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A History of Jazz Music
Jazz Musicians
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Joshua Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
George Adams
Pepper Adams
Rez Abbasi
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Air
Tetuzi Akiyama
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Susan Alcorn
Rashied Ali
Geri Allen
Red Allen
Maarten Altena
Barry Altschul
Fred Anderson
Ray Anderson
Darol Anger
Lotte Anker
Antripodean Collective
Martin Archer
Neil Ardley
Louis Armstrong
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Mulatu Astatke
David Axelrod
Roy Ayers
Albert Ayler
Azymuth
Bad Plus
Derek Bailey
Chet Baker
Billy Bang
Gato Barbieri
Charlie Barnet
Joey Baron
Kenny Barron
Gary Bartz
Count Basie
Jon Batiste
Sidney Bechet
Bix Beiderbecke
Sam Bennett
Han Bennink
Steve Beresford
Karl Berger
Tim Berne
George Benson
Raoul Bjorkenheim
Black Earth Ensemble
Ed Blackwell
Ran Blake
Art Blakey
Terence Blanchard
Carla Bley
Paul Bley
Bloodmist
Jane Ira Bloom
Blue Humans
Hamiet Bluiett
Arthur Blythe
Buddy Bolden
Borbetomagus
Bosch
Joseph Bowie
Lester Bowie
Jonas Braasch
Joanne Brackeen
Jaimie Branch
Michael Brecker
Dollar Brand
Anthony Braxton
Tyondai Braxton
Willem Breuker
Peter Broetzmann
Tina Brooks
Clifford Brown
Marion Brown
Dave Brubeck
Kyle Bruckmann
BSharp Jazz Quartet
Dave Burrell
Kenny Burrell
Gary Burton
John Butcher
Jaki Byard
Taylor Ho Bynum
Donald Byrd
Don Byron
Uri Caine
Cab Calloway
Francois Cambuzat
Ian Carr
Benny Carter
Betty Carter
James Carter
John Carter
Ron Carter
Andrea Centazzo
Eugene Chadbourne
Teddy Charles
Don Cherry
Eugene Chadbourne
Chicago Underground Duo
Chicago Underground Trio
Guenter Christmann
Charlie Christian
Stanley Clarke
Claudia Quintet
Gerald Clayton
Nels Cline
Billy Cobham
Tony Coe
Ornette Coleman
Steve Coleman
Graham Collier
Alice Coltrane
John Coltrane
Combat Astronomy
Pascal Comelade
Comet is Coming
Loren Mazzacane Connors
Jerome Cooper
Tom Cora
Chick Corea
Larry Coryell
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Sylvie Courvoisier
Stanley Cowell
Lol Coxhill
Marilyn Crispell
Curlew
Andrew Cyrille
Werner Dafeldecker
Lesli Dalaba
David Darling
Wolfgang Dauner
Rhodri Davies
Anthony Davis
Kris Davis
Miles Davis
Angel Bat Dawid
Dead Cat Bounce
Defunkt
Jack DeJohnette
Jean Derome
Paul Desmond
Robert Dick
Al DiMeola
Bill Dixon
Eric Dolphy
Christy Doran
Tommy Dorsey
Dave Douglas
Steve Douglas
Kevin Drumm
Urszula Dudziak
Paul Dunmall
Eddie Durham
Charles Earland
Yelena Eckemoff
Marty Ehrlich
Bruce Eisenbeil
Roy Eldridge
Don Ellis
Elements
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Empirical
Johannes Enders
Ergo
Bill Evans
Gil Evans
Peter Evans
Exias-J
Exploding Sound Orchestra
Ferran Fages
Art Farmer
Mark Feldman
Simon Fell
Maynard Ferguson
Fire Orchestra
Ella Fitzgerald
Reinhard Flatischler
Henry Flynt
Marty Fogel
Michael Formanek
Free Radicals
Chico Freeman
David Friesen
Bill Frisell
Fred Frith
Satoko Fujii
Thomas Fujiwara
Ganelin Trio
Jan Garbarek
Erroll Garner
Charles Gayle
Stan Getz
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gilbert
Dizzy Gillespie
Jimmy Giuffre
Frode Gjerstad
Globe Unity Orchestra
Glass Orchestra
Heiner Goebbels
Malcolm Goldstein
Vinny Golia
