Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Ella Fitzgerald
Charles Mingus
Mahalia Jackson
Count Basie
Chet Baker
Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington
Coleman Hawkins
Lester Young
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Ornette Coleman
John McLaughlin
Keith Jarrett
Paul Bley
Brad Mehldau
Ron Carter
Gary Peacock
Charles Lloyd
Jack de Johnette
Wynton Marsalis
Dave Brubeck
Al Di Meola
Chicago
Stanley Clark
Sursa: http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz - sectiunea "Importanți reprezentanți ai muzicii de jazz"