I would like to thank many people who have contributed to this project. Without their help the task would have been impossible:
| A: | Paul Abler, Art Abrams, Beegie Adair, Norman Adams, Robert Albert, John Altman, Lars Bang Andersen, David Anthony, Daniel Arano, Doug Armstrong, David Arnay, John Arruci, Ahmet Ali Arslan , Jean Luc Arvieu, Bill Ashton, Arne Astrup, Elizabeth Atmore |
| B: | Judy Bady, Noah Baerman, Phil Bailey, Cary Baker, Eric ter Bals, Rob Bamberger, Dick Bank, Brendan Bannon, Roberto Barahona, Alan Bargebuhr, Anthony Barnett, Jeff Barnhart, Bert Barr, Davin L. Bass, David Basskin, Leslie Hurle Bath, Rob Bauer, Heinz Baumeister, Michael Baumgartner, Sam Baxter, Jay Becker, Guy Beckett, Leif Bednar, Raffaello Bellano, Thoms Bellino, Joan Bender, Schubert Benedit, Paul Benkimoun, Jimmy Bennington, Knut Berg, Ruud Bergamin, Albert Bergemont, Franck Bergerot, Sam Berke, Jean-Marc Berlière, Jean-Pierre Berthet, Charlie Bertini, Peter Bevan, Gerard Bieldermann, Ben Bierman, Edgard Bijvoet, Michael Bird, Keith Bisaillon, Robert Bissonnet, Big Bill Bissonnette, Barbara Blair, Richard Bliwas, Blood & Tears Productions, Jane Ira Bloom, Dave Blume, Bob Blumenthal, Fiorenzo Bodrato, Jason Boening, Sandra Boenk, David Bogen, Carsten Bokelberg, Rick Bolling, Alan Bond, David Bond, Christian Bonnet, Filippo Borromeo, Kathy Boscole, Claude Bosseray, Preben Botteleth-Danielsen, Dick Bourcier, Don Boyer, David Bradbury, Christina Braid, Matteo Brancaleoni, Helmut Brandt, Jimmy Brannen, Colin Bray, Robert Bregman, Ross Brethour, Frank Brodahl, Kevin Brooks, Dave Brown, Deborah Brown, Larry Brown, Brian Browne, Craig Browning, Georges Bru, Jim Bruce, Jan Brukman, Leonard J. Bukowski, Paul C. Burgess, Nigel Burlinson, Michael Burman, Chris Burnett, Geoffrey E. Butcher, Ted Butterman, Armin Büttner, Gregory Byerline, Elana Byrd |
| C: | Coco Mbassi Cameroon, Robert L. Campbell, Royce Campbell, Mario Caribe, Francesca Casciuolo, Fabrizio Cecca, Ernesto Cervini, Gian Carlo Cervone, Nemil Chabebe, Jacques Chanier, Russ Chase, François Chemarin, Bob Chicoine, Santos Chillemi, Wellington Choy, Chris Christie, Leo Ciesa, Massimo "mc2" Ciolli, Julian Claes, Clyde Clark, Norman S. Clerman, Noal Cohen, Larry Cohn, Nadine Coho, Bill Collins, Mal Collins, Tim Collins, John Collinson, Marco Comande, Steve Cooper, Sergio Coppotelli, Tony Corman, Juan A. Cosme, Sergio Cossu, Dave Cramer, Al Cresswell, Andrew Cresswell, David Crombie, Jeff Crompton, Ian Crosbie, Andrew P. Cross, Phil Cunliffe, Thomas Cunniffe, Michael Cuscuna |
