D 318 musicians | from Paulinho Da Costa to Willard Dyson

  1. ♂ Da Costa, Paulinho (percussion) [* May 31, 1948, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

  2. ♂ Da Fonseca, Duduka (drums) [* Brazil]

  3. ♂ Da Ros, Christiano (bass) [*]

  4. ♂ da Silva, Edson Aparecido a.k.a. Café (percussion) [* Villa Maria, Sao Paulo, Brazil]

  5. ♂ Da Silva Barbosa, Eduardo "Bijoux" → Barbosa, Eduardo

  6. ♂ Daerr, Carsten (piano, organ) [* 1975, Berlin, Germany]
       • leader of the → Carsten Daerr Trio (Germany)
       • member of the → European Art Ensemble (Finland/Germany/Portugal/UK)

  7. ♂ Dalgleish, Elliott (saxophone) [* Australia]
       • member of the → Australian Art Orchestra (Australia)

  8. ♀ Dagmar, Anna (piano, vocals) [* England, UK]
       • member of → Travis Sullivan's → Casual Sextet (USA)

  9. ♂ Dagradi, Tony (saxophone) [* New Jersey, USA]
       • leader of → Astral Project

  10. ♂ Dahl, Carsten (piano, drums) [* Denmark]
       • husband of → Christina Dahl

  11. ♀ Dahl, Christina (saxophone) [* Denmark]
       • born Christina Nielsen, wife of → Carsten Dahl
       • leader of the → Christina Dahl Trio (Denmark)

  12. ♂ Dahlgren, Chris (bass) [* 1961, New York City, USA]
       • member of → Antonis Anissegos' → Amoebas (Germany/Greece/USA)

  13. ♂ Dahmen, Udo (drums) [* July 12, 1951, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany]

  14. ♂ D'Aiello, Renato (saxophone) [* Italy]

  15. ♂ Daley, Joseph (tuba) [* USA]
       • member of → Joe Fonda's → Bottoms Out (USA)

  16. ♀ Dalfidan, Esra (vocals) [* Germany]
       • leader of → Fidan (Germany/USA)

  17. ♀ Dalto, Adela (vocals) [* Texas, USA]

  18. ♀ Daly, Claire (baritone saxophone) [* USA]
       • member of → Joe Fonda's → Bottoms Out (USA)

  19. ♀ d'Ambrosio, Meredith (vocals) [* March 20, 1941, Boston, Massachusetts, USA]

  20. ♂ Damiani, Paolo (bass) [* Italy]
       • member of the → Italian Instabile Orchestra (Italy)

  21. ♂ Dane T.S. Hawk → Høeg, T.S.

  22. ♂ Daneck, Matthias (drums) [* 1965, Germany]
       • member of → Seven Senses
       • member of the → Andrea Mayer Quartet (Germany)
       • member of the → Florian Döling Trio (Germany)
       • member of the → Florian Döling Quartet (Germany)

  23. ♂ Danemo, Peter (drums) [* 1961, Sweden]
       • member of the → Jacob Karlzon Trio (Sweden)
       • member of the → Jacob Karlzon Big 5 (Sweden)
       • member of the → Krister Jonsson Trio (Sweden)

  24. ♂ Danenberg, Kevin (saxophone) [* USA]

  25. ♂ D'Angelo, Andrew (saxophone) [* 1965, Greeley, Colorado, USA]

  26. ♂ Dani, Roberto (drums) [* 1969, Vicenza, Italy]
       • member of → Musica Reservata (Italy/Switzerland)
       • member of → Samo Salamon's → GOBIDA (France/Italy/Slovenia)
       • member of the → Samo Salamon European Quartet (France/Italy/Slovenia/UK)

  27. ♂ Danielian, Barry (trumpet) [* USA]

  28. ♀ Danielle, Eva (vocals) [* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA]

  29. ♀ Daniels, Dee (vocals) [* USA]

  30. ♂ Daniels, Eddie (clarinet) [* Oct 19, 1941, New York City, New York, USA]
       • member of the → George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (Switzerland)

  31. ♂ Danielsson, Lars (bass) [* 1958, Sweden]
       • leader of the → Lars Danielsson Quartet (Norway/Sweden/USA)
       • member of the → George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (Switzerland)

  32. ♂ Dankworth, Alec (bass) [* May 14, 1960, London, England, UK]
       ♥ son of saxophonist → John Dankworth and singer → Cleo Laine, brother of singer → Jacqui Dankworth
       • member of the → Dominic Alldis Trio (UK)
       • member of the late → Dave Brubeck Quartet

  33. ♀ Dankworth, Jacqui (vocals) [* UK]
       ♥ daughter saxophonist → John Dankworth and singer → Cleo Laine, sister of bassist → Alec Dankworth

  34. ♂ Dankworth, John (saxophone) [* Sep 20, 1927, London, England, UK]
       ♥ married to singer → Cleo Laine, father of singer → Jacqui Dankworth and bassist → Alec Dankworth
       ⇒ John runs his own record label Qnote Records together with his wife.

