List of jazz musicians / W
| Abbr. | instrument |
|---|---|
| acc | accordion |
| acl | Alto clarinet |
| afl | Alto flute |
| arr | arrangement |
| as | Alto saxophone |
| b | bass |
| bar | Baritone saxophone |
| bcl | Bass clarinet |
| bjo | banjo |
| bl | Band leader |
| bo | Bongo |
| bs | Bass saxophone |
| cl | clarinet |
| clo | cello |
| comp | composer |
| cond | conductor |
| cor | cornet |
| dr | Drums |
| eh | English horn |
| ep | Electronic piano |
| fg | bassoon |
| fl | flute |
| flh | Flugelhorn |
| early | French horn |
| gisy | Guitar synthesizer |
| git | guitar |
| gl | Carillon |
| har | harmonica |
| harp | harp |
| kb | double bass |
| keyb | Keyboard |
| lyra | Lyre |
| mando | mandolin |
| mar | Marimba |
| obo | oboe |
| org | organ |
| p | piano |
| perc | percussion |
| picb | Piccolo bass |
| pictp | Piccolo trumpet |
| reeds | Woodwind instruments |
| sax | saxophone |
| ss | Soprano saxophone |
| syn | synthesizer |
| tb | tuba |
| th | Tenor horn |
| tp | Trumpet |
| cloudy | trombone |
| ts | Tenor saxophone |
| dd | Turntables |
| vib | Vibraphone |
| viola | viola |
| from left | violin |
| voc | singing |
This list is a subpage of the list of jazz musicians .
Wad - whale
- Miho Wada , fl, cl, sax, voc, comp
- Sunao Wada git
- Jimmy Wade tp, bl
- Georg Wadenius git, b, voc
- Jean-Philippe Wadle kb
- Abdul Wadud clo
- Derek Wadsworth trb, arr, comp
- Babe Wagner trb
- Christian Wagner cl, as
- Dominik Wagner perc
- Dominik Wagner tp
- Irene Wagner as, fl
- Stephanie Wagner fl
- Andreas Wahl git, comp
- Lisa Wahlandt voc, comp
- Felix Wahnschaffe as, comp, bl
- Harvey Wainapel sax, cl
- Connie Wainwright git
- Alph Wait trb
- Freddie waits dr
- Nasheet waits dr
- Ulf Wakenius git
- Jerry Wald cl
- Donald walden ts
- Myron Walden sax
- Woody Walder sax, cl, bl
- Terry Waldo p, voc
- Mal Waldron p, comp
- Mala Waldron keyb, voc, comp
- Mat Walerian sax, cl, bcl, fl
- Olgierd Walicki kb
- Gavin Walker sax
- Gene walker sax
- Kirby Walker voc, p
- T-Bone Walker voc, git
- Melissa Walker voc
- Mike Walker git
- Dan Wall p, org
- Greg Wall reeds
- Murray Wall kb
- Bennie Wallace ts
- Cedric Wallace kb
- Corey Wallace trb
- Eli Wallace p
- Vince wallace sax
- Wayne Wallace trb, keyb, voc, comp, arr
- Benno Walldorf ss, as
- Christophe Wallemme kb
- Byron Wallen tp, flhn
- Mariam Wallentin voc, perc, comp
- Fats Waller p, voc
- Bengt-Arne Wallin tp
- Henry wallin dr
- Per Henrik Wallin p
- George Wallington p
- Bob Wallis tp
- Christian Wallumrød p
- Jack Walrath tp, flh
- Herbert Walser tp, flhn
- Henrik Walsdorff as, ts, comp
- Danny Walsh as, ts
- Priska Walss trb
- Cy Walter p
- Dieter Walter early
- JD Walter voc
- UFO Walter b
- Weasel walter dr, git
- Eddie Walters voc, ukulele
- Teddy Walters git, voc
- Cedar Walton p
- Jon walton sax
- Scott Walton kb, p
- Ben Waltzer p
Wam - Wd
- Doug Wamble git, voc
- Ludwig Wandinger dr
- Dominik Wania p, comp
- Ellen Andrea Wang kb, vcl
- Ulrich Wangenheim ts, as, ss, bars, cl, bcl, fl, comp, p, dr
- Hans Wanning p, comp
