| Leaders |
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| David Amram |
| Joe Beck |
| Willie Bobo |
| Jackie Cain/Roy Kral |
| Jimmy Cobb's Mob |
| Al Cohn/Zoot Sims |
| Chick Corea |
| Warren Covington |
| Edward Kennedy Ellington |
| Gil Evans |
| Stan Getz |
| Sonny Greenwich |
| Melissa Hamilton |
| Woody Herman |
| Stafford James |
| Elvin Jones Jazz Machine |
| Thad Jones/Mel Lewis |
| Bobby Kapp |
| Pat LaBarbara |
| Jimmy Lannen |
| Machito |
| Barry Miles |
| Joni Mitchell |
| Jackie Paris/Anne Marie Moss |
| Pam Purvis/Bob Ackerman |
| Buddy Rich |
| Pat Rizzo |
| Sonny Rollins |
| Nina Simone |
| Jeremy Steig |
| James Stevenson |
| Stone Alliance |
| Tonesmen |
| Vladimir Vassieleff |
| Sarah Vaughan |
| Bill Warfield |
| Lovelace Watkins |
| Witto Watusi |
| Steve Wirts |
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| Singers |
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| Dave Blocker |
| James Brough |
| Jeanie Bryson |
| Jackie Cain |
| Lenny Capizzi |
| Googie Cappola |
| Richard Chiche |
| Chris Conner |
| Marion Cowings |
| Tim Cross |
| Kelly Dickson |
| Bob Dorough |
| Kurt Elling |
| Viktorija Gecyte |
| Michele Glick |
| Graciela |
| Melissa Hamilton |
| Richie Havens |
| Val Hawk |
| Carrie Jackson |
| Garland Jeffries |
| Mitch Johnson |
| R.B. Kapp |
| Elena Koleva |
| Roy Kral |
| Judy Kreston |
| La Lupe |
| Carolyn Leonhart |
| Carmen McCrea |
| Dick Meza |
| Joni Mitchell |
| Terry Mohre |
| Anne Marie Moss |
| Jackie Paris |
| Rasheema Pereira |
| Barbara Porteus |
| Nate Pruitt |
| Pam Purvis |
| Sir James "Jimmy" Randolph |
| Marilyn Redfield |
| Nancy Reed |
| Della Reese |
| Robbie Robertson |
| John Robinson |
| Doris Rogers |
| Holli Ross |
| Gina Rothchild |
| Rita Selby |
| Sylvia Simms |
| Wilson Simonal |
| Nina Simone |
| Frank Sinatra |
| Harry Smith |
| Bob Stewart |
| Carole Stone |
| Enzo Stuarti |
| Kelly Suttenfield |
| David Clayton Thomas |
| B. J. Thomas |
| Gabriele Tranchina |
| Sarah Vaughan |
| Joe Warner |
| LovelaceWatkins |
| Witto Watusi |
| Doris Willingham |
| Nancy Wilson |
| Nicole Yarling |
| Roy Yates |
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| Trumpet |
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| Chris Adamski |
| John Bailey |
| Darren Barrett |
| Lyn Biviano |
| Randy Brecker |
| Colin Brigstock |
| Damon Brown |
| Danny Cahn |
| Charlie Camilleri |
| Charlie Caranicas |
| Bill Chase |
| Tanya Darby |
| Miles Davis |
| Glenn Drews |
| Manny Duran |
| John Eckert |
| Peter Ecklund |
| John Faddis |
| Ben Frock |
| Luis Gasca |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
| Harry Hall |
| Keyon Harrold |
| Lonnie Hillyard |
| Terumasa Hino |
| Todd Horton |
| Clay Jenkins |
| Thad Jones |
| Virgil Jones |
| Tony Klatka |
| Kenny Lavender |
| Roger Lent |
| Mark Levinson |
| Frank London |
| Joe Magnarelli |
| Chuck Mangione |
| Wynton Marsalis |
| Charles McGee |
| Marcio Montarroyos |
| Mark Morganelli |
| Jim O'Conner |
| Jimmy Owens |
| John Owens |
| David Phelps |
| Valery Pomerov |
| Herb Pomeroy |
| Skip Potter |
| Dean Pratt |
| Kenny Rampton |
| Mike Rodriguez |
| Alan Rubin |
| Jim Seely |
| Eddie Severn |
| Charlie Shavers |
| Woody Shaw |
| Steve Smith |
| Lou Soloff |
| Ira Sullivan |
| Charles Sullivan |