  35. ♂ Dannerbauer, Franz (bass) [* Germany]

  36. ♂ Dantas, Rubem (percussion) [*]
       • member of the → Chick Corea's → Touchstone
       • member of the → Javier Vercher Sextet (Spain/USA)

  37. ♂ D'Antonio, Fabrizio (percussion) [* 1969, Perugia, Italy]
       • member of → TETRAKTIS Percussioni (Italy)

  38. ♀ Danzer, Corinna (saxophone) [* Germany]
       • member of the → United Women's Orchestra
       • co-leader of the → Danzer/Lejeune Quartet

  39. ♀ Darche, Alban (saxophone) [* France]
       • leader of the → Alban Darche Consort (France)
       • member of → Le Cube (France)
       • member of → Le Gros Cube (France)
       • member of → Jazzophone (France)
       • member of → Olh Acoustic (France)
       • member of → Quartethno (France/Morocco)
       • member of → Qüntêt (France)

  40. ♀ Daria → Mautner, Daria

  41. ♂ Darouiche, Biboul (percussion) [* Yaoundé, Cameroon]
       • member of Klaus Doldinger's → Passport

  42. ♂ Dato, Carlo Actis → Actis Dato, Carlo

  43. ♂ Daum, Johannes (piano) [* 1974, Munich, Germany]

  44. ♂ Dauner, Florian (drums) [* 1971, Stuttgart, Germany]
       ♥ son of → Wolfgang Dauner

  45. ♂ Dauner, Wolfgang (piano) [* Dec 30, 1935, Stuttgart, Germany]
       ♥ father of → Florian Dauner
       • member of the → United Jazz + Rock Ensemble (Australia/Canada/Germany/Netherlands/UK/USA)

  46. ♂ Daversa, Jay (trumpet) [* USA]

  47. ♂ Daversa, John (trumpet) [* USA]

  48. ♂ Davidsen, Nils (bass) [* 1966, Denmark]
       • member of → Buffalo Age (Denmark/USA)
       • member of → Dane T.S.Hawk & Loco Motion (Denmark)
       • member of → Toxikum (Denmark/Lithunia)

  49. ♂ Davidson, Lachlan (saxophone) [* Australia]
       • leader of → unLokked (Australia)
       • member of the → Australian Art Orchestra (Australia)

  50. ♀ Davidson, Tara (saxophone) [* c1980, Canada]
       • leader of the → Tara Davidson Quartet (Canada)
       • member of the → Crossings Quartet (Canada)
       • member of → Without Words (Canada)
       • member of the → Laila Biali Octet (Canada)
       • member of the → Chris Hunt Tentet +3 (Canada)

  51. ♂ Davies, Tim (composer, arranger) [* Australia]

  52. ♂ Davis, Art (bass) [* Dec 5, 1934, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA]

  53. ♂ Davis, Ben (cello) [*]
       • leader of the → Ben Davis Group (UK)
       • leader of → Basquiat Strings (UK)
       • member of the → Ingrid Laubrock Quintet (Germany/UK)
       • member of the → Trio Voltaire (France/Iceland/UK)
       • member of Jonny Phillips' → Oriole (Brazil/Denmark/Germany/UK)
       • member of Nick Ramm's → Clown Revisited (UK)
       ♣ member of the → F-IRE Collective (Australia/Austria/France/Germany/Italy/UK/USA)

  54. ♀ Davis, Deborah (vocals) [* Dallas, Texas, USA]

  55. ♂ Davis, Eddy (banjo) [* USA]
       • director of Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band (USA)

  56. ♂ Davis, Jeff (vibes) [* Portugal]
       • co-leader of the → Davis Casagrande Quartet (Italy/Portugal)
       • member of → Sofia Ribeiro's → Places (Italy/Luxembourg/Portugal)

  57. ♀ Davis, Joan (vocals) [* Washington, D.C., USA]

  58. ♂ Davis, Joshua (bass) [* USA]
       • leader of the → Joshua Davis Quartet (USA)

  59. ♂ Davis, Kenny (bass) [* Chicago, Iliinois, USA]

  60. ♀ Davis, Kris (piano) [* Vancouver, Canada]
       • leader of the → Kris Davis Group (Canada/Norway/USA)
       • leader of → Kris Davis' String Project (Canada/USA)
       • member of the → RID Quartet (Canada/USA)
       • member of the → MR Hand Group (Canada/USA)
       • member of → Castlevania (Canada/USA)

  61. ♂ Davis, Mark (piano) [* USA]

  62. ♂ Davis, Melvin Lee (bass) [* USA]
       • member of → Jeff Kashiwa's → Coastal Access Band (USA)

  63. ♂ Davis, Michael (trombone) [* San Francisco Bay Area, USA]
       • member of the → Bob Mintzer Big Band

  64. ♂ Davis, Miles (trumpet) [* May 26, 1946, Alton, Illinois, USA; † Sep 28, 1991, Santa Monica, California, USA]
       • Official Miles Davis Web Site
       • CD-NOW
       • Eting, Mark
       • featuring Miles Davis
       • Guidi, Elio (jazz photography)
       • Miles & More maintained by Thomas Hönisch
       • Neireiter, Kevin Jazzlandscapes
       • Kind Of Blue
       • Lane, Michael R. Miles Davis: Tune Up!
       • Lohman, Jan (Discography)
       • Losin, Peter Miles Ahead!
       • Mark, Kristin
       • Miles Lives
       • Rasmusson, Kenneth
       • Referat
       • Sony
       • Tomczyk, Larry
       • Tomczyk, Larry
       • Westphal, Thomas (provides a supplement to Peter Losin's discography)
       • Yunnan Art (provides Miles' paintings)

  65. ♂ Davis, Nathan (saxophone) [* Feb 15, 1937, Kansas City, Kansas, USA]

  66. ♂ Davis, Neal (bass) [* Canada]

  67. ♂ Davis, Orbert (trumpet) [* USA]

  68. ♂ Davis, Richard (bass) [* Apr 15, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA]

  69. ♂ Davis, Rob (saxophone) [* Northwest, USA]
       • member of → Matt Jorgensen + 451 (USA)
       • member of the → David Friesen Quintet (USA)

  70. ♂ Davis, Ron (piano) [* Canada]
       • leader of the → Ron Davis Trio (Canada)

  71. ♀ Davis, Sheena (vocals) [* UK]

  72. ♂ Davis, Snake (saxophone) [* UK]
       • member of → Acoustic Alchemy

  73. ♂ Davis, Steve (drums) [* USA]
       • member of the → Lynne Arriale Trio (USA)

