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

Grant Green
USA
USAJazz musician

Arthur Jarrett Jr.
USA
USAAmerican singer, actor and bandleader.

Cozy Cole
USA
USAAmerican jazz drummer

Oscar Pettiford
Denmark
DenmarkAmerican jazzman and composer, one of the founders of bebop

Leon Redbone
Canada
CanadaSinger, musician

Takuya Kuroda
Japan
JapanJapanese jazz musician

Harry Connick Jr.
USA
USAActor, singer, jazz performer, composer and big band composer

LeRoi Moore
USA
USAAmerican musician, gifted saxophonist.

Joe Henderson
USA
USAAmerican jazz saxophonist

Jimmy Lyons
USA
USAAmerican alto saxophonist

Sia
Australia
AustraliaAustralian singer and songwriter

Jordyn Jackson
USA
USAAmerican singer

Debbie Cunningham
USA
USAAmerican jazz singer

Sunny Murray
USA
USAAmerican jazz performer

Grzegorz Karnas
Poland
PolandPolish jazz vocalist, music producer, lyricist, band leader.

Nikki Yanofsky
Canada
CanadaCanadian jazz-pop singer

Melody Gardot
USA
USAAmerican singer, author and musician

Nemours Jean Baptiste
Haiti
HaitiLegendary jazz saxophonist

Ari Hoenig
USA
USAAmerican jazz musician, drummer

Karolina Glazer
Poland
PolandPolish jazz vocalist, composer, arranger and producer

Valentin Parnah
Russian poet, translator, musician, dancer, choreographer

Woody Herman
USA
USAAmerican jazz clarinetist

Ornette Coleman
USA
USAInnovative jazzman, saxophonist, composer, trumpeter

Tecora Rogers
USA
USAAmerican Jazz Star

Freddie Hubbard
USA
USAJazz trumpeter

Kuh Ledesma
Philippines
PhilippinesFilipino pop and jazz singer

Nino Katamadze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian jazz singer and composer.

Chico Hamilton
USA
USAAmerican jazz musician

Abdullah Ibrahim
USA
USASouth African jazz musician, pianist and composer

Pete Fountain
USA
USAThe most legendary clarinetist of American jazz

Chick Corea
USA
USAAmerican jazz pianist

Klifford Brayn
USA
USAAmerican jazz musician

Corinne Bailey Rae
Great Britain
Great BritainJazz singer

Al Hirt
USA
USAAmerican trumpet player

Charles Parker
USA
USAAmerican jazz saxophonist

Howard Johnson
USA
USAPost-jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, jazzman, saxophonist

Brita Koivunen
Finland
FinlandFinnish jazz singer.

Art Davis
USA
USAJazz musician

John Stevens
Great Britain
Great BritainDrummer

Hamid Drake
USA
USAAmerican percussionist

Lila Downs
Mexico
MexicoMexican singer and composer

Scott Hamilton
USA
USAAmerican jazz saxophonist (tenor)

Michael Brecker
USA
USAAmerican jazzman, saxophonist

Michael Franks
USA
USAAmerican jazz singer and composer

Ray Ventura
France
FranceAn outstanding French jazzman, producer, composer, actor, screenwriter.

Odetta
USA
USAAmerican black singer and actress.

Pete Candoli
USA
USAAmerican jazz trumpeter

Kevin Mahogany
USA
USAAmerican jazz singer

Didie Lokvud
France
FranceViolinist

Eddie Condon
USA
USAAmerican jazz musician