List of soul jazz musicians

The following is a list of soul jazz musicians.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Cannonball Adderley ^[1] – sax
• Nat Adderley ^[1] – cornet
• Allen & Allen
• Gene Ammons ^[2] – sax
• Curtis Amy ^[2] – sax
• Roy Ayers – vibraphone

B

• Gary Bartz – sax
• Joe Beck – guitar
• George Benson ^[2] – guitar, vocals
• Lou Blackburn – trombone
• Earl Bostic ^[1] – sax
• George Braith – sax
• Zachary Breaux – guitar
• Bobby Broom – guitar
• Norman Brown
• Ray Bryant ^[1] – piano
• Rusty Bryant
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Billy Butler
• Donald Byrd ^[1] – trumpet

C

• Terry Callier
• Ray Charles ^[1]
• Arnett Cobb – sax
• Sonny Cox – sax
• Hank Crawford ^[1] – sax
• The Crusaders ^[1]
• King Curtis - sax

D

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ^[1] – sax
• Wild Bill Davis ^[2] – piano, organ
• Joey DeFrancesco – organ, trumpet
• Bill Doggett – piano, organ
• Lou Donaldson ^[1] – sax
• George Duke – keys
• Cornell Dupree – guitar

E

• Charles Earland

F

• Wilton Felder
• Ronnie Foster
• George Freeman
• Funk, Inc.
• Maynard Ferguson – trumpet

G

• Grant Green ^[1] – guitar

H

• Herbie Hancock ^[1] – piano
• Eddie Harris ^[1]
• Gene Harris
• Bill Heid
• Wayne Henderson
• Red Holloway ^[2] – saxophone
• Ron Holloway – tenor saxophone
• Richard Holmes – organ
• Stix Hooper
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
• Bobbi Humphrey – flute

J

• Fred Jackson ^[3] – sax
• Willis Jackson ^[2] – sax
• The J.B.'s
• Henry Johnson
• Plas Johnson
• Wayne Johnson – guitar
• Boogaloo Joe Jones – guitar
• Ronny Jordan – guitar

K

• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – sax, flute
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Charles Kynard ^[2] – organ

L

• Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
• Ramsey Lewis ^[1] – piano
• Bobby Lyle – piano
• Johnny Lytle

M

• Harold Mabern – piano
• Junior Mance ^[1] – piano
• Herbie Mann – sax, flute
• Hank Marr – organ
• Pat Martino – guitar
• Hugh Masekela – trumpet
• Les McCann ^[1] – piano
• Jack McDuff ^[2] – organ
• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Big Jay McNeely – sax
• Charles Mingus ^[1]
• Jackie Mittoo – organ
• Hank Mobley ^[1] – sax
• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Wild Bill Moore ^[1] – sax
• Lee Morgan ^[1] – trumpet
• Dick Morrissey – tenor/soprano sax
• Idris Muhammad – drums
• Ronald Muldrow – guitar

N

• Oliver Nelson – sax
• David "Fathead" Newman ^[1] – sax

O

• Johnny O'Neal

P

• Maceo Parker ^[1] – sax
• John Patton ^[2] – organ
• Duke Pearson – piano
• Houston Person – sax
• Sonny Phillips
• Trudy Pitts
• Jimmy Ponder
• Seldon Powell – sax, flute
• Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
• Bernard Purdie

Q

• Ike Quebec – sax

R

• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Joshua Redman – sax
• Freddie Roach ^[2] – organ

S

• Joe Sample – piano
• David Sanborn ^[1] – sax
• Marlon Saunders – vocals
• Rhoda Scott – organ
• Shirley Scott ^[2] – organ
• Horace Silver ^[1] – piano
• Nina Simone – vocals
• Dr. Lonnie Smith – organ
• Jimmy Smith ^{[1] [2]} – organ
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith – organ
• Tab Smith ^[1] – sax
• Melvin Sparks – guitar
• Leon Spencer – organ
• Sonny Stitt ^[2] – sax
• Soulive

T

• Grady Tate – drums
• Billy Taylor – piano
• The Three Sounds ^[1] – piano, bass, drums
• Bobby Timmons ^[1] – piano
• Stanley Turrentine ^[1] – sax

U

• James Ulmer – guitar

V

• Harold Vick ^[2] – sax, flute

W

• Jr. Walker & the All Stars – sax
• Winston Walls – organ
• Grover Washington, Jr. – sax
• Mark Whitfield – guitar
• Don Wilkerson – sax
• Baby Face Willette ^[2] – organ
• Jack Wilson – piano
• Reuben Wilson – organ

Y

• Larry Young (jazz) ^[2] – organ
• Young-Holt Unlimited ^[1] – bass, drums

Z

• Joe Zawinul ^[1] – keyboards

References

1. Carr, Roy (2006) [1997], "Soul to Soul", A Century of Jazz: A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made, London: Hamlyn, pp.  148–153, ISBN   0-681-03179-4
2. — (2006) [1997], "The Organ", A Century of Jazz: A Hundred Years of the Greatest Music Ever Made, London: Hamlyn, pp.  154–157, ISBN   0-681-03179-4
3. Erlewine, Steven Thomas. Fred Jackson at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-09.