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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SakaeYamada
  • Fhr
11985 - 1985
SharonYamada
  • Violin
51999 - 2003
TakezoYamada
  • Trumpet
22018 - 2020
TakujiYamada
  • Alto Sax
  • B-cl
  • Saxes
32008 - 2015
TalujiYamada
  • B-cl
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
12008 - 2008
TerumichiYamada
  • Bass
51978 - 2009
TetsuoYamada
  • Violin
11983 - 1983
YasuyoshiYamada
  • Guitar
21978 - 1980
YoichiYamada
  • Tenor Bass
11979 - 1979
YoshikiYamada
  • Bass
22011 - 2023
YoshiteruYamada
  • Bass
  • El-b
12014 - 2014
YujiYamada
  • Viola
11999 - 1999
YukariYamada
  • Alto-fl
11987 - 1987
YukiYamada
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
YumekoYamada
  • Vocals
12022 - 2022
JuneYamagichi
  • Guitar
12002 - 2002
HiroshiYamagishi
  • Fhr
11982 - 1982
JuneYamagishi
  • Guitar
71988 - 2015
JunjiYamagishi
  • Guitar
81974 - 1988
NaotoYamagishi
  • Percussion
  • Drums
32011 - 2019
ShokoYamagishi
  • Paino
32009 - 2015
MasakoYamagita
  • Violin
  • Strings
61979 - 1988
AkiraYamaguchi
  • Bass
21983 - 1992
AoiYamaguchi
  • Vocals
12013 - 2013
HirofumiYamaguchi
  • Paino
21985 - 1985
JiroYamaguchi
  • Percussion
12006 - 2006
KatsuyukiYamaguchi
  • D-1-2
11983 - 1983
KazuyoYamaguchi
  • Bass
21980 - 1980
KohjiroYamaguchi
  • Trumpet
11978 - 1978
KoichiYamaguchi
  • Tymp
11972 - 1972
KojiYamaguchi
  • Fhr
11981 - 1981
KojiroYamaguchi
  • Trumpet
41976 - 1978
MabumiYamaguchi
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • Alto Sax
231971 - 2020
OsamuYamaguchi
  • Drums
11977 - 1977
ShingoYamaguchi
  • Drums
32000 - 2013
StanleyYamaguchi
  • Alto Sax
11979 - 1979
TakakoYamaguchi
  • Vocals
11982 - 1982
TakeshiYamaguchi
  • Guitar
  • Arrangement
71988 - 1997
TomooYamaguchi
  • Guitar
42005 - 2009
YasunoriYamaguchi
  • Percussion
11975 - 1975
YukiYamaguchi
  • Vocals
12015 - 2015
YutaYamaguchi
  • Trumpet
32017 - 2019
YuzoYamaguchi
  • Bass
81978 - 2000
JuneYamagushi
  • Guitar
11998 - 1998
DebbieYamak
  • Cello
11979 - 1979
HitomiYamakami
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
32008 - 2014
EtsukoYamakawa
  • Backing Vcl
11985 - 1985
KeikoYamakawa
  • Harp
51975 - 1982
KoichiYamakawa
  • Paino
  • Vocals
11984 - 1984
HideoYamaki
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Rhythmmachine
  • Balaphone
581976 - 2016
KohzaburoYamaki
  • Guitar
11978 - 1978
KozaburoYamaki
  • Guitar
  • Arrangement
  • El-g
231964 - 2005
KenichiYamakita
  • Percussion
12004 - 2004
Jose MiguelYamal
  • Paino
12008 - 2008
Jose-MiguelYamal
  • Org
  • Paino
12008 - 2008
WynnYamami
  • Paino
21991 - 1991
YoshifumiYamamota
  • Guitar
12005 - 2005
DannyYamamoto
  • Drums
  • Keyboards
  • Percussion
31982 - 2000
EddieYamamoto
  • Vocals
11984 - 1984
EijiYamamoto
  • Paino
  • Cnt
  • Trumpet
101964 - 1994
EisukeYamamoto
  • Trumpet
11986 - 1986
EriYamamoto
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Voice
  • Melodica
  • Tamb
  • Ocean-d
  • Flame-d
  • Vocals
372001 - 2024
GinaYamamoto
  • Taiko
  • Percussion
11996 - 1996
GoroYamamoto
  • Bass
21965 - 1971
HiroyukiYamamoto
  • Bass
22020 - 2021
HozanYamamoto
  • Shakuhachi
  • Bamboo-fl
  • Bamboo Fl
  • Comp
201964 - 1992
IsamuYamamoto
  • Drums
41991 - 1997
JorgeYamamoto
  • Percussion
21996 - 1997
KazuakiYamamoto
  • Bass
21975 - 1976
Kei-ichiYamamoto
  • Bass
11998 - 1998
KeiichiYamamoto
  • El-b
21994 - 1994
Ko-ichiroYamamoto
  • Tenor Bass
22002 - 2010
KyosukeYamamoto
  • Bass
  • El-b
71989 - 1995
MasahiroYamamoto
  • Sax
22008 - 2011
MasashiYamamoto
  • Hrn
11997 - 1997
MidoriYamamoto
  • Violin
32010 - 2010
NaoYamamoto
  • Fhr
11972 - 1972
ReikoYamamoto
  • Vib
22012 - 2014
RikaYamamoto
  • Backing Vocals
12022 - 2022
SeiichiYamamoto
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
11999 - 1999
ShihoYamamoto
  • Violin
11996 - 1996
ShinobuYamamoto
  • Vocals
12011 - 2011
TakumiYamamoto
  • El-g
11981 - 1981
TakuoYamamoto
  • Bar
  • Hrn
  • Clarinet
  • B-cl
  • flautist
  • Tenor Sax
81991 - 1996
TaroYamamoto
  • Clarinet
12011 - 2011
TatsuhisaYamamoto
  • Drums
  • Percussion
62009 - 2023
TomohiroYamamoto
  • Percussion
21988 - 1989
TsuyoshiYamamoto
  • Paino
  • Synt
  • El-p
  • Keyboards
  • Vocals
691974 - 2021
YunosukeYamamoto
  • Cello
21986 - 1992
YusukeYamamoto
  • Percussion
  • Drums
  • Clay-fl
  • Voice
  • Berimbau
  • Talking-d
  • Vib
61995 - 2002
RyuichiYamamura
  • Bass
  • El-b
32008 - 2010
YoshikoYamamura
  • Biwa
11986 - 1986
GurkunYaman
  • Ud
12014 - 2014
ChihiroYamanaka
  • Paino
  • Keyboards
  • El-p
  • Synt
  • Arrangement
  • Ukulele
  • Org
  • Guitar
  • Hca
202000 - 2024
HiroYamanaka
  • Guitar
12010 - 2010
KazukiYamanaka
  • Alto Sax
  • Sop
12019 - 2019
MikiYamanaka
  • Paino
  • Comp
  • Keyboards
  • Spoken-word
  • El-p
  • Vib
112007 - 2024
YoshiyukiYamanaka
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
  • flautist
71982 - 1999
RieYamane
  • Vocals
11997 - 1997
TakashiYamane
  • B-cl
11994 - 1994