  74. ♂ Davis, Steve (trombone) [* April 14, 1967, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA]
       • member of → Chick Corea's → Origin

  75. ♂ Davis, Xavier (piano) [* 1971, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA]

  76. ♂ D'Avola, Massimo (saxophone) [* Agrigento, Sicily, Italy]

  77. ♀ Davoy, Napua (vocals) [* Texas, USA]

  78. ♂ Dawda, David (bass) [* Seattle, Washington, USA]
       • member of → Here & Now (USA)

  79. ♂ Dawkins, Ernest "Khabeer" (saxophone) [* USA]
       • leader of → New Horizons (USA)
       • member of the → Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (USA)
       ♣ member of the → AACM 1 (USA)

  80. ♂ de Aquino, Roberto Baden Powell aka "Baden Powell" (guitar, vocals) [* Aug 6, 1937, Varre-Sai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; † Sep 26, 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]
       • Obituary by Rodolfo Espinoza

  81. ♂ De Almeida, Henrique (drums) [*]

  82. ♂ de Bethmann, Pierre (piano) [* near Paris, France]
       • leader of the → ilium 5tet (France)
       • leader of → Prysm (France)

  83. ♂ De Bonis, Stefano (piano) [* Oct 28, 1968, Potenza, Italy]
       ♣ member of the → Associazione Bassesfere (Italy)
  84. ♂ de Boo, Victor (drums) [* June 25, 1958, Groningen, Netherlands]
       • member of → Sven Schuster's → Shooster (Netherlands)

  85. ♂ De Carli, Jérôme (piano) [* Switzerland]
       • leader of the → Jérôme De Carli Trio (Greece/Switzerland)
       • member of the → Rolf Häsler Quartet (Greece/Switzerland)

  86. ♂ de Denus, Greg (piano) [* Canada]

  87. ♂ De Diego, Victor (saxophone) [* 1964, Bilbao, Spain]
       • leader of the → Victor De Diego Group (Spain)
       • member of the → Ramón Díaz Group (Spain)

  88. ♀ De Farias, Vivi (vocals) [* Ipanema, Brazil]

  89. ♂ De Filippi, Bruno (harmonica) [* Italy]

  90. ♂ De Gein, Hein van → Van De Gein, Hein

  91. ♂ de Gouw, Toon (trumpet) [* Netherlands]
       • member of the → Willem van Manen & Contraband (Germany/Netherlands)

  92. ♂ de Graaf, Dick (saxophone) [* Netherlands]

  93. ♂ de Grassi, Alex (guitar) [* Yokosuka, Japan]

  94. ♂ De Gregorio Borràs, Paolo (percussion) [* 1970, Spain]
       ♣ member of the → Associazione Bassesfere (Italy)
  95. ♀ de Hartog, Sylvia (vocals) [* Netherlands]
       • member of → Tobias Klein's → Full Fathom Five (Germany/Netherlands)

  96. ♂ de Jong, Theo (bass) [* Netherlands]

  97. ♂ de Joode, Wilbert (bass) [* 1955, Netherlands]
       • member of → All Ears (Germany/Netherlands/USA)
       • member of → Michiel Braam's → Bik Bent Braam (Netherlands)

  98. ♂ de Kort, Bert (cornet, vocals) [* Sep 4, 1942, Netherlands]
       • member of the → Dutch Swing College Band

  99. ♂ De La Cruz, Larry (saxophone) [*]
       • member of → Mike Zilber's → CARMA Big Band (Canada/USA)

  100. ♂ de la Muela, Santiago (guitar) [* 1960, Arrecife de Lanzarote (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands), Spain]
       • leader of the → Santiago de la Muela Trio (Spain)

  101. ♂ de Laat, Martijn (trumpet) [* Netherlands]
       • co-founder of the → Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra (Netherlands)
       • member of the → New Generation Big Band (Netherlands)
       • member of the → Konrad Koselleck Big Band (Germany/Netherlands)

  102. ♂ De Lucia, Jon (saxophone) [* Quincy, Massachusetts, USA]

  103. ♂ de Martin, Maurice (drums) [* Oct 1, 1969, Germany]

  104. ♂ de Rijk, Jeroen (percussion) [* Feb 7, 1962, Netherlands]

  105. ♀ de Rooij, Caroline (vocals) [* June 23, 1976, The Hague, Netherlands]

  106. ♂ De Rosa, Carlo (bass) [* Oct 27, 1970, USA]

  107. ♂ de Rossi, Alessandro (percussion) [* Italy]
       • member of the → Orchestra Vertical (Italy)

  108. ♂ de Rossi, Zeno (drums) [* Sep 10, 1970, Verona, Italy]
       • member of → Mickey Finn (Italy)
       • member of the → Orchestra Vertical (Italy)
       • member of → Rope (Italy)

  109. ♂ De Stefano, Reno (guitar) [* Canada]

  110. ♂ de Ville, Hary (guitar) [* June 17, 1953, Bavaria, Germany]

  111. ♂ De Vivo, Tony (percussion) [* Caracas, Venezuela]
       • member of → Pedro Giraudo's → Mr. Vivo (Argentina/UK/USA/Venezuela)

  112. ♂ de Vries, Doug (guitar) [* Australia]

  113. ♂ De Wardener, Max (bass) [*]
       • member of → Centripede (Germany/UK)

  114. ♂ de Winkel, Torsten (guitar) [* Frankfurt/Main, Germany]
       • the new york jazz guerrilla(s) web site
       • co-leader of the → Waage-De Winkel Quintet (Germany/Norway/UK/USA)

  115. ♀ Dearie, Blossom (vocals, piano) [* Apr 28, 1926, East Durham, New York, USA]

  116. ♂ Debski, Krzesimir (violin) [* 1954, Walbrzych, Poland]

  117. ♂ DeBoo, Bob (bass) [* Fort Worth, Texas, USA]