| Richie Vitale |
| Jack Walrath |
| Bill Warfield |
| Snooky Young |
| James Zollar |
| George Zonce |
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| Trombone |
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| Wayne Andre |
| Dave Bargeron |
| Eddie Bert |
| Bob Brookmeyer |
| Bobby Burgess |
| Sam Burtis |
| Warren Covington |
| Chris Dempsey |
| Gene DiStasio |
| Robin Eubanks |
| Dave Gibson |
| Michael Gibson |
| Tyree Glenn |
| Roger Glenn |
| Wycliffe Gordon |
| Mike Gray |
| Tatum Greenblat |
| Carl Hose |
| Bob Hovey |
| Conrad Hurwig |
| Jason Jackson |
| Quentin "Butter" Jackson |
| Jimmy Knepper |
| Mark Levine |
| Tom Malone |
| Dick Nash |
| Jim Pugh |
| Barry Rogers |
| Tim Sessions |
| Hank Stampf |
| Rob Sussman |
| Kiane Sawadi |
| Harvey Tibbs |
| Bill Watrous |
| Scott Wenholt |
| Kai Winding |
| John Yao |
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| Flute |
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| Jill Allen |
| Linda Ganus |
| Dick Meza |
| Kathryn Moses |
| Hermeto Pascoal |
| Jeremy Steig |
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| Saxophone |
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| Bob Ackerman |
| Pepper Adams |
| Harry Allen |
| Todd Anderson |
| Gene Ammons |
| Gary Anderson |
| Roland Alexander |
| Gato Barbieri |
| Bob Belden |
| Jerry Bergonzi |
| Dan Block |
| David Brandom |
| Michael Brecker |
| Nick Brignola |
| Richard Brookens |
| Bill Byrne |
| Bobby Capers |
| Bob Carducci |
| Bruce Cass |
| Nick Catalano |
| Michael Cheret |
| Al Cohn |
| Richie Cole |
| George Coleman |
| Ravi Coltrane |
| Carlo Conti |
| Sheila Cooper |
| Ronnie Cuber |
| Lou Delgato |
| Fred DiChristofaro |
| Mike DiPazo |
| Jerry Dodgion |
| Joe Farrell |
| Fred Foss |
| Alex Foster |
| Gary Foster |
| Frank Foster |
| Bennett Friedman |
| Don Garcia |
| George Garzone |
| Herb Geller |
| Stan Getz |
| Vinny Golia |
| Steve Grossman |
| Billy Harper |
| Tubby Hays |
| Gregory Herbert |
| Matt Hong |
| Noah Howard |
| Howard Johnson |
| Ray Johnston |
| Clifford Jordan |
| Richie Kamuca |
| Chris Karlic |
| Russell Kirk |
| Adam Kolker |
| Lee Konitz |
| Laurent Kremer |
| Earnie Krivda |
| Pat LaBarbara |
| Steve Lacy |
| Byard Lancaster |
| John LaPorta |
| Azar Lawrence |
| Steve Lederer |
| Mike Leventhal |
| Dan Levinson |
| David Liebman |
| Fred Lipsius |
| Carl Maraghi |
| Steve Marcus |
| Rick Margitza |
| Charlie Mariano |
| Jason Marshall |
| Benie Maupin |
| Virginia Mayhew |
| Rene McClean |
| Dick Meza |
| Andy Middleton |
| Bob Mintzer |
| Jimmy Mosher |
| Vido Musso |
| Gerry Niewood |
| Lee Nittel |
| Charles Owens |
| Jed Paradise |
| Pat Patricks |
| Cecil Payne |
| Jim Pellegrino |
| Jim Pepper |
| Ray Pizzi |
| Bobby Porcelli |
| Gary Prebeck |
| Veeresh Popat |
| Jerome Richardson |
| John Richmond |
| Dave Riekenberg |
| Sam Rivers |
| Pat Rizzo |
| Scott Robinson |
| Kenny Rogers |
| Sonny Rollins |
| Antoine Roney |
| Roger Rosenberg |
| David Sandborn |
| Pharoh Sanders |
| Norbert Stachel |
| Thomas Schwetz |
| Wayne Shorter |
| Zoot Sims |
| Karolina Strassmayer |
| John Surman |
| Lew Tabackin |
| Temperly, Joe |
| Butch Thomas |
| Gary Thomas |
| Bernhardt Ullrich |
| Frank Vicari |
| Harold Vick |
| Phil Vieux |
| Sadao Watanabe |
| Ernie Watts |
