List of soul jazz musicians

The following is a list of soul jazz musicians.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Cannonball Adderley^[1] – sax
• Nat Adderley^[1] – cornet
• Allen & Allen
• Gene Ammons^[2] – sax
• Curtis Amy^[2] – sax
• Roy Ayers – vibraphone

B

• Gary Bartz – sax
• Joe Beck – guitar
• George Benson^[2] – guitar, vocals
• Lou Blackburn – trombone
• Earl Bostic^[1] – sax
• George Braith – sax
• Zachary Breaux – guitar
• Bobby Broom – guitar
• Norman Brown
• Ray Bryant^[1] – piano
• Rusty Bryant
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Billy Butler
• Donald Byrd^[1] – trumpet

C

• Terry Callier
• Ray Charles^[1]
• Arnett Cobb – sax
• Sonny Cox – sax
• Hank Crawford^[1] – sax
• The Crusaders^[1]
• King Curtis - sax

D

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis^[1] – sax
• Wild Bill Davis^[2]
• Joey DeFrancesco – organ, trumpet
• Bill Doggett
• Lou Donaldson^[1] – sax
• George Duke – keys
• Cornell Dupree – guitar

E

• Charles Earland

F

• Wilton Felder
• Ronnie Foster
• George Freeman
• Funk, Inc.
• Maynard Ferguson – trumpet

G

• Grant Green^[1] – guitar

H

• Herbie Hancock^[1] – piano
• Eddie Harris^[1]
• Gene Harris
• Bill Heid
• Wayne Henderson
• Red Holloway^[2] – saxophone
• Ron Holloway – tenor saxophone
• Richard Holmes – organ
• Stix Hooper
• Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
• Bobbi Humphrey – flute

J

• Fred Jackson^[3] – sax
• Willis Jackson^[2] – sax
• The J.B.'s
• Henry Johnson
• Plas Johnson
• Wayne Johnson – guitar
• Boogaloo Joe Jones – guitar
• Ronny Jordan – guitar

K

• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Earl Klugh – guitar
• Charles Kynard^[2]

L

• Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
• Ramsey Lewis^[1] – piano
• Bobby Lyle – piano
• Johnny Lytle

M

• Harold Mabern – piano
• Junior Mance^[1] – piano
• Herbie Mann – sax, flute
• Hank Marr – organ
• Pat Martino – guitar
• Hugh Masekela – trumpet
• Les McCann^[1] – piano
• Jack McDuff^[2] – organ
• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Big Jay McNeely – sax
• Charles Mingus^[1]
• Jackie Mittoo – organ
• Hank Mobley^[1] – sax
• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Wild Bill Moore^[1] – sax
• Lee Morgan^[1] – trumpet
• Dick Morrissey – tenor/soprano sax
• Idris Muhammad – drums
• Ronald Muldrow – guitar

N

• Oliver Nelson – sax
• David "Fathead" Newman^[1] – sax

O

• Johnny O'Neal

P

• Maceo Parker^[1] – sax
• John Patton^[2] – organ
• Duke Pearson – piano
• Houston Person – sax
• Sonny Phillips
• Trudy Pitts
• Jimmy Ponder
• Seldon Powell – sax, flute
• Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
• Bernard Purdie

Q

• Ike Quebec – sax

R

• Chuck Rainey
• Joshua Redman – sax
• Freddie Roach^[2]

S

• Joe Sample – piano
• David Sanborn^[1]
• Marlon Saunders – vocals
• Rhoda Scott – organ
• Shirley Scott^[2] – organ
• Horace Silver^[1] – piano
• Nina Simone – vocals
• Dr. Lonnie Smith – organ
• Jimmy Smith^[1][2] – organ
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith – organ
• Tab Smith^[1] – sax
• Melvin Sparks – guitar
• Leon Spencer – organ
• Sonny Stitt^[2] – sax
• Soulive

T

• Grady Tate – drums
• Billy Taylor – piano
• The Three Sounds^[1]
• Bobby Timmons^[1] – piano
• Stanley Turrentine^[1] – sax

U

• James Ulmer

V

• Harold Vick^[2] – sax, flute

W

• Jr. Walker & the All Stars
• Winston Walls
• Grover Washington, Jr. – sax
• Mark Whitfield – guitar
• Don Wilkerson
• Baby Face Willette^[2] – organ
• Jack Wilson – piano
• Reuben Wilson

Y

• Larry Young (jazz)^[2] – organ
• Young-Holt Unlimited^[1]

Z

• Joe Zawinul^[1] – keyboards