  118. ♂ Debriano, Santi (bass) [* Panama]
       • leader of → Circlechant (Brazil/Panama/USA)
       • member of → Paul Meyers's → Euphoria (Brazil/Panama/USA)
       • member of → ON 3 (Israel/USA)

  119. ♂ Debus, Matthias (bass) [* 1977, Speyer, Germany]
       • member of the → Alexandra Lehmler Quintet (Colombia/Germany)

  120. ♂ Decker, Sven (saxophone) [* 1979, Merzig, Germany]
       • leader of → Feinkost (Germany)
       • member of → Hupraum (Germany)
       • member of → ohne 4 gespielt drei (Germany)
       • member of → Christof Thewes' Little Big Band (Germany)
       • member of → Oma Heinz (Germany)
       • member of → u.f.o. (Germany)

  121. ♂ Decolly, Stéphane (bass) [* France]
       • member of → Crlustraude (France)

  122. ♂ Dee, Bob → Dellureficio, Bob

  123. ♀ Dee, Wendy → Glick, Wendee
  124. ♂ DeFrancesco, Joey (organ) [* USA]
       • Joey @ GRP Records

  125. ♂ DeFranco, Buddy (clarinet) [* Feb 17, 1923, Camden, New Jersey, USA]

  126. ♂ Degen, Bob (piano) [* Jan 24, 1944, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA]

  127. ♂ Degibri, Eli (saxophone) [* Israel]
       • member of → SVETI (USA)

  128. ♂ deGruy, Philip (guitarp) [* New Orleans, Louisiana, USA]

  129. ♂ DeGroat, David (guitar) [* 1968, Hartford, Connecticut, USA]

  130. ♀ Dehmer, Christiane (piano) [* 1976, Germany]
       • leader of the → Christiane Dehmer Quartet (Germany)

  131. ♂ Dehnhard, Tilmann (saxophone) [* Germany]
       • leader of the → Tilmann Dehnhard Quintet (Germany)

  132. ♂ Dehors, Laurent (saxophone) [* France]
       • member of the → Bruno Tocanne Trio (France)

  133. ♂ DeJohnette, Jack (drums) [* Aug 9, 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA]
       • member of the → Keith Jarrett Trio

  134. ♀ Dekker, Anne → Chris, Anne

  135. ♂ Dekker, Bob (drums) [* Feb 23, 1957, Netherlands]
       • member of the → Dutch Swing College Band

  136. ♂ Dekker, Jan (trumpet) [* Netherlands]
       • Jan's site is under construction (as of May 21, 2005)

  137. ♂ del Barba, Oscar (piano) [* Italy]
       • website under construction (as of March 6, 2005)

  138. ♂ Del Curto, Héctor (bandoneon) [* Buenos Aires, Argentina]
       • member of → Uqbar Tango (Argentina/Uruguay/USA)

  139. ♂ del Ferro, Mike (piano) [* Aug 23, 1965, Amsterdam, Netherlands]

  140. ♂ Del Fra, Ricardo (bass) [* 1956, Rome, Italy]

  141. ♂ Del Gaudio, Felice (bass) [* 1960, Maratea, Italy]
       • member of → Maurizio Minardi's → Quartetto Magritte (Italy)

  142. ♂ Del Savio, Rick (guitar) [* USA]

  143. ♀ Delaney, Peg (piano) [* USA]

  144. ♀ Delanno, Cris (vocals) [* Fort Worth, Texas, USA]

  145. ♀ Delaunay, Catherine (saxophone) [* France]
       • member of the → Bruno Tocanne Trio (France)
       • member of the → imuZZic Collective (Denmark/France)

  146. ♂ Delbecq, Benoît (piano) [* 1966, France]
       • co-founder of the → Hask Collective (France)
       • member of → Kartet (France)

  147. ♂ Delbrouck, Sascha (bass) [*]
       Sascha's own label • Mr. D. Music
       • member of the → Inez Timmer Band (Germany/Netherlands)

  148. ♀ DeLeo, Sarah (vocals) [* USA]

  149. ♂ Dell, Christopher (vibes) [* 1965, Darmstadt, Germany]

  150. ♂ Dellureficio, Bob aka Bob Dee (guitar) [* USA]
       • leader of → Cosmosis (USA)

  151. ♂ DeMicco, Mike (guitar) [* USA]

  152. ♂ Demirer, Imer (trumpet) [* 1964, Turkey]
       • member of the → Cengiz Baysal Group (Turkey)

  153. ♂ Dempsey, Chris (trombone) [* USA]
       • member of → Against the Grain (USA)

  154. ♂ Dempsey, Tom (guitar) [* USA]
       • co-leader of the → Tom Dempsey / Tim Ferguson Quartet (USA)

  155. ♂ Demuth, Marc (bass) [* Jan 4, 1978, Luxembourg]
       • member of the → Marc Demuth - Sofia Ribeiro Duo (Luxembourg/Portugal)
       • member of → Sofia Ribeiro's → Places (Italy/Luxembourg/Portugal)

  156. ♂ den Brink, Bert van → van den Brink, Bert

  157. ♀ Denio, Amy (multi-instrumentalist) [* June 9, 1961, USA]
       • member of the → Tiptons (USA)

  158. ♂ Deninzon, Joe (violin) [* Cleveland, Ohio, USA]
       • leader of → Stratospheerius (USA)

  159. ♀ DeNiro, Angela (vocals) [* New York, USA]
       ♥ married to saxophonist → Ron Aprea

  160. ♂ Dennard, Kenwood (drums) [* March 1, 1956, Brooklyn, NY, USA]
       • leader of → Just Advance
       • leader of the → Meta-Funk All Stars
       • leader of → Quintinescence
       • leader of → The Real Thing
       • leader of → Turn of the Century
       • member of → Chieli Minucci's → Special EFX (USA)

