Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin.
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
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Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Hal Singer
American musician
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Henry Townsend
American musician
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St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
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Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
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Barbara Dane
American singer
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Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Buster Bailey
American musician
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Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Memphis Jug Band
band
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Pink Anderson
American singer-guitarist
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
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Shirley Griffith
American blues singer and guitarist
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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James Armstrong
American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Elmer Snowden
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
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Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
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Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer