* Louis Armstrong
* Duke Ellington
* Bessie Smith
* Billie Holiday
* Coleman Hawkins
* Miles Davis
* Charlie Parker
* Dizzy Gillespie
* Thelonious Monk
* John Coltrane
Bebop glazbenici (1940-1950)
* Charlie Parker
* Dizzy Gillespie
* Thelonious Monk
* Miles Davis
* John Coltrane
Cool jazz glazbenici (1950-1960-e)
* Miles Davis
* Chet Baker
* Gerry Mulligan
* Stan Getz
* Paul Desmond
Hard Bop glazbenici (1950-1960-e)
* Art Blakey
* Horacije Silver
* Cannonball Adderley
* Sonny Rollins
* Plavi Mitchell
Post-Bop glazbenici (1960-1970-e)
* John Coltrane
* Miles Davis
* Ornette Coleman
* Cecil Taylor
* Albert Ayler
Glazbenici fuzije (1970-1980-e)
* Herbie Hancock
* Chick Corea
* Izvješće o vremenu
* Povratak u Zauvijek
* Orkestar Mahavišnu
Neo-Bop glazbenici (1980-1990-e)
* Wynton Marsalis
* Branford Marsalis
* Terence Blanchard
* Christian McBride
* Joshua Redman
Suvremeni jazz glazbenici (1990-ih do danas)
* Roy Hargrove
* Robert Glasper
* Esperanza Spalding
* Kamasi Washington
* Zločesto štene
* LošeLošeNijeDobro