| Jerry Weldon |
| Frank Wess |
| Petter Wettre |
| Bruce Williamson |
| Steve Wirts |
| Ed Xiques |
| Doug Yates |
| Pete Yellin |
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| Keyboards |
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| NiYi Adelkan |
| Gene Adler |
| Remi Amblard |
| Kenny Ascher |
| Giacomo Aula |
| Franck Avitabile |
| Rob Bargad |
| Richie Beirach |
| John Bell |
| Ken Bichel |
| Charles Blenzig |
| Paul Bley |
| Joanne Brackeen |
| Dave Braham |
| Ted Brancato |
| Alan Broadbent |
| James Brough |
| Dave Burrell |
| George Cables |
| George Caldwell |
| George Candreva |
| Marc Cohen |
| Tom Coppola |
| Chick Corea |
| Stanley Cowell |
| Harold Danko |
| Xavier Davis |
| Nicki Denner |
| Toru Dodo |
| Bob Dorough |
| Jliani Elias |
| Bill Evans |
| Daniel Fischer |
| Don Friedman |
| Hal Galper |
| Santiago Giacobbe |
| Stu Goldberg |
| Edsel Gomez |
| Sean Gough |
| Mark Gray |
| Onaje Allan Gumbs |
| Jan Hammer |
| Herbie Hancock |
| Roland Hanna |
| Muriel Havenstein |
| Gabriel Hernandez |
| Henry Hey |
| John Hicks |
| Weldon Irvine |
| Keith Jarrett |
| Hank Jones |
| Plamen Karadonev |
| Wynton Kelly |
| Ray Kennedy |
| Masabumi Kikuchi |
| Kenny Kirkland |
| Roy Kral |
| David Lahm |
| Andy Laverne |
| Mark Levine |
| Peter Levinson |
| Lou Levy |
| Ephrem Luechinger |
| Adam Makowicz |
| Gap Mangione |
| Phil Markowitz |
| Carlos McKinney |
| Barry Miles |
| Mike Milillo |
| Mulgrew Miller |
| Art Murphy |
| Mike Nock |
| Walter Norris |
| Hod O'Brien |
| Bob Page |
| Hermeto Pascoal |
| Roberta Pickett |
| Nat Pierce |
| Don Pullen |
| Leonore Raphael |
| Doug Riley |
| Doug Robinson |
| Bill Rubinstein |
| Ray Santisi |
| Mongito Santmaria |
| Carl Schroeder |
| Bernie Senensky |
| Norman Simmons |
| John Stetch |
| James Stevenson |
| Don Thompson |
| Ross Tompkins |
| Joe Tranchina |
| McCoy Tyner |
| Vladimir Vassieleff |
| Jerry Vezza |
| Kenny Werner |
| Harry Whittaker |
| James Williams |
| Joe Zawinul |
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| Guitar |
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| John Abercrombie |
| Peter Adams |
| Ken Basman |
| Joe Beck |
| Franck Benguigui |
| Ed Berg |
| Steve Berger |
| Chris Bergson |
| Peter Bernstein |
| Randy Bersen |
| Gene Bertancini |
| Tommy Bolin |
| Lenny Breau |
| Brian Camelio |
| Vic Cenicola |
| Matt Chertkoff |
| Joe Cohn |
| Steve Cole |
| Larry Coryell |
| Chris Crocco |
| Bob De Vos |
| Al DiMeola |
| Ted Dunbar |
| Chris Flory |
| Sonny Greenwich |
| Tiny Grimes |
| Tom Guarna |
| Sonny Henry |
| Michael Howell |
| Ron Jackson |
| Mitch Johnson |
| Rio Kawasaki |
| Oliver Keller |
| Werner Kristiansen |
| Max Lamboy |
| Harry Leahy |
| Chuck Loeb |
| Russell Malone |
| Yoshiaki Masuo |
| John McLaughlin |
| Coleman Mellet |
| Steve O'Conner |
| Francisco "Pancho" Mondragon Rio |
| Richard Peare |
| Rob Piltch |
| Tony Purrone |
| Ari Rothbard |
| Bruce Saunders |
| Al Schackman |
| Vic Senicola |
| Mike Shefrin |
| Greg Skaff |
| Harry Smith |
| Mitch Stein |
| Mike Stern |
| Ralph Towner |
| Joe Warner |
| Bill Washer |
| John Webber |
| Kenny Wessel |
| Eddie Wood |
| Attila Zoller |
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| Vibes |
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| Roy Ayres |
