List of soul jazz musicians

The following is a list of soul jazz musicians.

A

• Cannonball Adderley – sax
• Nat Adderley – cornet
• Allen & Allen
• Gene Ammons – sax
• Curtis Amy – sax
• Roy Ayers – vibraphone

B

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

C

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

D

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – sax
• Wild Bill Davis
• Joey DeFrancesco – organ, trumpet
• Bill Doggett
• Lou Donaldson – 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 – guitar

H

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

J

• Fred Jackson – sax
• Willis Jackson – 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

L

• Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
• Ramsey Lewis – piano
• Bobby Lyle – piano
• Johnny Lytle

M

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

N

• Oliver Nelson – sax
• David "Fathead" Newman – sax

O

• Johnny O'Neal

P

• Maceo Parker – sax
• John Patton – 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

S

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

T

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

U

• James Ulmer

V

• Harold Vick – sax, flute

W

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

Y

• Larry Young (jazz) – organ
• Young-Holt Unlimited

Z

• Joe Zawinul – keyboards