Jazz Artists You Should Know

Guitar

Al Caiola

Al Casey

Attila Zoller

Barney Kessel

Bill De Arango

Bill Jennings

Billy Bauer

Charlie Christian

Chuck Wayne

Django Reinhardt

Ed Bickert

George Benson
Grant Green

Hank Garland

Herb Ellis

Howard Roberts

Jim Hall

Jimmy Ponder

Jimmy Raney

Joe Pass

Joe Puma

Johnny Smith

Kenny Burrell

Les Spann

Mundell Lowe

Oscar Moore

Pat Martino

Rene Thomas

Sal Salvador

Tal Farlow

Tiny Grimes

Tony Mottola

Toots Thielemans

Wes Montgomery

Saxophone

Art Pepper

Ben Webster

Benny Carter

Benny Golson

Cannonball Adderley

Charlie Parker

Dexter Gordon

Eddie Harris

Ernie Watts

Gene Ammons

Gerry Mulligan

Grover Washington Jr.

Hank Crawford

Hank Mobley

Ike Quebec

James Spaulding

Jimmy Heath

John Coltrane
Johnny Griffin

Lou Donaldson

Maceo Parker

Oliver Nelson

Ornette Coleman

Rusty Bryant

Sonny Rollins

Sonny Stitt

Stanley Turrentine

Wayne Shorter

Organ

Baby Face Willette

Big John Patton

Booker T. Jones

Charles Earland

Charles Kynard

Don Patterson

Freddie Roach

Jack McDuff

Jackie Davis

Jimmy McGriff

Jimmy Smith

Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Larry Young

Lonnie Smith

Lou Bennett

Melvin Rhyne

Milt Buckner

Reuben Wilson

Rhoda Scott

Richard "Groove" Holmes

Shirley Scott

Sonny Phillips

Piano

Art Tatum

Bill Evans

Bobby Timmons

Bud Powell

Cedar Walton

Count Basie

Dave Brubeck

Duke Ellington

George Shearing

Herbie Hancock

Horace Silver

Kenny Drew

Les McCann

McCoy Tyner

Oscar Peterson

Sonny Clark

Stan Kenton

Thelonious Monk

Tommy Flanagan

Wynton Kelly

Trumpet

Art Farmer

Benny Carter

Blue Mitchell

Chet Baker
Clark Terry

Clifford Brown

Dizzy Gillespie

Donald Byrd

Freddie Hubbard

Jack Sheldon
Johnny Coles

Kenny Dorham

Lee Morgan

Miles Davis

Nat Adderley

Ornette Coleman

Thad Jones

Clarinet

Art Pepper

Benny Carter

Ernie Watts

Gerry Mulligan

Oliver Nelson

Drums

Art Blakey

Dave Bailey
Grady Tate
Jack DeJohnette
Philly Joe Jones

Tony Williams


Flute

Ernie Watts

Herbie Mann

James Spaulding

Bass

Charles Mingus
Paul Chambers 

Ron Carter

Vibes

Gary Burton

Milt Jackson 

Trombone

Fred Wesley

J.J. Johnson

Flugelhorn

Chet Baker
Clark Terry


Violin

Ornette Coleman

Harmonica

Toots Thielemans