| D: | John Dale, William R. Damm, Stanley Dance, Paul Danis, Alex Danko, Rene A. Dauphin, Doreen Davey, Martin Davidson, Brian Davis, Francis Davis, Howard Davis, Margaret Davis, Dave Dawes, Eduardo de Aguirre, Gaspare De Vito, George Debroe, Christian Declume, Kazuya Deguchi, Robert Dehoney, Jana Dekankova, Henri Delhaye, Eckhart Derschmidt, Dorian Devins, Nick Didkovsky, G. W. Didymus, Stephen Didymus, David Diehl, Joe Dimech, Donna Dinberg, Mike Dine, Paul Dinnage, Dave Dixon, Len Dobbin, Hans C. Doerrscheidt, Laurence Donohue-Greene, James M. Doran, Christian Doutreligne, Richard Drexler, Ken Dryden, Rob DuBoff, Dan Dubrick, Fred van Duijnhoven, Robert Duis, Frank Dumez, Chris Dundas, Victoria Dunfee, Patty Dutschke |
| E: | Bob Eagle, Robert Eastham, Ole Riis Ebbesen, Lars Edegran, Nicole Edwards, Jack van Elewout, José Ramón Elkoro, Barry Elmes, Greg Englert, Bob Erdos, Itamar Erez, George Evans, Bob Everard |
| F: | Arnold Faber, Mary Fallon, Frank Farkas, Charles Farrell, Jim Farrington, Zusaan Kali Fasteau, Vincent Favrat, Leonard Feather, Luciano Federighi, Steve Feigenbaum, Sascha Feinstein, Andre Ferreri, Jenny Ferris, Julia Fest, Ron Feuer, Danièle Feuillerat, Matt Finley, Hans Fischer, Larry Fischer, Bob Fisher, Cheryl Fisher, Ivan Fisher, Mike Fitt, Robert Fitzner, Ulrich Fleischer, Alan Flood, Gladys Carbo Flower, Mike Flowerday, Ronaldo Folegatti, Michel Fontanes, André Fonteyne, Gordon Foote, Lorraine Foster, Sandy Foster, Scott Foster, Graham Francis, Henry Francis, Henry “Thins” Francis, Ed Frank, Kevin Frank, Marty Frankel, Bob Freedman, Don Frese, Enzo Fresia, Peter Friedman, Will Friedwald, Laura Frost, Luciano M. Fuccella, F.Y. Fujita, Tony Furner |
| G: | Kari Gaffney, Ella Gahnt, John Gallo, Sandra Garibaldi, Fradley H. Garner, Sayydah Garrett, Patrice Gaubert, Gary Gazaway, Coover D. Gazdar, Eric Gee, Dr. H. Peter Geering, Richard Gehr, Joseph Geszler, Chris Gildersleeve, David Giles, Frank Gillis, Jean-Louis Ginibre, Marcus Girvan, Dann Glenn, Eric Goldberg, Fernando L. Gonzalez, Anthony Good, John Good, Jon Gordon, Makoto Gotoh, Ted Gottsegen, Harald Gram, Mona Granager, Lori Grandanette, Jack Grassel, Jack Gratus, Chris Greco, Christopher J. Greco, Larry Green, Richard Green, Micele Grey, G. Earl Grice, Kris Grier, Frank Griffith, Stephen Griggs, Josh Grossman, George Grund, Helge Gundersen, Meral Guneyman |
| H: | Charles K. Hager, Gösta Hägglöf, George Hall, Buddy Halligan, Carl Hällstrom, Orlando Hamann, Jeff Hamilton, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Gunter Hampel, Merv Harding, Chris Harris, Dave Harrison, Ken Harrison, Jim Harrod, R.M. Haskey, Barry Hatcher, Timothy Hauff, Lars Andreas Haug, Richard Hazlewood, Lynn Hearn, Ron Hearn, Bill Hebden, Hilde Hefte, Johanne Hell, Doug Henkle, Mike Hennessey, Guillermo Hernandez, Philippe Hertogs, Gary Herzenstiel, Adrian Hester, Stanley J. Hester, Joane Hétu, Enrique Hetzel, Robert D. Hill, Christian Hille, Dave Hines, Neil Hirsch, Bernard Hodgson, Sjef Hoefsmit, Horst Hofer, Rod Holcombe, Greg Holden, Roine Holmgren, Jeff Hopkins, Yoshiki Hori, Wik Horn, John Hornsby, Jose Hosiasson, Luc Houtkamp, J.P. Hubert, Diane Hubka, Tamm E Hunt, Thomas P. Hustad, Antti J. Hyvarinen |
