PIANO

Al Tinney
Bill Charlap
Billy Taylor
Dan Wall
Dave Brubeck
Dave Frishberg
Dave McKenna
Denny Zeitlin
Derek Smith
Dick Hyman
Dick Katz
Frank Strazzeri
George Shearing
Gerald Wiggins
Herbie Hancock
Jane Jarvis
Jay McShann
Jeannie Cheatham
Joanne Brackeen
Joe Bushkin
John Bunch
Johnny Varro
Jon Jang
Junior Mance
Keith Ingham
Marian McPartland
Marty Napoleon
Mike Wofford
Norman Simmons
Onaje Allan Gumbs
Oscar Peterson
Paul Smith
Pete Jolly
Pete Levin
Ralph Sutton
Ray Bryant
Ray Sherman
Richard Wyands
Roger Kellaway
Roland Hanna
Ross Tompkins
Roy Kral
Shelly Berg
Steve Allen
Tom Lellis
Toshiko Akiyoshi

BASS

Bill Crow
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Haggart
Bob Magnusson
Buster Williams
Christian McBride
Chubby Jackson
Earl May
Frank Tate
Genevieve Rose
Henry Grimes
Jack Lesberg
Jay Leonhart
Jimmy Lewis
John Heard
John Lamb
Keter Betts
Kristen Korb
Larry Ridley
Michael Moore
Milt Hinton
Phil Flanigan
Ray Brown (audio)
Ray Drummond
Ron Carter
Steve Gilmore
Walter Booker

GUITAR

Ann Rabson
Billy Bauer
Bucky Pizzarelli
Cal Collins
Gene Bertoncini
Henry Johnson
Herb Ellis
Howard Alden
James Chirillo
John Abercrombie
John Pizzarelli Jr.
Lou Pallo
Marty Grosz

CLARINET

Abe Most
Allen Vache
Bob Gordon
Bob Wilber
Buddy DeFranco
Eiji Kitamura
Ken Peplowski
Kenny Davern
Joe Muranyi
Sol Yaged

VIBRAPHONE

Lionel Hampton
Terry Gibbs

FLUTE

Dave Valentin
Holly Hofmann
Kent Jordan
Sam Most
Frank Wess

DRUMS

Adam Nussbaum
Alvin Queen
Bernard Purdie
Bob Rosengarden
Butch Miles
Chico Hamilton
Dick Sherman
Don Alias
Duffy Jackson
Ed Shaughnessy
Eddie Alley
Eddie Locke
Eddie Marshall
Frank Capp
Greg Caputo
Hal Smith
Jackie Williams
Jake Hanna
Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Wormworth
Joe Ascione
Louie Bellson
Louis Hayes
Mickey Roker
Panama Francis
Ralph Humphrey
Rashid Ali
Roy McCurdy
Sherrie Maricle
Sonny Igoe
Terri Lyne Carrington
Vince Lateano

VOCALISTS

Ann Rabson
Annie Ross
Dianne Reeves
Etta Jones
Germaine Bazzle
Jackie Cain
Jeannie Cheatham
Jimmy Witherspoon
Joanne "Pug" Horton
Joe Williams
Jon Hendricks
Nancy Wilson
Rebecca Kilgore
Roy Kral
Ruth Brown
Sheila Jordan
Tom Lellis

SAXOPHONE

Al Gallodoro
Benny Waters
Billy Mitchell
Bob Hardaway
Bobby Militello
Bobby Watson
Buddy Colette
Buddy Tate
Carmen Leggio
Charles Davis
Charles McPherson
Chico Freeman
Dave Pell
David Murray
Don Menza
Ernie Watts
Flip Phillips
Frank Foster
Frank Wess
Fred Staton
Harold Ousley
Harry Allen
Houston Person
James Moody
Jane Ira Bloom
Jerome Richardson
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Jerome
Jim Galloway
Joe Temperley
John LaPorta
Kidd Jordan
Lanny Morgan
Lew Tabackin
Nick Brignola
Norris Turney
Phil Woods
Plas Johnson
Ray Shiner
Red Holloway
Sam Most
Scott Hamilton
Scott Robinson
Steve Wilson
Tom Baker
Tommy Newsom
Vi Redd

TROMBONE

Al Grey
Alan Raph
Art Baron
Benny Powell
Bill Hughes
Bill Watrous
Bob Havens
Buster Cooper
Dan Barrett
Eddie Bert
George Masso
Grover Mitchell
Jimmy Cheatham
Phil Mead
Slide Hampton
Spiegle Willcox
Urbie Green
Wayne Andre
Wycliffe Gordon

TRUMPET

Bill Berry
Bob Schulz
Bobby Johnson Jr.
Byron Stripling
Clark Terry
Clyde Kerr Jr.
Conte Candoli
Dave Robinson
Doc Cheatham
Ed Polcer
Gerald Wilson
Jack Palmer
Jack Sheldon
Jim Cullum
Jimmy Owens
Joe Wilder
Johnny Best
Jon Erik Kellso
Lew Soloff
Nat Adderley
Pete Candoli
Peter Ecklund
Randy Sandke
Rusty Dedrick
Sam Noto
Snooky Young
Sweets Edison
Warren Vache
Wendell Brunious

VIOLIN

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

BANJO

Bela Fleck

TUBA

Bob Stewart
Vince Giordano

ARRANGERS, COMPOSERS, AUTHORS, ETC.

Albert Murray
Bill Holman
Don Wolff (jazz on film)
George Avakian
George Wein
Helen Oakley Dance (writer, producer)
Howard Mandel (jazz journalist)
Ira Gitler (jazz writer)
J. Leo Rayhill (on-air personality)
James Lincoln Collier (writer)
Jean Bach (Great Day in Harlem)
Jillean Williams
Jackie Harris
Joel Dorn (producer)
John Budd (jazz fan & collector)
John Levy
Leslie Gourse (writer)
Leslie Johnson (editor)
Manny Albam
Maria Schneider
Mat Domber (producer)
Michael Abene
Milt Fillius Jr. (supporter)
Mona Hinton
Nat Hentoff
Orrin Keepnews
Peter Vacher (writer)
Phil Schaap (historian)
Phoebe Jacobs
Ray Conniff
Ruth Lion (Blue Note Records)
Skitch Henderson
Stanley Dance (author, historian)
Stanley Kay (manager)
Steve Allen