List of bebop musicians

• Al Aarons - trumpet • Greg Abate - saxophone • Nat Adderley - cornet • Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - saxophone • Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano • Joe Albany - piano • Monty Alexander • Jimmy Amadie • Georgie Auld • Gene Ammons - saxophone ==B==

• Elek Bacsik - violin • Benny Bailey - trumpet • Sheryl Bailey - guitar • Gabe Baltazar - alto saxophone • Guy Barker - trumpet • Louie Bellson - drums • Eddie Bert - trombone • Denzil Best - drums • Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano • Art Blakey - drums • DuPree Bolton - trumpet • Nelson Boyd - bass • Randy Brecker - trumpet • Clifford Brown - trumpet • Ray Brown - bass • Dave Brubeck - piano • Clora Bryant - trumpet • Ray Bryant • Monty Budwig • Ralph Burns • Kenny Burrell - guitar • Don Byas - saxophone • Charlie Byrd ==C==

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

• Tadd Dameron - piano • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - saxophone • Miles Davis - trumpet • Blossom Dearie - piano, vocals • Rusty Dedrick - trumpet • Buddy DeFranco - clarinet • Paul Desmond - alto saxophone • Paquito D'Rivera - saxophone, clarinet • Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet • Lou Donaldson - saxophone • Kenny Dorham - trumpet • Bob Dorough - piano, vocals • George Duvivier - bass ==E==

• Billy Eckstine - vocals, trumpet, trombonist, composer, bandleader • Teddy Edwards - saxophone • Herb Ellis - guitar • Rolf Ericson - trumpet • Bill Evans - piano, composer ==F==

• John Faddis - trumpet • Tal Farlow - guitar • Art Farmer - trumpet, flugelhorn • Leonard Feather - piano • Ella Fitzgerald - singer • Claudio Fasoli - saxophonist • Tommy Flanagan - piano • Gary Foster ==G==

• Barry Galbraith - guitar • Hal Galper - piano • Red Garland - piano • Linton Garner - piano • Herb Geller - saxophone • Stan Getz - saxophone • Terry Gibbs - vibraphone • Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet • Benny Golson - saxophone • Babs Gonzales - vocals • Dexter Gordon - saxophone • Wardell Gray - saxophone • Bennie Green - trombone • Grant Green - guitar • Thurman Green • Urbie Green - trombone • Al Grey - trombone • Johnny Griffin - saxophone • Tiny Grimes - guitar • Lars Gullin - saxophone ==H==

• Shafi Hadi - alto saxophone • Al Haig - piano • Sadik Hakim - piano • Jeff Hamilton • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, saxophone • Slide Hampton - trombone • George Handy • Al Harewood • Barry Harris - piano • Benny Harris - trumpet • Clyde Hart - piano • Stan Hasselgard - clarinet • Hampton Hawes - piano • Coleman Hawkins - saxophone • Tubby Hayes - saxophone, vibraphone, flute • Roy Haynes - drums • J.C. Heard - drums • Albert Heath - drums • Jimmy Heath - saxophone • Percy Heath - double-bass • Ernie Henry - saxophone • Earl Hines - piano • Jutta Hipp - piano • Red Holloway - saxophone • Elmo Hope - piano • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet ==J==

• Chubby Jackson - double-bass • Milt Jackson - vibraphone • Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone • Ahmad Jamal - piano • Keith Jarrett - piano • Clifford Jarvis - drums • Aaron M. Johnson - saxophone, clarinet • Budd Johnson - saxophone, clarinet • Clarence Johnson • J. J. Johnson - trombone • Osie Johnson - drums • Pete Jolly • Hank Jones - piano • Oliver Jones (pianist) • Philly Joe Jones - drums • Quincy Jones - arranger, trumpet • Thad Jones - trumpet • Duke Jordan - piano • Clifford Jordan - alto, tenor saxophones ==K==

• Yoko Kanno - piano, accordion • Roger Kellaway • Wynton Kelly - piano • Barney Kessel - guitar ==L==

• Don Lamond - drums • Jay Leonhart • Stan Levey - drums • Lou Levy - piano • John Lewis - piano • Mel Lewis - drums • Victor Lewis • Melba Liston - trombone ==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 • Pierre Michelot - bass • Charles Mingus - double-bass • Thelonious Monk - piano • J.R. Monterose - tenor saxophone • Tete Montoliu - piano • James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute • Michael Moore - bass • Michael Moore - saxophone, clarinet • Lee Morgan - trumpet • George Morrow - double-bass • Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone, piano, arranger ==N==

• Fats Navarro - trumpet • Herbie Nichols - piano • Sam Noto - trumpet ==O==

• Anita O'Day - vocals • Hod O'Brien - piano ==P==

• Marty Paich - arranger • Remo Palmier - guitar • Charlie Parker - saxophone • Leo Parker - saxophone • Joe Pass - guitar • Cecil Payne - flute, saxophone • Sonny Payne - drums • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double-bass • Art Pepper - saxophone • Oscar Peterson - piano • Oscar Pettiford - cellist, double-bass • Flip Phillips - saxophone, clarinet • Herb Pomeroy - trumpet • Roy Porter - drums • Tommy Potter - bass • Bud Powell - piano • Richie Powell - piano • Specs Powell - drums • Chano Pozo - percussion • André Previn - piano • Don Pullen - piano, organ ==R==

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

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

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

• Charlie Ventura - saxophone • Sarah Vaughan - vocals • Mads Vinding - bass • Eddie Vinson - saxophone ==W==

• George Wallington - piano • Butch Warren - double-bass • Bill Watrous - trombone • Frank Wess - saxophone, flute • Ernie Wilkins - saxophone • Mary Lou Williams - piano • Shadow Wilson - drums • Kai Winding - trombone • Phil Woods - saxophone, clarinet ==Z==