| I: | Fred Irby III, Shinobu Ito, Ethan Iverson, Shin-ichi Iwamoto |
| J: | Gordon Jack, Noreen Jackson, Irving L. Jacobs, Gunnar A. Jacobsen, Jan Arge Jacobsen, Mario Jacques, Amandah Jantzen, Brandy Jensen, Hartmut Jensen, Ingrid Jensen, Johan Johansson, Guy Johnson, J. Wilfred Johnson, Scott Johnson, Peter K. Johnston, Craig Jolley, Stan Jones, Paul Jordanous, Paul Jordison, Robert Josephsson, Julie Joslyn, Christine Jottard, Bernard Jouan, Ulli Jűnemann |
| K: | Fito Kahn, Lou Kallie, Ameet Kamath, Arnold Van Kampen, Nikos Kapilidis, Arnie Kaplin, Bert Karlheden, Paul Karting, Ken Kasl, Eyran Katsenelenbogen, F. DeWitt Kay Jr., Robert Kayne, Bonbonfera Tim Keenan, Orrin Keepnews, Doug Kelly, Gary Kennedy, Sam Kestenholtz, Steve Khan, James Kidd, Darryl Kimak, Warren Kimble, Ken Kinisiak, Liz Kinnon, Charles Kirschbaum, Fritz Klahre, Arnold Van Klaveren, Shirley Klett, Gerhard Klussmeier, Wolfram Knauer, Cullen Knight, Wayne Knight, Dan Kochakian, Scott Kohler, Glafkos Kontemeniotis, Ted Kooshian, Guy Kopelowicz, G.A.S. Koster, Steve Koven, Karl Kramer, Michael Kremer, Stuart Kremsky, Erling Kroner, Kuno Krook, Werner Krozewski, Michiya Kubo, Jonathan Kutler |
| L: | Auvo Laaksonen, Mike Laatz, Jean Lacomme, Jim Lade, Mark L. Ladenson, Francis Lalubin, Sheila Landis, Flavio Lanteri, Ann Marie Lanz, Robert Larson, Arnold Laubich, John Law, John Leahy, Jean-Pierre Leduc, Chris Lee, Kijun Lee, David Lennick, Rick Leppanen, Gary Letts, Gaetano Letzia, Joe Leung, Elliott Levin, Floyd Levin, Sylvia Levine, Harry Lewin, Vic Lewis, Michael Li, Joe Licari, John Lindberg, Anders Linde, Heinrich Lukas Lindenmaier, Les Line, Jack Litchfield, John Livermore, Rolf Ljungquist, Pierre Llaurens, Claudio Lo Cascio, Mark Lopeman, Jennifer Lord, Hugo Lorences, George G. Loring, Gid Loring, Geoffrey Lowe, Peter B. Lowry, John Lozada, Ole Lund, Per Kristian Lund, Raimondo Meli Lupi, Anna Acevedo Lyman |
| M: | Scott MacKenzie, Jerry Maddock, Chris Madsen, Katrine Madsen, Dale Madson, Jens Magnus, Ed Maina, Michel Mainil, Pavel Makovinyi, Dorian Makres, Ron Malings, Junior Mance, Al Maniscalco, Patrick Manzecchi, Anthony Marino, Dan Marmion, Isabelle Marquis, Edward Martin, Graham Martindale, Francesco Martinelli, Sue Maskaleris, Keshavan Maslak (Kenny Millions), Dan Mather, Roman Matin, David Matthews, Paul B. Matthews, John F. Matthews II, Glenn May, Cristina Mazza, Carrie Mazzy, Bill McBirnie, Rob McConnell, Vincent J. McKee, Michael Meadowcroft, Jem Meadows, Haftor Medbøe, Joseph Medjuck, Michael J. Mee, Hernan Merlo, William Messing, Edward N. Meyer, Ron