0
Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann
Musician, Record Producer, Graphic Artist
1
Danny Mixon
Danny Mixon
American musician
2
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
3
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
4
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
Sneaky Pete Kleinow
American musician
5
Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz
American musician
6
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
7
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
8
Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
9
Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
10
Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
11
Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnett
American musician
12
Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
13
Bob Neloms
Bob Neloms
14
Jimmy Hopps
Jimmy Hopps
American jazz drummer
15
Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner
American session drummer
16
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
Turkish-American songwriter & record producer
17
Jesse Ed Davis
Jesse Ed Davis
American musician
18
Karl Berger
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
19
Alex Blake
Alex Blake
American musician
20
Herbie Flowers
Herbie Flowers
English musician
21
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
British musician, drummer for the Beatles
22
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
23
Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
24
Doug Sax
Doug Sax
American mastering engineer
25
John Goodsall
John Goodsall
British musician
26
Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
27
Russ Kunkel
Russ Kunkel
American musician
28
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
29
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb
English singer and musician
30
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
31
Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
32
Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson
American singer-songwriter (1941-1994)
33
Billy Hart
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
34
Tommy Turrentine
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
35
Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
36
Michael Carvin
Michael Carvin
American musician
37
Teo Macero
Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer
38
Wilton Felder
Wilton Felder
American musician
39
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
40
Richard Perry
Richard Perry
American record producer
41
George Adams
George Adams
musician
42
Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
43
Joe Lala
Joe Lala
American musician
44
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
45
Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
46
Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
47
John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
48
David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
49
Rick Laird
Rick Laird
Irish musician
50
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
51
David Bromberg
David Bromberg
American musician
52
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
53
John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
54
Milt Holland
Milt Holland
American drummer, percussionist, musicologist and writer
55
Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
56
David Spinozza
David Spinozza
American musician
57
Chuck Findley
Chuck Findley
American musician
58
Ugonna Okegwo
Ugonna Okegwo
jazz musician
59
James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
60
Billy Preston
Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
61
Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Canadian musician
62
Nathan East
Nathan East
American musician
63
Gregg Rolie
Gregg Rolie
American musician
Jane Getz
American musician

Jane Getz

Intro
American musician
Genres
Music

Jane Getz (born 12 September 1942) is an American jazz pianist and session musician.

She learned classical piano as a child and began playing jazz at the age of nine. She lived in California early in life but when she was sixteen moved to New York City. She found work with Pony Poindexter and later performed with Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Jay Clayton, Charles Lloyd, and Pharoah Sanders.

In the early 1970s, Getz returned to Los Angeles and became a studio musician. She recorded country music for RCA under the name "Mother Hen" and appeared on albums by The Bee Gees, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Rick Roberts, and John Lennon. She wrote the title track for the 1973 Jimmie Spheeris album The Original Tap Dancing Kid.

Getz went into semi-retirement but began playing jazz again in the 1990s. She was a member of Dale Fielder's quartet in Los Angeles in 1995. Her first jazz album as a leader, No Relation, was released in 1996.