- Alex Ward cl
- Ann E. Ward p, voc
- Carlos Ward as, fl
- Greg Ward as, cl
- Herbert Ward kb
- John ward dr
- Bill Ware vib, kb, perc, p, comp
- David S. Ware ts
- Jabbo goods arr
- Leonard Ware git
- Wilbur Ware b
- Marta Warelis p
- Tim Warfield ts, ss
- Rob Waring vib, mar, comp
- Jean Warland b, arr, comp
- Ray Warleigh sax, fl
- Albert Warner trb
- Henry P. Warner sa, cl, fl
- Butch Warren b
- Earle Warren as
- Fran Warren voc
- Guy Warren perc
- Huw Warren p, org, acc
- Jeremy warren dr
- Kenny Warren tp, flhn, cor
- Peter Warren b
- Tom warrington kb
- Tom Washatka ts
- Benny Washington d, vib, bl
- Buck Washington p, voc
- Booker Washington tp, cor
- Dinah Washington voc
- Freddie Washington (pianist) p
- Freddie Washington (saxophonist) ts
- George Washington tb
- Grover Washington, Jr. sax
- Jack Washington bar, as
- Kamasi Washington ts, comp
- Kenny washington dr
- Leon Washington ts
- Reggie Washington b, kb
- Salim Washington ts, fl, ob, comp
- Tyrone Washington ts, as, cl, fl
- Marcin Wasilewski p
- Greta Wassberg voc (swing)
- Julian Wasserfuhr tp, flh
- Roman Wasserfuhr p, dr, comp, arr
- Eddie Wasserman , ts, as, cl, fl
- Kazumi Watanabe git, b, comp
- Mamiko Watanabe p
- Sadao Watanabe as
- Takeshi Watanabe dr
- Benny Waters cl, ts
- Ethel Waters voc
- Reggie Watkins trb
- Cleveland Watkiss voc
- Doug Watkins kb
- Joe watkins dr
- Julius Watkins early, arr
- Bill Watrous trb
- Andy Watson dr
- Bobby Watson as, ss
- Leo Watson voc
- Stewy von Wattenwyl p
- Lu Watters tp
- Ernie Watts as, ss, ts, fl, comp
- Grady Watts tp
- Jeff "Tain" Watts dr
- Marzette Watts sax
- Trevor Watts as, ss
- Hank Wayland kb
- Chuck wayne git
- Frances Wayne voc
Wea - Wei
- Ron Weatherburn p
- Teddy Weatherford p
- Andrew Webb tp, cnt
- Chick webb dr
- Doug webb sax
- George Webb p
- Nick Webb git
- Speed Webb dr, voc, bl
- Anna Webber ts, fl, comp
- John webber kb
- Christiane Weber voc
- Eberhard Weber b, clo, comp
- Florian Weber p, comp
- Monty weber dr
- Reto Weber perc, comp
- Robi Weber p
- Steffen Weber sax
- Tilo Weber dr, comp
- Ben webster ts
- Freddie Webster tp
- Paul Frank Webster tp
- Michael Webster ts, ss
- Moe changer p
- Dave Weckl dr
- Tilo Wedell kb, tu, voc
- Buddy Weed p, arr
- Tad Weed p, arr
- Paul Weeden git
- Stefan Weeke kb
- Anson Weeks bl, comp
- Ivar Wefring p
- Kurt ways reeds, bl
- Sophie Wegener voc
- Helmut Weglinski from left to right
- Christian Wegscheider p, org, comp
- Andreas Werliin dr, perc, acc
- Raoul van der Weide b
- Benjamin Weidekamp sax, cl
- Johannes Weidenmüller b
- Susanne Weidinger bar, bcl, fl
- Tobias Weidinger tp, flh
- James Weidman p
- Bram Weijters p, keyb
- Ernst Weiland dr, bl
- George Wein p
- Meyer Weinberg cl, as
- Manfred Paul Weinberger tpt, comp
- Tobias Weindorf p, comp
- Martin Weinert kb, b
- Susan Weinert git, comp
- Bastian Weinig kb
- Gerry Weinkopf fl, ts, as
- Frank Weir sax, cl
- Joel Weiskopf p
- Walt Weiskopf ts
- Herbert Weisrock as, bs
- Alberto Weiss git
- Alex Weiss ts, bar
- Charly Weiss dr
- Chela White vln