Benny Golson
Benny Goodman
Dexter Gordon
Paul Grabowski
Bob Graettinger
Stephane Grappelli
Milford Graves
Guillermo Gregorio
Rudolph Grey
Henry Grimes
Group 87
Jean-Luc Guionnet
Guitares Cinematiques
Trilok Gurtu
Mats Gustafsson
Barry Guy
Charlie Haden
Charlie Hall
Mary Halvorson
Tigran Hamasyan
Chico Hamilton
Guenter Hampel
Lionel Hampton
Herbie Hancock
Marc Hannaford
Kip Hanrahan
Tom Harrell
Joe Harriott
Craig Harris
Joel Harrison
Curtis Hasselbring
Fritz Hauser
Coleman Hawkins
Greg Headley
Michael Hedges
Mark Helias
Gerry Hemingway
Julius Hemphill
Fletcher Henderson
Joe Henderson
Woody Herman
Fred Hersch
Barbara Higbie
Andrew Hill
Earl Hines
Fred Ho
Billie Holiday
Dave Holland
John Hollenbeck
Tristan Honsinger
William Hooker
Paul Horn
Wayne Horvitz
Earl Howard
Freddie Hubbard
Human Arts Ensemble
Charlie Hunter
Bobby Hutcherson
ICP Orchestra
Mark Isham
Vijay Iyer
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ahmad Jamal
Joseph Jarman
Al Jarreau
Keith Jarrett
Jazz Passengers
Jazzanova
Jazztet
Leroy Jenkins
Hilmar Jensson
Bill Johnson
J.J. Johnson
James Johnson
Marc Johnson
Elvin Jones
Thad Jones
Scott Joplin
Stanley Jordan
Jason Kahn
Henry Kaiser
Kammerflimmer Kollektief
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Eyvind Kang
Greg Kelley
Stan Kenton
Freddie Keppard
Steve Khan
John Kirby
Basil Kirchin
Roland Kirk
Klaxon Gueule
Eric Kloss
Guy Klucevsek
Franz Koglmann
Kolkhoze Printanium
Toshinori Kondo
Lee Konitz
Krakatau
Gene Krupa
Joachim Kuehn
Steve Kuhn
Kurushimi
Sergey Kuryokhin
Steve Lacy
Oliver Lake
Art Lande
Eddie Lang
Prince Lasha
Yusef Lateef
Ingrid Laubrock
Led Bib
Joelle Leandre
Jeanne Lee
Okkyung Lee
Steve Lehman
Janet Leppin
George Lewis
James Brandon Lewis
John Lewis
Mel Lewis
Alan Licht
Dave Liebman
Abbey Lincoln
Charles Lloyd
London Jazz Composers Orchestra
Joe Lovano
Frank Lowe
Jimmie Lunceford
Paul Lytton
M'lumbo
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Joe Maneri
Albert Mangelsdorff
Chuck Mangione
Herbie Mann
Michael Manring
Michael Mantler
Denman Maroney
Barrett Martin
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Mike Marshall
Agusti Martinez
Miya Masaoka
Peter Maunu
Bennie Maupin
Lyle Mays
Bob Mazurek
Cecil McBee
Paul McCandless
Bobby McFerrin
Chris McGregor
Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre
John McLaughlin
Jackie McLean
Joe McPhee
Medeski, Martin & Wood
Brad Mehldau
Myra Melford
Misha Mengelberg
Pat Metheny
Microscopic Septet
Stephen Micus
Glenn Miller
Mulgrew Miller
Charles Mingus
Blue Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
Hank Mobley
Modern Jazz Quartet
Mokave
Grachan Moncur
Thelonious Monk
Montage
Wes Montgomery
Montreux
Jason Moran
Lee Morgan
Glen Moore
Airto Moreira
Ikue Mori
Butch Morris
Jelly Roll Morton
Joe Morris
David Moss
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
Benny Moten
Paul Motian
Don Moye
Guenter Mueller
Gerry Mulligan
David Murray
Sunny Murray
Music Revelation Ensemble
Amina-Claudine Myers
Andy Narell
Natural Information Society
Mark Nauseef
Oliver Nelson
Necks
Ben Neill
New York Art Quartet
James Newton
Nexus
Herbie Nichols
Red Nichols
Nimal
Nmperign
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Charles Noyes
Nucleus
Patrick O'Hearn
King Oliver
Oregon
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Kid Ory
Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen
Greg Osby
Kassa Overall
Tony Oxley
Walter Page
Charlie Parker
Evan Parker
Jeff Parker
William Parker
Zeena Parkins
JD Parran
Joe Pass
Jaco Pastorius
Joshua Payne Orchestra
Annette Peacock
Gary Peacock
Duke Pearson
Art Pepper
Ivo Perelman
Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Barre Phillips
Lenny Pickett
Courtney Pine
Anthony Pirog
Paul Plimley
Polwechsel
Jean-Luc Ponty
Bud Powell
Kyle Press
Bobby Previte
Eddie Prevost
Julian Priester
Dudu Pukwana
Cole Pulice
Don Pullen
Flora Purim
Pyramids
Boyd Raeburn
Bhob Rainey
Random Touch
Enrico Rava
Dewey Redman
Joshua Redman
Hans Reichel
Steve Reid
Django Reinhardt
Dave Rempis
Revolutionary Ensemble
Sam Rivers
Max Roach
Hank Roberts
Luckey Roberts
Marcus Roberts
Matana Roberts
Jason Robinson
Shorty Rogers
Jon Rose
Scott Rosenberg
Ned Rothenberg
Keith Rowe
Rolldown
Sonny Rollins
Ned Rothenberg
Rova Saxophone Quartet
Roswell Rudd
Adam Rudolph
Hilton Ruiz
Charles Rumback
George Russell
Hal Russell
Paul Rutherford
Terje Rypdal
David Sanborn
Angelica Sanchez
Pharoah Sanders
Arturo Sandoval
Sao Paulo Underground
Saheb Sarbib
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Maria Schneider
Manfred Schoof
Irene Schweizer
John Scofield
Scorch Trio
Shirley Scott
Gil Scott-Heron
Gunther Schuller
Shadowfax
Tony Scott
Elliott Sharp
Sonny Sharrock
Artie Shaw
Woody Shaw
George Shearing
Archie Shepp
Matthew Shipp
Tamio Shiraishi
John Shiurba
Wayne Shorter
Michael Shrieve
Martin Siewert
Alan Silva
Horace Silver
Sonny Simmons
Nala Sinephro
Sinew
Jabbo Smith
Jimmy Smith
Leo Smith
Lonnie-Liston Smith
Willie Smith
Snarky Puppy
Martial Solal
Esperanza Spalding
Chris Speed
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
Spyro Gyra
Jim Staley
Burkhard Stangl
Tomasz Stanko
Colin Stetson
Steps Ahead
Mike Stern
Michael Jefry Stevens
John Stevens
Luke Stewart
String Trio Of New York
Taku Sugimoto
Sun Ra
John Surman
Steve Swallow
Steve Swell
Craig Taborn
Masayuki Takayanagi
Talibam
Horace Tapscott
Art Tatum
Cecil Taylor
John Tchicai
Richard Teitelbaum
Clark Terry
Gary Thomas
Leon Thomas
Claude Thornhill
Henry Threadgill
Steve Tibbetts
Stevan Tickmayer
Scott Tinkler
Keith Tippet
Cal Tjader
Charles Tolliver
Ton Art
David Torn
Ralph Towner
Artie Traum
Triosk
Lennie Tristano
Steve Turre
Stanley Turrentine
Turtle Island String Quartet
Artie Traum
Charles Tyler
McCoy Tyner
Kazuhisa Uchihashi
James Blood Ulmer
Michael Urbaniak
Ken Vandermark
David VanTieghem
Nana Vasconcelos
Tom Varner
Glen Velez
Robert Vincs
Miroslav Vitous
Collin Walcott
Mal Waldron
Fats Waller
Weasel Walter
Cedar Walton
David Ware
Kamasi Washington
Bob Wasserman
Kazumi Watanabe
Patty Waters
Bobby Watson
Trevor Watts
Weather Report
Chick Webb
Eberhard Weber
Ben Webster
Mike Westbrook
Randy Weston
Kenny Wheeler
Paul Whiteman
Immanuel Wilkins
Clarence Williams
James Williams
Jessica Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Tony Williams
Cassandra Wilson
Paul Winter
Phil Woods
Nat Wooley
Frank Wright
World Saxophone Quartet
Yosuke Yamashita
Stomu Yamashta
Yellowjackets
Larry Young
Lester Young
Roland Young
Zanana
Joe Zawinul
Denny Zeitlin
ZGA
John Zorn
Peter Zummo
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