  161. ♂ Denner, Anton (saxophone) [* 1961, New York City, USA]

  162. ♀ Dennerlein, Barbara (organ) [* Sep 25, 1964, Munich, Germany]

  163. ♂ Denson, Jeff (bass) [* Washington, D.C., USA]
       • member of → Minsarah (Germany/USA)

  164. ♂ Denzler, Bertrand (saxophone) [* Oct 27, 1963, Geneva, Switzerland]

  165. ♂ Dequidt, Loïc (piano) [* May 1, 1973, Arras, France]
       • leader of the → Loïc Dequidt Trio (Belgium/France)
       • leader of the → Loïc Dequidt Scandinavian Trio (France/Sweden)
       • member of → René Sandoval's → RS4 (Chile/France/Sweden/USA)
       • member of → Deco (Finland/France/Sweden/USA)
       • member of → Colours (Belgium/France/UK)
       • member of the → Sébastien Jarrousse Sextet (France)
       • member of the → Rino Adamo Quartet (France/Italy)

  166. ♂ Dercksen, Ewout (saxophone) [* Arnhem, Netherlands]

  167. ♂ Derix, Egbert (piano) [* Apr 16, 1969, Horst, Netherlands]
       • co-founder of the → Searing Quartet (Netherlands)

  168. ♀ DeRose, Dena (piano, vocal) [*]

  169. ♂ Derrix, Martijn (bass) [* Netherlands]

  170. ♂ De Sare, Tony (piano, vocals) [* Glens Falls, New York, USA]

  171. ♂ Dé, András (percussion) [* Hungary]

  172. ♂ Deschênes, Josée (piano) [* Canada]
       • leader of the → Josée Deschênes Group

  173. ♀ Desmarais, Lorraine (piano) [* Canada]

  174. ♂ Desmond, Paul (alto saxophone) [* Nov 25, 1924, San Francisco, California, USA; † May 30, 1977, New York City, New York, USA]
       • member of the → Dave Brubeck Quartet
       • Pure Desmond, maintained by Paul Caulfield

  175. ♂ Dessen, Michael (trombone) [* USA]
       • leader of the → Michael Dessen Trio (USA)
       • member of → Cosmologic (USA)
       • member of → Nathan Hubbard's → Skeleton Key Orchestra (USA)

  176. ♂ Devecchi, Claudio (guitar) [* Italy]

  177. ♂ Devisscher, Christophe (bass) [* Nov 28, 1971, Nieuwpoort, Belgium]
       • member of the → Pascal Schumacher Quartet (Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg)

  178. ♂ Devoe, David (vocals) [* USA]

  179. ♂ DeVos, Bob (guitar) [* USA]
       • leader of the → Bob DeVos Trio (USA)
       • co-leader of the → Bob DeVos / Don Wilner Duo (USA)
       • member of the → Ron McClure Quartet (USA)

  180. ♂ Dewar, Andrew Ruffo (saxophone) [* 1975, Rosario, Argentina]
       • member of → OURSONGISLONG (Germany/USA)

  181. ♂ Dewhurst, Carl (guitar) [* Australia]
       • leader of the → Carl Dewhurst Quartet (Australia)
       • member of the → Australian Art Orchestra (Australia)

  182. ♀ Dexter, Julie (vocals) [* Birmingham, England, GB]

  183. ♂ DiBari, Mike (guitar) [* USA]

  184. ♂ Di Battista, Marco (piano) [* Italy]
       • leader of the → Marco Di Battista Four (Italy)

  185. ♂ Di Battista, Stefano (saxophone) [* Feb 14, 1969, Rome, Italy]

  186. ♂ Di Benedetto, Giacomo (vocals) [* Firenze, Italy]

  187. ♂ Di Cocco, Fabio (piano) [* June 16, 1965, Rome, Italy]
       • leader of the → Fabio Di Cocco Trio (Italy)

  188. ♂ Di Castri, Furio (bass) [* Sep 12, 1955, Milano, Italy]
       • member of → P.A.F. (Italy)

  189. ♀ di Ghent, Rita (piano, vocals) [* Hamilton, Ontario, Canada]

  190. ♂ Di Gioia, Roberto (keyboards) [* 1965, Milan, Italy]
       • member of Klaus Doldinger's → Passport

  191. ♂ Di Giusto, Gerardo (piano) [* Jan 30, 1961, Córdoba, Argentina]
       • member of the → Cordoba Reunion (Argentina)

  192. ♂ Di Gregorio, Daniele (marimba) [* Aug 21, 1962, Urbino, Italy]
       • leader of the → Daniele Di Gregorio Quartet (Italy)
       • member of the → New Vibes Trio (Italy)
       • member of the → Daniele Di Gregorio-Dado Moroni Duo (Italy)

  193. ♂ Di Martino, John (piano) [* Philadelphia, USA]
       • leader of the → Romantic Jazz Trio (USA)

  194. ♂ Di Meola, Al (guitar) [* July 22, 1954, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA]
       • European Web Site
       • member of → Chick Corea's → Return To Forever

  195. ♂ Di Natale, Sergio (drums) [* Feb 26, 1967, Italy]

  196. ♂ Di Sario, Frank (bass) [* Adelaide, Australia]
       • member of the → Peter Knight Quartet (Australia)

  197. ♂ Diallo, Claude (piano) [* June 11, 1981, St. Gallen, Switzerland]
       • member of → Blizz Rhythmia (Switzerland)
       • member of → Modal Interchange (Switzerland)

  198. ♂ Diamo, Joe (drums) [* New York City, USA]
       • leader of the → Joe Diamo Combo (USA)

  199. ♂ Diamond, Greg (bass) [* USA]

  200. ♂ Diamond, Joseph (piano) [* USA]