| Warren Chiasson |
| Joe Locke |
| David Samuels |
| Don Thompson |
| Warren Wolf |
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| Bass |
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| Jill Allen |
| Cameron Brown |
| Ron Carter |
| Kent Carter |
| Stanley Clarke |
| Eddie Gomez |
| Chris Hills |
| Milt Hinton |
| Stafford James |
| Perry Lind |
| John Miller |
| Glenn Moore |
| George Mraz |
| Alan Murphy |
| David Piltch |
| Terry Plumeri |
| Harry Smith |
| Frank Tusa |
| John Voigt |
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| Drums |
|
| Alex Acuna |
| Gene Adler |
| Mousey Alexander |
| Grisha Alexiev |
| Rashid Ali |
| Don Alias |
| Barry Altschul |
| Otis "Killer" Ray Appleton |
| Horacee Arnold |
| John Arnold |
| Joe Ascione |
| Dave Aulenbach |
| Steve Bagby |
| Newman Taylor Baker |
| Clifford Barbaro |
| Richie Barshay |
| Dick Berk |
| John Betsch |
| Art Blakey |
| Magrus Borges |
| Jeff Boudreux |
| Jeff Brillinger |
| Josh Brown |
| Otis Brown |
| Dino Calicari |
| Chris Carroll |
| Joe Chambers |
| Terry Clarke |
| Frank Clayton |
| Jimmy Cobb |
| Billy Cobham |
| Joe Cucuzzo |
| Sylvia Cuenco |
| Ron Davis |
| Alan Dawson |
| Jack DeJohnette |
| John Dense |
| Derick |
| Mark Dodge |
| Dottie Dodgian |
| Hershell Dwellingham |
| Willard Dyson |
| Vincent Ector |
| Billy Elgart |
| Steve Ellington |
| Chuck Ferrugia |
| Duduka da Fonseca |
| Daniel Friedman |
| Dave Gibson |
| Ronnie Glick |
| Lou Grassi |
| Bob Gulotti |
| Eric Halvorson |
| Emmanual Harrold |
| Billy Hart |
| Roy Haynes |
| Louis Hayes |
| Ari Hoenig |
| Billy Higgins |
| Motohiko (Toko) Hino |
| Daniel Humair |
| Tony Jefferson |
| Steve Johns |
| Brandon Johnson |
| Elvin Jones |
| Philly Joe Jones |
| Jo Jones |
| Bobby Kapp |
| Connie Kay |
| Joe LaBabara |
| David Lee |
| Tony Leone |
| Al Levitt |
| Mel Lewis |
| Jimmy Lovelace |
| Kalil Madi |
| Jimmy Madison |
| Zeev Magnichewer |
| Harvey Mason |
| Nick McIntyre |
| Gaelen McKenna |
| Francisco Mela |
| Allison Miller |
| Drori Mondlak |
| Victor Monterrubio |
| Eddie Moore |
| Richie Morales |
| Bob Moses |
| Billy Murphy |
| Christian "Nidi" Niederer |
| Scott Newmann |
| Taro Okamoto |
| Tommy Oki |
| Marchello Pelatarri |
| Daryl Pelegrini |
| Archie Peña |
| Rudy Petchauer |
| Anthony Pinciotti |
| Ravitz, Ziv |
| Barry Reese |
| Buddy Rich |
| John Riley |
| Laurent Robin |
| John Robinson |
| Bobby Rosengarden |
| Vinnie Ruggerio |
| Peter Runnells |
| Shelly Rusten |
| Noel Sagerman |
| Steve Schaeffer |
| Terry Silverlight |
| Warren Smith |
| Nadav Snir |
| Philippe Soirat |
| Ed Soph |
| Michael Stephans |
| Ron Vincent |
| John Waller |
| Paul Wells |
| Lenny White |
| Peter White |
| John Wikan |
| Jackie Williams |
| Jimmy Wormworth |
| Roy Yates |
| Pete Zimmer |
| Ronnie Zito |
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| Percussion |
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| Don Alias |
| Steve Berrios |
| Dom Bira |
| Willie Bobo |
| Gene Golden |
| David Earle Johnson |
| Frankie Malabe |
| Ray Mantea |
| Bernard Purdy |
| Johnny Rodriguez, Jr. |
| Juma Santos |
| Carlos "Patato" Valdes |
| Roberto Valencia |
| Nana Vasconcelos |
| Erasto de Holanda Vasconcelos |
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