- Dan Weiss dr, tabla, perc, comp
- David Weiss tp, arr, comp, cond
- Doug Weiss kb
- Florian Weiss trb, comp
- Giovanni Weiss git
- Klaus Weiss dr
- Kussi Weiss git
- Larry Weiss cor, p
- Lulu Weiss git
- Martin Weiss from left, git
- Michael Weiss p
- Peter Weiss dr, ldr
- Philipp Weiss voc
- Robert Michael White p, comp
- Sam Weiss dr
- Sebastian Weiss p
- Sid Weiss b
- Spatzo white git
- Traubeli Weiss git
Wel - Wg
- Fritz Welch dr, perc
- Chris Welcome git
- Nick Weldon p, comp
- Don Weller ts, ss, as, cl
- Ellen Weller ss, cl, fl
- Frank Wellington Wess ts
- Bobby wellins ts
- Buddy Wells ts, ss, f, comp
- Dickie Wells trb
- Henry Wells trb, voc
- Ronnie Wells voc
- Spike wells dr
- Tim Wells kb
- Dick Wellstood p
- Chauncey Welsch cloudy
- Winston welch dr
- Alex Welsh tp, cornet
- Daniel Weltlinger from left, comp
- Tim Welvaars har, comp
- Tobias Wember trb, comp, arr
- Ben Wendel ts, bassoon, ss, sax, melodica, p, as, fx, effects, fl, comp
- Scott Wendholt tp, flhn
- Götz Wendlandt kb, tu, p
- Adam Wendt ts
- Clemens Wenger p, key, acc, comp
- Reinhard Wenskat dr, arr, bl
- Catia Werneck voc, comp, perc
- Holger Werner cl, bcl, sax, recorder
- Magni Wentzel voc, git
- Kenny Werner p, comp
- Let Werner p, comp
- Uwe Werner ts, ss, fl
- Stefan Werni kb
- Helmuth Wernicke p, arr, comp
- Paul Wertico dr
- David Wertman kb
- Michael Wertmüller dr
- Lis Wessberg tbn, voc, perc
- Mark Weschenfelder sax, cl, comp
- Moritz Wesp trb
- Frank Wess as, ts, fl
- Ken Wessel git
- Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft p, comp
- Alvy West as
- Doc west dr
- Paul West (bassist) kb
- Paul West (pianist) p, voc
- Forrest Westbrook p
- Kate Westbrook voc, th, fl
- Mike Westbrook p, vtb, comp
- Jonas Westergaard kb
- Stian Westerhus git
- Grant calvin weston dr
- Harvey Weston kb, bg
- Randy weston p, comp
- Crawford Wethington sax
- Dick Wetmore vln, tp, horn, kb
- George wettling dr
- Ray Wetzel tp
- Petter Wettre sax, bcl
Wh
- Wade Whaley cl
- Eric Wheeler kb
- Doc Wheeler trb, voc
- Ian Wheeler cl, ss, as
- Kenny Wheeler tp, flh, comp
- Arthur Whetsol tp
- Jiggs Whigham trb
- Harry Whitaker p, comp
- Liesl Whitaker tp
- Rodney Whitaker kb
- Amos White tp
- Andrew White sax whether, bg. eh
- Chip white dr
- Chris White (bassist, 1936) b, fl, tp
- Chris White (jazz guitarist) git
- Chris White (jazz pianist) p
- Desmond White dr
- Harry Father White trb
- Hy White git
- Jim White tp
- Lenny White dr
- Michael White (clarinetist) cl
- Michael White (violinist) from left to right
- Morris White bjo, git
- Sonny White p
- Mark Whitecage sax, cl
- Annie Whitehead trb, bl
- Neville Whitehead b
- Tim Whitehead ss, as, ts
- Paul Whiteman bl, from left
- Davis Whitfield p, arr
- Mark Whitfield git
- Mark Whitfield Jr. dr
- Bob Whitlock b
- Dick Whitsell tp
- Ben Whitted cl, as
- Dick Whittington p
- Tommy Whittle ts, fl
- Ronnie Whyte p
- Zach Whyte bjo
Wic - Will
- Al "Cake" Wichard dr, voc, bl
- Chip Wickham ts, fl
- Putte Wickman cl
- Anders Widmark p, comp
- Heimo Wiederhofer dr
- Herb Wiedoeft tp, bl
