Soul jazz musicians
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Allen & Allen
1
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
2
Baby Face Willette
American jazz musician
3
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
4
Big Jay McNeely
American rhythm and blues saxophonist
5
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
6
Bill Heid
American soul jazz and hard bop jazz pianist and organist
7
Billy Butler
American musician
8
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
9
Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
10
Bobby Broom
American musician
11
Bobby Lyle
American musician
12
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
13
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
14
Charles Earland
jazz musician
15
Charles Kynard
American musician
16
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
17
Chris Standring
British musician
18
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
19
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
20
Curtis Amy
American musician
21
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
22
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
23
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
American band
24
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
25
Don Wilkerson
American musician
26
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
27
Duke Pearson
American pianist
28
Earl Bostic
American musician
29
Earl Klugh
American jazz guitarist
30
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
31
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
32
Fred Jackson
American saxophonist
33
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
34
Freddie Roach
American organist
35
Funk, Inc.
jazz funk group
36
Gary Bartz
American musician
37
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
38
Gene Harris
American pianist
39
Gene Ludwig
American musician
40
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
41
George Braith
American musician
42
George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)
43
George Freeman
American musician
44
Grady Tate
American jazz musician
45
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
46
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
47
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
48
Hank Marr
American musician
49
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
50
Harold Mabern
American pianist
51
Harold Vick
American musician
52
Henry Johnson
American jazz guitarist
53
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
54
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
55
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
56
Houston Person
American saxophonist
57
Hugh Masekela
South African jazz trumpeter
58
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
59
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
60
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
61
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
62
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
63
Jackie Mittoo
Jamaican musician
64
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
65
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
66
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
67
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
68
Joe Beck
American musician
69
Joe Sample
American pianist
70
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
71
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
72
John Patton
American organist
73
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
74
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
75
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
76
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
77
Junior Mance
American musician
78
Junior Walker
American saxophonist
79
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
80
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
81
Larry Young
American jazz musician
82
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
83
Leon Spencer
American jazz organist
84
Les McCann
American musician
85
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
86
Lou Blackburn
American musician
87
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
88
Maceo Parker
American saxophonist and composer
89
Mark Whitfield
American musician
90
Marlon Saunders
American singer-songwriter
91
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
92
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
93
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
94
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
95
Norman Brown
Smooth jazz guitarist
96
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
97
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
98
Pat Martino
American jazz guitarist and composer
99
Plas Johnson
American musician
100
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
jazz band
101
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
102
Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
103
Ray Bryant
American pianist
104
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
105
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
106
Reuben Wilson
American jazz musician
107
Rhoda Scott
American musician
108
Richard Holmes
American organist
109
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
110
Ronald Muldrow
American musician
111
Ronnie Foster
American organist and record producer
112
Ronny Jordan
English guitarist
113
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
114
Rusty Bryant
American musician
115
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
116
Seldon Powell
American musician
117
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
118
Sonny Cox
American musician
119
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
120
Sonny Phillips
American musician
121
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
122
Soulive
123
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
124
Stix Hooper
American musician
125
Tab Smith
American swing and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist
126
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
127
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
128
The J.B.'s
band
129
The Three Sounds
American jazz piano trio
130
Trudy Pitts
African-American jazz musician
131
Wayne Henderson
American trombonist and record producer
132
Wayne Johnson
American musician
133
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
134
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
135
Wild Bill Moore
American musician
136
Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
137
Wilton Felder
American musician
138
Winston Walls
American musician
139
Young-Holt Unlimited
band
140
Zachary Breaux
American jazz guitarist