instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

syncopator - a musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band); "they called themselves the Dixie Syncopators"

Louis Armstrong, Satchmo, Armstrong - United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971)

Miles Davis, Miles Dewey Davis Jr., Davis - United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)

Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Ellington - United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)

Hampton, Lionel Hampton - United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (born in 1913)

Herman, Woodrow Charles Herman, Woody Herman - United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987)

Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Monk - United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)

Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton, Jelly Roll Morton, Morton - United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

Joseph Oliver, King Oliver, Oliver - United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum, Tatum - United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)

Fats Waller, Thomas Wright Waller, Waller - United States jazz musician (1904-1943)