- Rudy Wiedoeft sax
- Alexander Wienand p, comp
- Mareike Wiening dr, comp
- Dirk Wienken perc
- Konstantin Wienstroer kb, comp
- Markus Wienstroer git
- Michal Wierba p
- Wolter Wierbos tb
- Red Wierenga p, acc, perc, electr
- Noam Wiesenberg kb
- Bernhard Wiesinger ts, ss, comp
- Finn Wiesner ts
- Gary Wiggins ts, as
- Gerry Wiggins p, org, keyb
- Johnny wiggs cor
- Bob Wilber cl, ss
- Dave Wilborn bjo, git
- Vincent wilburn dr
- Corey Wilcox trb
- Eddie Wilcox p
- Larry Wilcox ts
- David Wilczewski ts, ss, fl
- Albert Wildeman kb
- Barney Wilen ts
- Joe Wilder tp
- Joan Wildman p, syn
- Danny Wilensky ts, fl, ss
- Lee Wiley voc
- Rudi Wilfer p, comp
- Don Wilkerson ts
- Rob Wilkerson as
- Steve Wilkerson as, ts, bs, cl
- Ernie Wilkins as, ts, arr, comp
- Immanuel Wilkins as
- Jack Wilkins git
- Jimmy Wilkins trb, bl
- Rick Wilkins ts, saxes, cl, fl, cond, arr, comp
- Alan Wilkinson sax
- Geoff Wilkinson tt, p, keyb
- Mirror Willcox trb
- Claas Willeke ss, as, ts, bar, fl, cl, bcl, comp
- Lena Willemark from left, voc, comp
- Chappie Willett p, comp, arr
- Baby Face Willette org, p
- Arthur Williams tp
- Ben williams b
- Buster Williams b, comp
- Chocolate Williams kb
- Clarence Williams p
- Claude Williams (musician) vi, git
- Cootie Williams tp
- Courtney Williams tp
- Dave "Fat Man" Williams p, voc
- Davey Williams git
- David Williams b
- Douglas Williams cl
- Earl williams dr
- Eddie Williams ts, as, cl, bar
- Fess Williams cl, as
- Floyd "Horsecollar" Williams as
- Francis Williams tp
- Fred Williams kb
- Gareth Williams p
- Gene Williams voc, bl
- George Dale Williams arr, p, comp
- Harold Ivory Williams keyb, p, org
- Howard Williams p, arr, bl
- James Williams p
- Jeff Williams dr, comp
- Jessica Williams p
- Joe Williams voc
- John B. Williams kb
- John Williams sax, bl
- John Williams bars, ss, sax, cl, arr, comp, cond
- John Williams p
- John Towner Williams p
- Johnny williams b
- Kate williams p, comp
- Leroy Williams dr
- Mars williams sax
- Mary Lou Williams p
- Nelson Williams tp
- Oscar Williams II p
- Pearlis williams dr
- Richard Williams tp
- Roger Williams p
- Roy Williams trb
- Rudy Williams , as
- Samuel Williams vln
- Sandy Williams trb
- Spencer Williams p
- Steve williams dr
- Todd Williams sax
- Tom Williams tp, flhn, comp, dr
- Tony (Anthony) Williams dr
- Valdo Williams p
- Claude Williamson p
- Gary Williamson p
- Stu Williamson tp
- Dan Willis sax
- Gary willis b
- Jack Willis tp, cor
- Larry Willis p, comp, arr, bl
- Fabian Willmann sax, cl
- Roy Willox as
Wilm - Wilt
- Jeremy Wilms git
- Blake Wilner git
- Spike Wilner p
- Abram Wilson tp, voc
- Anthony Wilson git, bl, comp
- Bert Wilson sax
- Buster Wilson p
- Cassandra Wilson voc
- Chuck Wilson as, cl, fl, ss, saxes, pic, bs, swinette
- Edgar Wilson p
- Dave Wilson ts, ss
- Dick Wilson ts
- Garland Wilson tp
- Gerald Wilson comp, arr, tp
- Matt wilson dr
- Nancy Wilson voc
- Peter Niklas Wilson kb
- Phil Wilson trb
- Phillip wilson dr, perc
- Quinn Wilson tu, kb, arr
- Reuben Wilson org
- Ron Wilson p
