Piero Scaruffi's book: A History of Jazz Music

Jazz Musicians

Editor: Piero Scaruffi
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  • Kaoru Abe
  • John Abercrombie
  • Joshua Abrams
  • Muhal Richard Abrams
  • George Adams
  • Pepper Adams
  • Rez Abbasi
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • 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
  • Cosmologic
  • 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
  • Duke Ellington
  • 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
  • Kandinsky Effect
  • 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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