Meyers, Jim Michael, James Middleton, Danas Mikailionis, Andy Milan, Artie Miller, Mark Miller, Sam Miller, Eric Mills, William R. Minch, John W. Miner, Al Mion, Jack Mitchell, Dennis Mitcheltree, Mikhail Mitropolsky, Ernst Mitter, Karl Johan Moberg, M. Kurt Mohr, Anke Mondeel-Knoest, Bernadette Moore, L. Wayne Moore, Don Mopsick, Juan Carlos Morelli, Brenda Morie, Allan Moss, Bill Mossman, Alphonse Mouzon, Rolf Mueller, Carli Muńoz, Mogens Münter, Peter Murray, Marc Myers |
| N: | Sabine Nagel-Heyer, Ted Nash, David Nathan, Dave Neill, Craig Neilson, Peter Nevraumont, Ned Newitt, Bo Norin, Chris Norley, John Norris, Doug Norwood, Konrad Nowakowski, Inguar Nybom |
| O: | David Occhipinti, Marcus Oliveira, Michael Oliver, Ted Ono, Rob Oudshoorn, Keith Oxman, Brian O’Brian, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Ted O’Reilly, Phil O’Rourke |
| P: | Dr. Michael Pagán, Michael Palmer, Richard Palmer, David Panton, Larry Parker, Robert Paskowitz, Lino Patruno, Cheryl Pawelski, Gerd Pechura, Jane Peck, Les Peetz, Agustín Pérez, Bent Persson, Alan Petersen, Noah Peterson, Mike Pettingale, T.C. Pfeiler, Pagot Philippe, Nick Phillips, Tina Phillips, Laranah Phipps-Law, Paolo Piangiarelli, Joe Pignato, Rick Pijpers-Noordijk, Dave Pistolesi, Charles Plank, Remco Plas, Michael Plaskett, Stephen Platt, Mike Pletcher, Kerry Politzer, Doug Pomeroy, Jonathan Poretz, Bob Porter, Michael Powers, Xavier Prevost, Tom Price, Edouard Priet, George Probert, Thomas Prohaska, Bart van der Putten |
| Q: | John Quaroni |
| R: | Carl Rabinowitz, Dominique Rabold, Lenore Raphael, Charlie Rasch, Lars Rasmussen, Bryan Redmond, John Reeder, Erich Reiser, Jean-Michel 'Beethoven' Reisser, Dave Remington, Philippe Renaud, Ulf Renberg, Robert Reny, Ken Rhodes, Sue Richardson, Geoff Roach, Robert J. Roberts, Alastair Robertson, Sebastian Robinson, Steve Rochinski, Graham Roe, Maurice Rolfe, Tomer Ron, Ron Rooth, William Roper, Joe Rosenberg, Michael J. Rosenstein, Alan Rosenthal, Alan Ross, Ken Rothwell, Tony Rounce, Bob Rusch, Marc Rusch, Frank Rutter, Julie Ryder, Hakan Rydin |
| S: | Rein Saariste, Bob Sabourin, Jack Sadler, David Sager, Dieter Salemann, Torgny Salö, Christian “Ton Ton” Salut, Eddie Sammons, Andrew J. Sammut, Doug Sandland, Ivan Santiago, Gordon Sapsed, Albert Sarko, Charles Saunders, Tom Saunders, Roberto Scaglione, George Scala, Bo Scherman, John Schiebaan, Henry Schmidt, Walter Schneebeli, Mario Schneeberger, Loren Schoenberg, Paul Schulman, Dennis Schultz, Klaus Schulz, Karl Schwandl, Rudolf Schwarz, Hans Schwenkkros, Manfred Selchow, Will Severns, Tohru Seya, James D. Shacter, Jim Shannon, Jim Sharpe, John Shelton, Rikiya Shirasu, Joe Showler, Tom Siddall, Daniel M. Simms, Andy Simons, Gregg Simpson, Robert Six, Dan Skea, Bernd Skibbe, Bria