  201. ♂ Diaz, Joe (vocals) [* Australia]

  202. ♂ Diaz, Luis (percussion) [*]
       • member of → Jamie Breiwick's → Afro-Drum Ensemble (USA)

  203. ♂ Díaz, Ramón (drums) [* Spain]
       • leader of the → Ramón Díaz Group (Spain)

  204. ♂ Dick, Robert (flute) [* New York City, New York, USA]
       • co-leader of the → Ursel Schlicht / Robert Dick Duo (Germany/USA)
       • member of → No Fear Act (Germany/USA)

  205. ♂ Dickbauer, Klaus (reeds) [* 1961, Wels, Austria]
       • member of the → Vienna Art Orchestra

  206. ♂ Dickie, Neville (piano) [* Jan 1, 1937, County Durham, England, UK]

  207. ♂ Dickinson, Brian (piano) [* Canada]
       • leader of the → Brian Dickison Quartet (Canada/USA)
       • leader of the → Brian Dickison Quintet (Canada)
       • leader of the → Brian Dickison Trio (Canada)

  208. ♀ Dickson, Kelly (vocals) [* UK]

  209. ♂ Diego, Victor de → De Diego, Victor

  210. ♀ Dietrich, Natalie (vibes) [* Switzerland]
       • member of → Sunyata Jazz Quartet (Brazil/Switzerland/USA)
       • member of → RHYTHMUSA (Austria/Switzerland/USA)
       • member of → The Three (Germany/Korea/Switzerland)

  211. ♂ Diez, Frank (guitar) [* 1950, Berlin, Germany]
       ♥ brother of guitarist → Stefan Diez

  212. ♂ Diez, Stefan (guitar) [* Germany]
       ♥ brother of guitarist → Frank Diez

  213. ♂ DiFlorio, Mark (drums) [*]
       • member of the → Brian Prunka Quartet (USA)
       • member of → Brian Prunka's → Mahfouz (USA)
       • member of → Brian Prunka's → Near East River Ensemble (USA)

  214. ♂ Dijkstra, Jorrit (saxophone) [* 1966, Netherlands]
       ♣ member of the → TryTone Collective (Netherlands)

  215. ♂ Dillard, Stacy (saxophone) [* Muskegon Heights, Michigan, USA]

  216. ♂ DiMuzio, Jerry (saxophone) [* USA]

  217. ♂ DiMuzio, Rick (saxophone) [* USA]

  218. ♂ Dinesen, Jacob (saxophone) [* Denmark]
       • member of → Dane T.S.Hawk & Loco Motion (Denmark)

  219. ♂ Dingman, Chris (vibes) [* San Jose, California, USA]
       • leader of the → Chris Dingman Quartet (USA)
       • member of the → Steve Lehman Quintet (USA)

  220. ♂ Dinkelbach, Joe (piano) [* 1965, Braunschweig, Germany]

  221. ♂ Dinkjian, Ara (oud) [* Armenia]

  222. ♂ Dinné, Ignaz (saxophone) [* Germany]
       ♥ son of trombonist → Ed Kröger

  223. ♂ Dion, Josh (drums) [* USA]
       • member of the → Nathan Eklund Group (USA)
       • member of → We Three (USA)

  224. ♂ Dirke, Boel (piano, vocals) [* Sep 30, 1962, Gothenburg, Sweden]

  225. ♂ DiRubbo, Mike (saxophone) [* USA]

  226. ♂ Distel, Andrew (trumpet, vocals) [* Cincinnati, Ohio, USA]

  227. ♀ Disterheft, Brandi (bass) [* Canada]
       • member of the → Crossings Quartet (Canada)
       • member of the → Laila Biali Trio (Canada)
       • member of the → Richard Whiteman Trio (Canada)

  228. ♂ Dix, Jean-Pierre (bass) [* 1969, Bern, Switzerland]

  229. ♂ Dixon, Bill (trumpet) [* Oct 5, 1925, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA]

  230. ♂ DJ Krush (DJ) [* 1962, Tokyo, Japan]

  231. ♂ Djangirov, Eldar (piano) [* 1987, Kyrgyzstan]

  232. ♂ Djordjevic, Marko (drums) [* 1972, Belgrade, Yugoslavia]
       • leader of → SVETI (USA)

  233. ♂ Dobrecky, Gilad aka Gilad (percussion) [* Israel]
       • co-founder of → ON 3 (Israel/USA)
       • member of → Freddie Bryant's → Kaleidoscope (USA)

  234. ♂ Dobrogosz, Steve (piano) [* 1956, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA]

  235. ♂ Dobrowolski, Jan Fryderyk (piano) [* July 9, 1944, Trzebinia near Krakow, Poland]

  236. ♂ Doctor, Marcio (percussion) [* 1965, Buenos Aires, Argentina]
       • member of the → NDR Big Band

  237. ♂ Dodge, Mark (drums) [*]
       • member of → Travis Sullivan's → Casual Sextet (USA)

  238. ♂ Dodgion, Jerry (saxophone) [* Aug 29, 1932, Richmond, California, USA]
       • leader of → Jerry Dodgion & The Joy Of Sax (USA)
       • member of → David Berger's → Sultans of Swing (USA)
       • member of the → George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (Switzerland)

  239. ♂ Dodo, Toru (piano) [* Feb 8, 1972, Tokyo, Japan]

  240. ♂ Doehring, Robert (bass) [* Germany]
       • founder of → ernstblau

  241. ♂ Doky, Chris Minh (bass) [* Feb 7, 1969, Copenhagen, Demark]

  242. ♂ Doky, Niels Lan (piano) [* Oct 3, 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark]

  243. ♂ Doldinger, Klaus (saxophone) [* May 12, 1936, Berlin, Germany]
       • leader of → Passport

