WMuhal Richard Abrams
WLil Hardin Armstrong
WLouis Armstrong
WDavid Baker (composer)
WEddie Barefield
WJon Batiste
WEubie Blake
WTerence Blanchard
WAnthony Branker
WAnthony Braxton
WDudley Brooks
WBlanche Calloway
WBetty Carter
WRay Charles
WSteve Coleman
WAlice Coltrane
WJohn Coltrane
WFord Dabney
WBill Doggett
WDuke Ellington
WMercer Ellington
WAlfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
WDizzy Gillespie
WEllis Hall (musician)
WHerbie Hancock
WErskine Hawkins
WFletcher Henderson
WLuther Henderson
WJohn Hicks (pianist)
WRon Jackson (jazz musician)
WTyrone Jefferson
WLeroy Jenkins (jazz musician)
WJames P. Johnson
WQuincy Jones
WJohn Lewis (pianist)
WMeade Lux Lewis
WWynton Marsalis
WOnzy Matthews
WDave McMurray
WThelonious Monk
WJelly Roll Morton
WOliver Nelson
WCharlie Parker
WPat Patrick (musician)
WDon Redman
WMatana Roberts
WSonny Rollins
WKermit Ruffins
WNoble Sissle
WLonnie Liston Smith
WWillie "The Lion" Smith
WEsperanza Spalding
WBilly Strayhorn
WFats Waller
WGrover Washington Jr.
WSeth Weeks
WMichael White (clarinetist)
WClarence Williams (musician)
WJack Wilson (jazz pianist)