Jazz

Notable people in Jazz: life stories, musical works, career achievements and contributions to the development of the genre.

Grant Green
Grant Green
USA
Jazz musician
Arthur Jarrett Jr.
Arthur Jarrett Jr.
USA
American singer, actor and bandleader.
Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
USA
American jazz drummer
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
Denmark
American jazzman and composer, one of the founders of bebop
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone
Canada
Singer, musician
Takuya Kuroda
Takuya Kuroda
Japan
Japanese jazz musician
Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.
USA
Actor, singer, jazz performer, composer and big band composer
LeRoi Moore
LeRoi Moore
USA
American musician, gifted saxophonist.
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
USA
American jazz saxophonist
Jimmy Lyons
Jimmy Lyons
USA
American alto saxophonist
 Sia
Sia
Australia
Australian singer and songwriter
Jordyn Jackson
Jordyn Jackson
USA
American singer
Debbie Cunningham
Debbie Cunningham
USA
American jazz singer
Sunny Murray
Sunny Murray
USA
American jazz performer
Grzegorz Karnas
Grzegorz Karnas
Poland
Polish jazz vocalist, music producer, lyricist, band leader.
Nikki Yanofsky
Nikki Yanofsky
Canada
Canadian jazz-pop singer
Melody Gardot
Melody Gardot
USA
American singer, author and musician
Nemours Jean Baptiste
Nemours Jean Baptiste
Haiti
Legendary jazz saxophonist
Ari Hoenig
Ari Hoenig
USA
American jazz musician, drummer
Karolina Glazer
Karolina Glazer
Poland
Polish jazz vocalist, composer, arranger and producer
Valentin Parnah
Valentin Parnah
Russian poet, translator, musician, dancer, choreographer
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
USA
American jazz clarinetist
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
USA
Innovative jazzman, saxophonist, composer, trumpeter
Tecora Rogers
Tecora Rogers
USA
American Jazz Star
Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
USA
Jazz trumpeter
Kuh Ledesma
Kuh Ledesma
Philippines
Filipino pop and jazz singer
Nino Katamadze
Nino Katamadze
Georgia
Georgian jazz singer and composer.
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
USA
American jazz musician
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
USA
South African jazz musician, pianist and composer
Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
USA
The most legendary clarinetist of American jazz
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
USA
American jazz pianist
Klifford Brayn
Klifford Brayn
USA
American jazz musician
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae
Great Britain
Jazz singer
Al Hirt
Al Hirt
USA
American trumpet player
Charles Parker
Charles Parker
USA
American jazz saxophonist
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
USA
Post-jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, jazzman, saxophonist
Brita Koivunen
Brita Koivunen
Finland
Finnish jazz singer.
Art Davis
Art Davis
USA
Jazz musician
John Stevens
John Stevens
Great Britain
Drummer
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
USA
American percussionist
Lila Downs
Lila Downs
Mexico
Mexican singer and composer
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
USA
American jazz saxophonist (tenor)
Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
USA
American jazzman, saxophonist
Michael Franks
Michael Franks
USA
American jazz singer and composer
Ray Ventura
Ray Ventura
France
An outstanding French jazzman, producer, composer, actor, screenwriter.
 Odetta
Odetta
USA
American black singer and actress.
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
USA
American jazz trumpeter
Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Mahogany
USA
American jazz singer
Didie Lokvud
Didie Lokvud
France
Violinist
Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
USA
American jazz musician