - 1980
ChisatoYamada
  • Shamisen
11995 - 1995
EikoYamada
  • Recorders
12008 - 2008
EricaYamada
  • Eng-hrn
  • Oboe
11985 - 1985
G.Yamada
  • Bass
11977 - 1977
JoYamada
  • Tenor Sax
11999 - 1999
JoeYamada
  • Alto Sax
51993 - 2005
JohYamada
  • Alto Sax
81997 - 2003
KaoriYamada
  • Drums
12009 - 2009
KeisukeYamada
  • Guitar
12009 - 2009
Ken-ichiroYamada
  • Tenor Sax
11994 - 1994
KiyohikoYamada
  • Riu Teki
21974 - 1974
KojiYamada
  • Drums
  • Bass
31975 - 1997
MaoYamada
  • Bass
42017 - 2022
MasatoYamada
  • Bass
11996 - 1996
NeoYamada
  • Org
12014 - 2014