  244. ♂ Döling, Florian (bass) [* Germany]
       • leader of the → Florian Döling Quartet (Germany)
       • leader of the → Florian Döling Trio (France/Germany)
       • member of the → John Stowell Trio (Germany/USA)

  245. ♂ Dollen, Dave von → Von Dollen, Dave

  246. ♀ Dollison, Julia (vocals) [* USA]

  247. ♂ Dolphy, Eric (saxophone) [* June 20, 1928, Los Angeles, California, USA; † June 29, 1964, Berlin, Germany]

  248. ♂ Dömling, Norbert (bass) [* Jan 25, 1952, Würzburg, Germany]
       • member of → Jazz Meets Tango (Argentina/Czechoslovakia/Germany)
       • member of the → Bassic Trio (Germany/Poland)

  249. ♂ Donaher, Pat (saxophone) [* Quincy, Massachusetts, USA]
       ♣ member of the → Boston Jazz Collective (USA)

  250. ♂ Donarier, Matthieu (saxophone) [* 1976, Nantes, France]
       • leader of the → Matthieu Donarier Trio (France)
       • member of → Le Gros Cube (France)

  251. ♀ Donatelli, Denise (vocals) [* Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA]

  252. ♂ Doneda, Michel (saxophone) [* 1954, France]

  253. ♀ Donegan, Dorothy (piano) [* Apr 6, 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA; † May 19, 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA]

  254. ♂ Donelian, Armen (piano) [* Dec 1, 1950, Jackson Heights, New York City, New York, USA]
       • leader of the → Armen Donelian Trio (USA)

  255. ♂ Doob, Eric (drums) [* Boston, Massachusetts, USA]
       • member of the → Michael Vochezer Dectet (Germany/Ukraine/USA)

  256. ♂ Doodkorte, Richard (guitar) [* Netherlands]

  257. ♂ Dooyeweerd, Arnold (bass) [* Netherlands]
       • member of → Caglayan Yildiz' → TurQumstances (Bulgaria/Germany/Netherlands/Senegal/Turkey/USA/Yugoslavia)

  258. ♀ Doorn, Ineke van → van Doorn, Ineke

  259. ♂ Doran, Christy (guitar) [* Dublin, Ireland]

  260. ♂ Doran, Matthew Von → Von Doran, Matthew

  261. ♂ Dørge, Pierre (guitar) [* Feb 28, 1946, Copenhagen, Denmark]
       • leader of the → New Jungle Orchestra
       • member of the → Dørge-Becker-Carlsen Trio

  262. ♂ Dorough, Bob (piano, vocals) [* Dec 12, 1923, Cherry Hill, Arizona, USA]

  263. ♀ Doruyter, Renée (vocals) [* Rotterdam, Netherlands]

  264. ♀ Dotson-Westphalen, Elizabeth aka elizabeth! (trombone, vocals) [* USA]
       • leader of → elizabeth! & the hot & silver trio (USA)

  265. ♂ Dougherty, Brendan (drums) [* 1978, Philadelphia, USA]
       • co-leader of the → AB Duo (USA)
       • co-leader of → Friendship Garden (Germany/USA)
       • member of → Johannes Haage's → Slow Trio (Germany/USA)
       • member of the → Meicht Group (USA)
       • member of → KGB (Germany/USA)
       • member of → OURSONGISLONG (Germany/USA)
       • member of the → Sepia Trio (Japan/USA)

  266. ♂ Douglas, Dave (trumpet) [* March 24, 1963, Montclair, New Jersey, USA]
       • leader of → Dave Douglas & Nomad (USA)
       • member of → George Schuller's → Orange Then Blue (USA)

  267. ♂ Douglas, Ronald (vocals) [* Netherlands]

  268. ♂ Douma, Pieter (bass) [* Netherlands]
       • member of → Michiel Braam's → Wurli Trio (Netherlands)

  269. ♂ Downes, Mike (bass) [* Canada]

  270. ♂ Downing, Andrew (bass) [* Canada]
       • uncle of → David Occhipinti
       • leader of → Attention Span (Canada/USA)
       • leader of the → Great Uncles of the Revolution (Canada)
       • leader of → Melodeon (Canada)
       • member of the → Andrew Downing / David Tronzo Duo (Canada/USA)

  271. ♂ Doykin, Assen (piano) [*]

  272. ♂ Doyle, Steve (bass) [* Nebraska, USA]

  273. ♂ Drache, Alban (saxophone) [* France]

  274. ♂ Drake, Hamid (percussion) [* Aug 3, 1955, Monroe, Louisiana, USA]

  275. ♂ Drake, Jeremy (guitar) [*]

  276. ♂ Dresser, Mark (bass) [* Nov 26, 1952, Los Angeles, USA]
       • member of the → Satoko Fujii Four (Japan/USA)
       • member of the → Ray Anderson Quartet (USA)

  277. ♂ Drew, Dan (trombone) [* Emmetsburg, Iowa, USA]
       • member of → Joe McCarthy's → Afro Bop Alliance (USA)

  278. ♂ Drew, Martin (drums) [* Feb 11, 1944, Northampton, England, UK]

  279. ♂ Drew, Jr., Kenny (piano) [* June 14, 1958, New York City, New York, USA]

  280. ♀ Dreyer, Laura (sax, flute) [* San Francisco, California, USA]

  281. ♂ Driscoll, Sean (guitar) [* USA]
       • leader of the → Sean Driscoll Group (USA)

  282. ♂ D'Rivera, Paquito (saxophone) [* June 4, 1948, Havana, Cuba]

  283. ♂ Dr. John (piano, vocals) [* Nov 21, 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA]

  284. ♀ Droste, Silvia (vocals, sax) [* May 21, 1960, Herne, Germany]

  285. ♂ Drummond, Billy (drums) [* 1959, Newport News, Virginia, USA]

