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Hilde Hefte

vocalist

Chris Greco

woodwind

Kathy Ingraham

vocalist

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Carlos Dias

vocalist

Rolf Jardemark

guitar

Matt La Von

saxophone, soprano

Lori Bell

flute

Dr. Mark Lomax, II

drums

Daniel Bondaczuk

piano

Maureen Choi

violin

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Under The Lake

keyboard

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Wayne Wilkinson

guitar

Michael Jefry Stevens

piano

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Christoph Irniger

saxophone, tenor

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Darrell Looney

violin

Sylvia Brooks

vocalist

Rent Romus

saxophone, alto

Maria Muldaur

vocalist

Larry Fuller

piano

Lee Tomboulian

piano

Willie Oteri

saxophone

Sidney Hauser

saxophone, alto

Ralph Alessi

trumpet

Luiza Zan

vocalist

Ron Jackson

guitar

Kris Russell

vocalist

Minas

band/orchestra

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Paul Meyers

guitar

Adrian Cunningham

saxophone

Catherine Russell

vocalist

Paul Jost

vocalist

Roberto Magris

piano

Matt Parker

saxophone

Joe Alterman

piano

Michaela Rabitsch

trumpet

Empathy Project

band/orchestra

Brent Birckhead

saxophone, alto

Sonar

band/orchestra

Don Bolo

bass, electric

Bryan Lubeck

guitar, acoustic

Silvan Zingg

piano

Stephen Page

piano

Juan Ibarra

drums

Molly Tigre

band/orchestra

Mark Haskins

guitar

Pablo Embon

piano

Bruce Barth

piano

Miles Davis

trumpet

Charlie Harrington

drums

Pat Metheny

guitar

John Coltrane

saxophone

Keith Jarrett

piano

Brad Mehldau

piano

Dexter Gordon

saxophone, tenor

Bill Evans

piano

Wayne Shorter

saxophone

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

band/orchestra

John Scofield

guitar

Wynton Marsalis

trumpet

Dave Holland

bass

The Beatles

band/orchestra

Gregory Porter

vocalist

Mort Weiss

clarinet

Kurt Rosenwinkel

guitar

Joshua Redman

saxophone

Chris Potter

woodwind

Lester Young

saxophone

John McLaughlin

guitar

Branford Marsalis

saxophone

Samo Salamon

guitar

Sam Rivers

saxophone, tenor

Christian McBride

Christian McBride

bass

Lee Ritenour

guitar

Louis Armstrong

trumpet

Bobo Stenson

piano

Bill Frisell

guitar

Lionel Loueke

guitar

Mark Egan

bass

Wes Montgomery

guitar

Miles Davis

trumpet

Duke Ellington

piano

The Beatles

band/orchestra

Mark Haskins

guitar

Keith Jarrett

piano

Louis Armstrong

trumpet

John Coltrane

saxophone

Pat Metheny

guitar

Ella Fitzgerald

vocalist

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

piano

Charlie Harrington

drums

Charlie Parker

saxophone, alto

Bill Evans

piano

Dizzy Gillespie

trumpet

Hank Jones

piano

Bucky Pizzarelli

guitar

Russell Malone

guitar, electric

Billie Holiday

vocalist

Ahmad Jamal

piano

Jaco Pastorius

bass, electric

Herbie Hancock

piano

Jimi Hendrix

guitar, electric

Lester Young

saxophone

John McLaughlin

guitar

Kenny Burrell

guitar

Chet Baker

trumpet

Stan Getz

saxophone, tenor

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

saxophone

Chick Corea

piano

Max Roach

drums

Frank Sinatra

vocalist

Benny Golson

saxophone, tenor

Don Bolo

bass, electric

Bryan Lubeck

guitar, acoustic

Shambhu

guitar

Nikolay Valerievich Dobkin

organ, Hammond B3

Mukwuru

guitar, acoustic

Ezeckiel Krief

guitar

Lior Krief

guitar

Simba Baumgartner

guitar

Raphael Fays

guitar

David Gastine

guitar

Miłosz Skwirut

bass, acoustic

Pablo Embon

piano

Marius Noss Gundersen

guitar, acoustic

Chris Lomheim - Michael OBrien - Jay Epstein

piano

Gerson Galante

saxophone

Ed Toney

poet/spoken word

Molly Tigre

band/orchestra

Johann Hjorleifsson

drums

Łukasz Borowicki

guitar

Organic pulse ensemble

multi-instrumentalist

William Soovik

drums

Raymond Charles Doré

bass, acoustic

Jim Dickinson

multi-instrumentalist

Richard Jones Piano

piano

Vin Venezia

guitar

Tony Mason

drums

YOHAM ORTIZ

guitar, acoustic

Niall Cade

saxophone

Ian McDonald

keyboard

Ray Vasquez

vocalist

Broken Shadows

band/orchestra

Souldacity

band/orchestra

Hal Blaine

1929–2019
drums

Jacques Loussier

1934–2019
piano

Ed Bickert

1932–2019
guitar

Andre Previn

1929–2019
piano

Michel Legrand

1932–2019
piano

Oliver Mtukudzi

1952–2019
guitar

Ethel Ennis

1932–2019
vocalist

Joseph Jarman

1937–2019
saxophone

Urbie Green

1926–2018
trombone

Nancy Wilson

1937–2018
vocalist

Perry Robinson

1938–2018
clarinet

Wolfgang Schlüter

1933–2018
vibraphone

Roy Hargrove

1969–2018
trumpet

Sonny Fortune

1939–2018
saxophone, alto

Hamiet Bluiett

1940–2018
saxophone, baritone

Jerry Gonzalez

1949–2018
trumpet

Big Jay McNeely

1927–2018
saxophone, tenor

Randy Weston

1926–2018
piano

Jimmy Wilkins

1921–2018
trombone

Jack Costanzo

1922–2018
bongos

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

1942–2018
vocalist

Tomasz Stanko

1942–2018
trumpet

Henry Butler

1949–2018
piano

Bill Watrous

1939–2018
trombone

Rebecca Parris

1951–2018
vocalist

Jack Reilly

1932–2018
piano

Bob Dorough

1923–2018
piano

Cecil Taylor

1929–2018
piano

Morgana King

1930–2018
vocalist

Vic Damone

1928–2018
vocalist

Wesla Whitfield

1947–2018
vocalist

Leon "Ndugu" Chancler

1952–2018
drums

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Cecil Taylor
1929 - 2018
piano
Paul Motian
1931 - 2011
drums
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1942 - 2018
vocalist
Makoto Ozone
b.1961
piano
Sweet Emma Barrett
b.1897
piano
Pete Johnson
b.1904
piano
Bobby Militello
b.1950
saxophone, alto

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Jazz Story

I love jazz because of its ability to evoke such tremendous emotion... primarily joy! I was first exposed to jazz by my grandparents. The first jazz record I bought was Jim Beard's Song of the Sun or maybe Steely Dan's Aja. My advice to new listeners: remain varied in your listening habits, and of course keep listening, keep listening, keep listening!

By Frank Jacoby
Member since: 2019