List of bebop musicians

A

• Al Aarons - trumpet
• Nat Adderley - cornet
• Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
• Joe Albany - piano
• Monty Alexander
• Jimmy Amadie
• Georgie Auld
• Gene Ammons - saxophone

B

• Benny Bailey - trumpet
• Gabe Baltazar - alto saxophone
• Guy Barker - trumpet
• Jeno Beamter
• Louie Bellson
• Eddie Bert
• Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano
• DuPree Bolton - trumpet
• Randy Brecker - trumpet
• Cole Broderick
• Clifford Brown - trumpet
• Ray Brown
• Clora Bryant - trumpet
• Ray Bryant
• Monty Budwig
• Ralph Burns
• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Don Byas
• Charlie Byrd
• Jerry Byrd - guitar

C

• Red Callender
• Conte Candoli - trumpet
• Pete Candoli - trumpet
• Candido Camero - percussion
• Serge Chaloff - saxophone
• Frank Capp
• Charlie Christian - guitar
• Sonny Clark
• Kenny Clarke - drums
• Jimmy Cleveland
• Tony Coe - clarinet, saxophone
• Al Cohn
• Dolo Coker - piano
• Richie Cole
• John Coltrane - saxophone
• Sonny Criss - saxophone

D

• Tad Dameron
• Eddie Davis - saxophone
• Miles Davis - trumpet
• Blossom Dearie - piano, vocals
• Rusty Dedrick - trumpet
• Buddy DeFranco - clarinet
• Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet
• Lou Donaldson - saxophone
• Bob Dorough - piano
• George Duvivier

E

• Billy Eckstine
• Teddy Edwards
• Herb Ellis

F

• John Faddis - trumpet
• Tal Farlow - guitar
• Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Leonard Feather - piano
• Ella Fitzgerald - singer
• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Gary Foster
• Henry "The Skipper" Franklin - bass

G

• Barry Galbraith
• Erroll Garner
• Linton Garner - piano
• Herb Geller
• Terry Gibbs
• Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
• Benny Golson - saxophone
• Dexter Gordon - saxophone
• Norman Granz
• Wardell Gray - saxophone
• Bennie Green
• Thurman Green - trombone
• Urbie Green
• Al Grey
• Johnny Griffin
• Tiny Grimes
• Lars Gullin

H

• Shafi Hadi - alto saxophone
• Al Haig
• Jeff Hamilton
• Jimmy Hamilton
• Slide Hampton
• George Handy
• Al Harewood
• Barry Harris - piano
• Hampton Hawes - piano
• Coleman Hawkins - saxophone
• Roy Haynes - drums
• J.C. Heard - drums
• Percy Heath - double-bass
• Jutta Hipp - piano
• Red Holloway
• Elmo Hope - piano
• Freddie Hubbard- trumpet

J

• Chubby Jackson - double-bass
• Milt Jackson - vibraphone
• Illinois Jacquet- tenor saxophone
• Keith Jarrett- piano
• Clifford Jarvis - drums
• Budd Johnson aka Buddy Johnson - piano
• Clarence Johnson
• J. J. Johnson - trombone
• Osie Johnson - drums
• Pete Jolly
• Hank Jones - piano
• Oliver Jones (pianist)
• Philly Joe Jones - drums
• Quincy Jones
• Thad Jones - trumpet
• Duke Jordan - piano

K

• Roger Kellaway
• Wynton Kelly - piano
• Barney Kessel - guitar

L

• Don Lamond
• Jay Leonhart
• Stan Levey
• Lou Levy - piano
• John Lewis
• Mel Lewis
• Victor Lewis
• Melba Liston

M

• Adam Makowicz - piano
• Russell Malone - guitar
• Junior Mance - piano
• Shelly Manne - drums
• Larance Marable - drums
• Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone
• Dodo Marmarosa - piano
• Les McCann - piano
• Rob McConnell - valve trombone
• Howard McGhee - trumpet
• Al McKibbon - double-bass
• Marian McPartland - piano
• Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
• Gil Melle - saxophones
• Charles Mingus - double-bass
• Thelonious Monk - piano
• Tete Montoliu - piano
• James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute
• Michael Moore - saxophone, clarinet
• Lee Morgan - trumpet
• George Morrow - double-bass

N

• Nanette Natal
• Fats Navarro - trumpet
• Herbie Nichols - piano
• Sam Noto - trumpet

O

• Anita O'Day

P

• Marty Paich
• Remo Palmier - guitar
• Charlie Parker - saxophone
• Joe Pass - guitar
• Cecil Payne - flute, saxophone
• Sonny Payne
• Dave Peck
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double-bass
• Art Pepper
• Oscar Peterson
• Oscar Pettiford - cellist, double-bass
• Flip Phillips -saxophone, clarinet
• Herb Pomeroy - trumpet
• Tommy Potter
• Bud Powell - piano
• Richie Powell - piano
• Specs Powell - drums
• André Previn - piano

R

• Gene Ramey
• Jimmy Raney - guitar
• Buddy Rich
• Sam Rivers - saxophone, clarinet
• Max Roach - drums
• Steve Rochinski - guitar
• Red Rodney - trumpet
• Sonny Rollins - saxophone
• Jimmy Rowles
• Ernie Royal
• Hilton Ruiz - piano
• Curly Russell

S

• Aaron Sachs - saxophone, clarinet
• Ronnie Scott - saxophone
• Jack Sels - saxophone
• Lalo Schifrin - composed Gillespiana
• Karen Shane
• Ed Shaughnessy - drummer
• George Shearing - piano
• Jack Sheldon - trumpet, vocals
• Sahib Shihab - saxophone, flute
• Horace Silver - piano
• Andy Simpkins
• Zoot Sims
• Paul Smith - piano
• Mary Stallings - singer
• Herbie Steward - saxophones
• Sonny Stitt - saxophone
• Idrees Sulieman - trumpet
• Ira Sullivan - trumpet, flugelhorn

T

• Art Taylor
• Billy Taylor - piano
• Tommy Tedesco - guitar
• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Toots Thielemans - harmonica
• Jesper Thilo - saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Ed Thigpen
• René Thomas - guitar
• "Sir" Charles Thompson - piano
• Lucky Thompson - saxophone
• Lennie Tristano - piano

U

• René Urtreger - piano

V

• Maurice Vander
• Charlie Ventura - saxophone
• Sarah Vaughan
• Mads Vinding
• Eddie Vinson - saxophone

W

• George Wallington - piano
• Butch Warren - double-bass
• Bill Watrous - trombone
• Georgina Weinstein
• Frank Wess
• Ernie Wilkins
• Mary Lou Williams
• Reg Wilson
• Kai Winding
• Phil Woods - saxophone, clarinet