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.

Important Notice for individuals searching for specific musicians:
Due to time and other constraints, we are unable to respond to requests for discographical data or other information on individual musicians. Many libraries have copies of The Jazz Discography and should be consulted on questions regarding specific musicians. Alternatively, you can purchase a three-month subscription for $29.97 on this web site – see the $9.99 per month subscription price on our home page. Please do not email us as we regret we cannot answer questions about individual musicians.

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
Advanced Search
TarekYamani
  • Paino
12013 - 2013
ShusakuYamano
  • Guitar
12012 - 2012
YasukoYamano
  • Paino
11980 - 1980
EyiYamanoto
  • Trumpet
11964 - 1964
MikiYamaoka
  • Vocals
71985 - 2015
YukoYamaoka
  • Paino
21997 - 2018
MalickYamar
  • Drums
11993 - 1993
AmiYamasaki
  • Voice
12018 - 2018
DaveYamasaki
  • Guitar
51981 - 2002
DavidYamasaki
  • Guitar
121994 - 2008
HisakoYamash'ta
  • Violin
21973 - 1974
StomuYamash'ta
  • Percussion
  • Comp
  • Drums
  • Hca
51971 - 1976
JunkoYamashiro
  • B-tb
  • Tenor Bass
72006 - 2015
AceYamashita
  • Guitar
12000 - 2000
HaruoYamashita
  • Tenor Bass
41971 - 1975
JunYamashita
  • Guitar
31989 - 1991
KeiYamashita
  • Violin
11995 - 1995
KojiYamashita
  • Bass
71993 - 2020
MariYamashita
  • Vib
  • Mar
32007 - 2011
MasakiYamashita
  • Drums
12020 - 2020
MasatoYamashita
  • Drums
12000 - 2000
NobuhikoYamashita
  • Drums
71990 - 2007
TakashiYamashita
  • Bass
21958 - 1958
TatsurohYamashita
  • Guitar
21990 - 1990
ToruYamashita
  • Synt
11988 - 1988
YoshitakaYamashita
  • Drums
12011 - 2011
YosukeYamashita
  • Paino
  • El-p
  • Percussion
  • Mar
  • Keyboards
  • Org
  • Celeste
  • Glockenspiel
  • Vib
  • Thumb-p
  • Synt
  • Harpsicord
  • Vocals
1291963 - 2013
YukikoYamashita
  • Chorus
12006 - 2006
KatsuraYamauchi
  • Alto Sax
  • Sax
62003 - 2011
TetsuYamauchi
  • Guitar
  • El-b
  • Bass
  • El-g
101980 - 1996
ToruYamauchi
  • Classical-g
12004 - 2004
YoichiroYamauchi
  • Drums
12013 - 2013
Yamaya
  • Alto Sax
11954 - 1954
KiyoshiYamaya
  • Arrangement
  • Alto Sax
  • Paino
  • Saxes
  • Unknown Inst
121957 - 1970
Yamazaki
  • Paino
11956 - 1956
HideoYamazaki
  • Drums
12000 - 2000
HirokazuYamazaki
  • Bass
11976 - 1976
HiroshiYamazaki
  • Drums
  • Paino
  • Percussion
211968 - 2016
KenYamazaki
  • Percussion
  • Drums
71996 - 2006
KohichiYamazaki
  • Bass
21976 - 1976
KoichiYamazaki
  • Bass
81974 - 1987
MichiharuYamazaki
  • Tenor Bass
  • B-tb
41980 - 1988
MizueYamazaki
  • Vocals
11968 - 1968
SeikoYamazaki
  • Violin
11973 - 1973
TakeruYamazaki
  • Microtonal Keyboards
12012 - 2012
YasuhiroYamazaki
  • Drums
71979 - 1981
YoshikiYamazaki
  • Drums
11993 - 1993
YusakuYamazaki
  • Tuba
11966 - 1966
YukiYamazato
  • Vocals
11996 - 1996
GeorgeYamazawa
  • Vocals
12015 - 2015
Marcel "Mayamba"Yamba
  • Drifter
11934 - 1934
ChuckYamek
  • Guitar
21999 - 1999
CraigYamek
  • Drums
  • Percussion
  • Sampled-perc
  • Sampled Perc
  • Trigger Samples
171991 - 1992
Yami
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Backing Vocals
12011 - 2011
EliYamin
  • Paino
  • Vocals
151991 - 2012
FerrisYamin
  • Tuba
51923 - 1923
Toshihiro Ogata DoctorYamori
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
VictorYampolsky
  • Paino
11996 - 1996
VitalyYamuteev
  • Tenor Sax
  • Sop
11999 - 1999
ZhangYan
  • Guzheng
11993 - 1993
KanYanabe
  • Pandeiro
  • Tamb
  • Shakers
  • Shaker
  • Frame-d
  • Clave
  • Kanjira
  • Angklung
  • Triangle
  • Percussion
  • Perc-effects
  • Tambor
  • Riq
  • Caxixi
112016 - 2021
KanYanae
  • Shakers
  • Cajon
  • Caxixi
12016 - 2016
YoshinoriYanagawa
  • Saxes
  • Alto Sax
51990 - 1995
ShunichiYanagi
  • Paino
22012 - 2015
ToshiYanagi
  • Guitar
61992 - 2002
MasashiYanagida
  • Tenor Bass
11981 - 1981
YoichiroYanagihara
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
12012 - 2012
YoshinoYanagihara
  • Vocals
  • flautist
11982 - 1982
YukaYanagihara
  • Paino
22012 - 2015
VaunetteYanaginuma
  • Harp
11979 - 1979
KazuhikoYanagisawa
  • Bar
21994 - 1994
masakoYanagita
  • Violin
21999 - 2012
IdoYanai
  • Guitar
11994 - 1994
NaokiYanai
  • Bass
  • El-b
231988 - 1995
J.C.Yanajara
  • Bass
12000 - 2000
PaulYanamaura
  • Drums
11985 - 1985
BobYance
  • Trumpet
71967 - 1987
EdYance
  • Guitar
271944 - 1945
RobertYance
  • flautist
  • Trumpet
11968 - 1968
AlonzoYancey
  • Paino
21943 - 1943
AubreyYancey
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
21937 - 1937
AustinYancey
  • Bar
  • B-cl
12018 - 2018
BillYancey
  • Bass
171961 - 1994
CraigYancey
  • Reeds
21978 - 1978
Estella "Mama"Yancey
  • Vocals
111943 - 1983
JimmyYancey
  • Paino
  • Vocals
  • Sp
  • Harmonium
111939 - 1951
MelvinYancey
  • Bass
61960 - 1979
NigelYancey
  • Alto Sax
  • flautist
  • Clarinet
22013 - 2018
MarianYanchyk
  • Violin
22014 - 2014
ChalaYancy
  • Violin
  • Viola
32010 - 2012
EmilyYancy
  • Vocals
11979 - 1979
JeromeYancy
  • Bass
  • El-b
  • Windchimes
11986 - 1986
MarvinYancy
  • Keyboards
11974 - 1974
RobertYancy
  • Percussion
11993 - 1993
SusanneYancy
  • Backing Vocals
11987 - 1987
W.Yancy
  • Bass
11962 - 1962
WilliamYancy
  • Bass
21999 - 1999
YouseffYancy
  • Theremin
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Percussion
  • Electronics
  • El-perc
121977 - 2004
JimYanda
  • Guitar
  • El-g
91987 - 2019
MaryYandall
  • Vocals
11998 - 1998