Skonberg, Melani Skybell, Mike Slavin, Carol Sloane, Murray Slochover, Jos Smeehuijzen, Bill Smith, Dave Smith, Elwood H. Smith, Gail Smith, Joe C. Smith, Nervous Neal Smith, O.C. Smith, Bob Smith Jr., Brian Smithson, Dr. Robert L. Snyder, Jens Solund, Omar Sosa, Masao Soyama, Phil Spector, Roger A. Spencer, Thomas Stabenow, Vanni Stefanini, Billy Stein, Allan Stephensen, George Stern, Thomas Stern, David Stevens, Robert Stockdale, I.J.E Stokvis, Craig Storey, Guy “Strazz” Strazzullo, Sally Street, Jan Strom, Edward J.W. Stuart, Derek Styles, Carol Sudhalter, Richard Sudhalter, Jan Sundberg, Duane Sutfin, Keith V. Sutton, Naoki Suzuki, The Swedish Bunk Johnson Society [Claes Ringqvist, Bjorn Barnheim, Hakan Hakansson, Lennart Falt, Stig Ljunggren], Mike Sweeney, Paul Sweeting, Ron Sweetman, Sture Synnefors, Bob Szajner |
| T: | Lew Tabackin, Hisashi Takaoka, Don Tarrant, Derek Tatam, Berigan Taylor, Jeffrey Taylor, Leon Taylor, Drew Techner, Derick A. Thomas, Jeff Thompson, Ib Skovsted Thomsen, Perry Thoorsell, Steve Thornton, John Thorp, Perlene Thurston, Toth Tihamér, Brant Tilds, Bruno Tocanne, Jeff Tower, Tina Tragter, Luciano Troja, Ted Truman, George Tucker, Chris Tyle, K. Tyler |
| U: | Richard Underhill, Bill Underwood, Frits Unold, Cynthia Uttrbach |
| V: | Ken Vail, Marco Valente, Reinier van Bevervoorde, Pierre Van Dormael, Frenk van Meeteren, John Vance, Jean-Claude Vartanian, Tina Vartanian, Dimitros Vassilakis, Paul Vaugine, Danute Vekteris, Patrick van de Ven, Laurent Verdeaux, Daniel Vernhettes, Chris Vervaet, Tommy Vig, Howard Vigorita, Paul Vlk, Edward Vodicka, Karl-Heinz Vögler |
| W: | Roger Wade, Thomas Wagner, Matthew J. Wahoske, Gavin Walker, Goran Wallen, Kris Wanders, Jim Ward, Jim & Susan Ward, Jud Warren, Bobby Watson, Jim Webb, Stuart Webb, Jon Weber, Mark Weber, Michel Weber, Bob Weir, Klaus Weiss, Michael Weiss, Paul Weitz, Carol Welsman, Emanuel Wenger, Scott Wenzel, Paul Wesolowski, Lizzie Kate Meriwether West, Marty West, Kenneth Westgate, Jeremy White, Linda Whitman, Bert Whyatt, Arild Wideröe, Dot Wilder, Ken Wiley, Jos Willems, Andrew Williams, Sir David Williams, Bob Wilson, George Wilson, Joanna Wilson, Joe Winkle, Glenn Wisniewski, Stefan Wistrand, Carl Woideck, Jack Woker, Jurgen Wolfer, Alan Wood, W.A.M. Wood, Eric Woodward, Carle Wooley, Tony Wren, Bryan Wright, Scotty Wright, Eric Wyatt, Joseph Wyn, Tex Wyndham |
| Y: | Akira Yamato, Scott Yanow, Alex Yellowlees, Billie Young, Herb Young, James Young, Satoshi Yuze |
| Z: | Dan Zeff, Francois Ziegler, Chris Ziemer, Art Zimmerman, Daniel Zlotnik |
My apologies to anyone I may have overlooked.
And of course a deep bow to general discographers who have come before; Hilton Schleman, Charles Delaunay, Brian Rust, Jorgen Jepsen, Walter Bruyninckx and Erik Raben.