* Louis Armstrong
* Duke Ellington
* Bessie Smith
* Billie Holiday
* Coleman Hawkins
* Miles Davis
* Charlie Parker
* Svimmel Gillespie
* Thelonious Munk
* John Coltrane
Bebop-musikere (1940'erne-1950'erne)
* Charlie Parker
* Svimmel Gillespie
* Thelonious Munk
* Miles Davis
* John Coltrane
Seje jazzmusikere (1950'erne-1960'erne)
* Miles Davis
* Chet Baker
* Gerry Mulligan
* Stan Getz
* Paul Desmond
Hard Bop Musicians (1950'erne-1960'erne)
* Art Blakey
* Horace Silver
* Cannonball Adderley
* Sonny Rollins
* Blå Mitchell
Post-Bop-musikere (1960'erne-1970'erne)
* John Coltrane
* Miles Davis
* Ornette Coleman
* Cecil Taylor
* Albert Ayler
Fusion Musicians (1970'erne-1980'erne)
* Herbie Hancock
* Kyllinge Corea
* Vejrudsigt
* Vend tilbage til Forever
* Mahavishnu Orchestra
Neo-Bop-musikere (1980'erne-1990'erne)
* Wynton Marsalis
* Branford Marsalis
* Terence Blanchard
* Christian McBride
* Joshua Redman
Contemporary Jazz Musicians (1990'erne-nu)
* Roy Hargrove
* Robert Glasper
* Esperanza Spalding
* Kamasi Washington
* Snarky hvalp
* BadBadNotGood