Sommige van de allergrootste improviseerende Jazzsolisten, instrumentsgewijze gegroepeerd, zijn:
PIANO. Negers: Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Theodore Wilson, Horace Henderson, Art Tatum, Jimmy Johnson, Willie Smith, Zinkey Cohn, Buck Washington, Mary Lou Williams Duke Ellington, Meade Lux Lewis; Blanken: Joe Sullivan, Jess Stacey, Frank Froba.
ALT-SAXOPHOON. Negers: Johnny Hodges, Bennie Carter, Don Redman, Hilton Jefferson, Edgar Sampson, Charles Holmes, Sidney Bechett; Blanken: Frank Trumbauer.
TENOR-SAXOPHOON: Negers: Coleman Hawkins, Leon ‘Choo’ Berry, Bennie Webster, Johnny Russell, Greely Walton, Happy Cauldwell; Blanken: Bud Freeman, Babe Rusin, PeeWee Russell, Milton Mesirow, Eddie Miller, Charles Barnett, Harry Ross e.a.
TROMPET. Negers: King Oliver, Louis Armtrong, Henry Allen, Bill Coleman, Sydney de Paris, Bubber Miley, Charles Williams, Rex Stewart, Tommy Ladnier, Joe Smith e.a.; Blanken: Bix Beiderbecke, Muggsy Spanier, Jimmy Mc Partland, Gordon Griffin, Charles Teagarden, Wingy Mannone, Max Kaminsky e.a.
TROMBONE. Negers: Jimmy Harrison, Jay Higginbotham, Bennie Morton, Dick Wells, Keg Johnson, Lawrence Brown, Harry White, Joe Nanton e.a.; Blanken: Jack Teagarden, Tom Dorsey, Floyd O'brien, Jack Jenny, e.a. Bekend is ook: Miff Mole.
KLARINET. Negers: Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Barney Bigard, Buster Bailey, Albert Nichols. Edward Inge, Bennie Carter, Cecil Scott;
Blanken: Frank Teschmaker, PeeWee Russell, Milton Mesirow, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Lord, Mat Matlock, e.a. Bekend is ook: Jimmy Dorsey.
CONTRABAS.
Negers: Pop Foster, Bill Taylor, John Kirby, Al Morgan, Hayes Alvis, Ernest ‘Bass’ Hill, Wellman Braud, Israel Crosby; Blanken: Arthur Bernstein, Harry Goodman, Jim Lannigan, Arthur Miller.
GITAAR en BANJO. Negers: Bernard Addison, Lawrence Lucie, Clarence Halliday, Al Casey;
Blanken: Ed Lang, Dick Mc Donough, Eddie Condon, Django Reinhardt e.a.
DRUMS (SLAGWERK). Negers: Sidney Catlett, Zutie Singleton, Kaiser Marshall, Sonny Greer, Manzie Johnson, Walter Johnson, Paul Barbarin, Chick Webb, Leroy Maxey; Blanken: Gene Kruppa, George Wettling, Ray Beauduc.
BARITON-SAX: de neger Harry Carney; BAS-SAX: de blanke Adrian Rollini; SOPRAAN-SAX: de neger John Hodges; VIOOL: de blanken Joe Venuti, Stéphane Grapelly.
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ZANG: Zie: ‘Zang in Jazzmuziek’.