  286. ♂ Drummond, Ray (bass) [* Nov 23, 1946, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA]
       • member of the → Kenny Barron Trio (USA)
       • member of the → Grachan Moncur III Octet (USA)

  287. ♂ Drury, Andrew (drums) [* 1964, Bellevue, Washington, USA]
       • member of the → Laura Andel Electric Percussive Orchestra (Argentina/Germany/Suriname/USA)
       • member of → Nate Wooley's → Attack/Adorn/Decay (USA)

  288. ♂ Drye, Brian (trombone) [*]
       • member of → The Four Bags (USA)

  289. ♂ Duarte, Cassio (percussion) [* Brazil]

  290. ♀ Duboc, Carol (vocals) [* Kansas City, Missouri, USA]

  291. ♂ DuBois, Scott (guitar) [* USA]
       • leader of the → Scott DuBois Quintet (UK/USA)
       • member of the → Peter Van Huffel Quintet (Canada/USA)

  292. ♂ Duckert Jensen, Ketil (trumpet) [* Denmark]
       • member of → Trio Trash (Denmark)

  293. ♂ Ducret, Marc (guitar) [* 1957, Paris, France]
       • member of → Ictus (Denmark/France/Norway)

  294. ♂ Dudas, Lajos (clarinet) [* Feb 18, 1941, Budapest, Hungary]

  295. ♂ Dudek, Gerd (saxophone) [* Sep 23, 1938, Groß Döbern, nr Oppeln, Germany (now Opole, Poland)]
       • member of the → European Jazz Ensemble

  296. ♂ Dudli, Joris (drums) [* March 8, 1957, Frauenfeld, Switzerland]
       • member of the → Yours Truly Quintet (Austria/Germany/Switzerland)
       • member of the → Vincent Herring Quartet (Switzerland/USA)
       • member of → ForePlay (Austria/Switzerland)
       • member of → Christian Plattner's → Jazz Party (Austria/Switzerland)

  297. ♂ Dujardin, Quentin (guitar) [* 1977, Dinant, Belgium]

  298. ♂ Duke, George (keyboards) [* Jan 12, 1946, San Rafael, California, USA]

  299. ♀ Dulfer, Candy (saxophone) [* Sep 19, 1969, Amsterdam, Netherlands]

  300. ♂ Dulfer, Hans (saxophone) [* May 28, 1940, Amsterdam, Netherlands]

  301. ♂ Dumoulin, Jozef (piano) [* 1975, Belgium]
       • member of → Osmosis (Belgium/France/Germany/India/Netherlands)
       • member of → Octurn (Belgium)
       • member of → Bhedam (Belgium/Germany/India/Netherlands/USA)

  302. ♂ Dunaway, Blaine (violin, trumpet) [* Canada]
       • member of the → Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (Canada)

  303. ♀ Duncan, Christine (vocals) [* Canada]
       • member of the → Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation (Canada)

  304. ♂ Duncan, Leon (bass) [* Feb 20, 1972, Kingston, Jamaica]
       • member of the → David Regan Orchestra

  305. ♀ Duncker, Heike (drums) [* Germany]

  306. ♂ Dundas, Chris (piano) [* USA]

  307. ♀ Dunér, Sophie (vocals) [* Sweden]
       • member of → Jürg Wickihalder's → Interplay Collective (France/Germany/Sweden/Switzerland)

  308. ♂ Dungen, Ben van den → van den Dungen, Ben

  309. ♂ Dunkic, Srdan "Johnny" (drums) [* Apr 6, 1976, Belgrade, Serbia]
       • member of the → Vasil Hadzimanov Band (Macedonia)

  310. ♂ Dunlap, David (guitar) [*]

  311. ♂ Dunn, Trevor (bass) [* San Francisco, California, USA]
       • member of the → Jessica Jones Quartet (USA)
       • member of the → Ben Gerstein Collective (USA)

  312. ♂ Dunn, Bill (trumpet) [* Canton, Ohio, USA]

  313. ♂ Dupont, Hubert (bass) [* 1959, Versailles, France]
       • leader of → Dupont T (France)
       • member of → Thôt Agrandi (France)
       • member of → Kartet (France)
       • member of → Nicolas Genest's → Hati Sextet (France)

  314. ♂ Düppe, Jens (drums) [* 1974, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany]
       • member of the → Pascal Schumacher Quartet (Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg)

  315. ♂ Duppler, Lars (piano) [* Dec 16, 1975, Germany]
       • leader of → Palindrome (Germany)
       • co-leader of the → Lars Duppler/Nils Tegen-Quartet (Germany)
       • member of the → Nils Wülker Group (Germany)
       • member of → Gentle Rain (Germany)

  316. ♀ Dupuis, Catherine (vocals) [* USA]

  317. ♂ Durán, Hilario (piano) [* Oct 10, 1953, La Habana, Cuba]

  318. ♂ During, Sjahin (percussion) [* 1972, Amsterdam, Netherlands]
       • member of → Caglayan Yildiz' → TurQumstances (Bulgaria/Germany/Netherlands/Senegal/Turkey/USA/Yugoslavia)

  319. ♂ Dutz, Brad (percussion) [* 1960, Decatur, Illinois, USA]

  320. ♂ Duval, Dominic (bass) [* USA]
       • member of the → Mark Whitecage Trio (USA)

  321. ♂ Dwyer, Phil (piano, sax) [* Canada]
       • member of the → Hugh Fraser Quintet (Canada)

  322. ♀ Dyer, Ann (vocals) [* California, USA]

  323. ♂ Dyer, Fran (drums) [* USA]
       • member of the → Ozone Quartet

  324. ♂ Dyke, Pat van → Van Dyke, Pat

  325. ♂ Dyson, Willard (drums) [* 1962, USA]
       • member of → Freddie Bryant's → Kaleidoscope (USA)

Footnotes

  1. AACM = Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians [back]
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