- Shadow wilson dr
- Steve Wilson as
- Simon Willson kb
- Teddy Wilson p
- Willie Wilson trb
- Paul Wiltgen dr, comp
Wim - Wit
- Michael wimberly dr
- Gábor Winand voc, ts, ss, fl, as, cl, p
- Rainer Winch dr, perc
- Lem Winchester vib
- Martin Wind kb, comp
- Kathrine Windfeld p, comp, cond
- Christine Windfuhr ts
- Mark Wingfield git
- Kai Winding trb
- Kasper Winding dr, perc
- Gary Windo as, ts
- Jonas Windscheid git, comp
- Paul Wingo git
- Frank Wingold git, comp
- Ben Winkelman P
- Adolf Winkler tbn, perc, balafon, comp
- Laura Winkler voc, comp
- Mark Winkler voc
- Willibald Winkler trb, p, b
- Christian Winninghoff tp, flh
- Will Vinson as
- Horst Winstermann git
- Hubert Winter ts, ss, comp
- Kitty Winter voc
- Paul Winter ss, bl, comp
- Thomas Winter Andersen kb
- Jonas Winterhalter tp, comp, cond
- Pinky Winters voc
- Smiley Winters dr
- Tiny Winters voc, kb, bl
- Bernd Winterschladen ss, ts, bar, bcl
- Pure winter slack tp, flh
- Brady Winterstein git
- Holzmanno Winterstein git
- Hono Winterstein git
- Popots Winterstein git
- Rigo Winterstein git
- Timbo Mehrstein from left
- Titi Winterstein from left
- Ziroli Winterstein git
- Carl Winther p, comp
- Christian Winther sax
- Jens Winther tp, flh, comp
- Alex Wintz git
- Buddy Wise ts, as
- Wilmer Wise tp, picc-tp
- Herman de Wit ts
- Pit Witt p
- Andreas Witte dr
- Peter Witte kb
- Peter Witte git, voc, cond, comp
- Willi Witte dr
- Fritz Wittek dr
- Horst Wittich tp, bl
- Sebastian Wittstock p
- Reiner Witzel sax, fl, cl, comp
Where - Wz
- Ekkehard Wölk p
- Mike Wofford p
- Anne Wolf p, comp
- Eugen Wolff viol, cond
- Jan Wolff early
- Nils Wogram trb
- John Wojciechowski sax
- Piotr Wojtasik tp, fh, comp
- Georg Wolf kb
- Warren Wolf vib
- Ben Wolfe kb
- Vladimir Volkov kb, viola
- Thorsten Wollmann tp, flh, p, cond, comp
- Michael Wollny p
- Erik Wøllo git, comp
- Cory Wong git
- David Wong kb
- Francis Wong ts
- Anthony Wonsey p
- Booty Wood trb
- Mark Wood git, syn
- Nate wood dr
- Jimmy Woode kb, p, voc
- Sam Wooding p
- Britt Woodman trb
- Jimmy Woods as, ts
- Phil Woods as
- Sam woodyard dr
- Reggie Workman kb
- Victor Wooten b
- Mick Worlder b
- Nel worm ts
- Jeanette Wrate dr, perc, vib
- Ken Wray trb, b-tp
- Stéphane Wrembel git, comp
- Tony wren dr
- Raphael Wressnig org
- Dempsey Wright git
- Elly Wright voc
- Elmon Wright tp
- Eugene Wright b
- Frank Wright ts
- Herman Wright kb
- John Wright p
- Lammar Wright senior tp, cor
- Lammar Wright junior tp
- Lewis Wright vib
- Lizz Wright voc
- Leo Wright as, cl, fl
- Marvin Wright p
- Paris wright dr
- Specs Wright dr
- Wayne Wright git
- Stan Wrightsman p
- Engelbert Wrobel cl, ss, as, ts
- Jan Ptaszin Wroblewski ts, arr, comp
- Jürgen Wuchner kb, b, picb, comp
- Nils Wülker tp
- Alfons Würzl cl, ss
- Richard Wyands p
- Eric wyatt ts
- Marcus Wyatt tp, comp
- Robert Wyatt dr, cor
- Jimmy Wyble git
- Peer wyboris dr
- Piotr Wyleżoł p, comp
- Luzia by Wyl p
- Austin Wylie bl
- James wylie sax
- Albert Wynn trb
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