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Acid Jazz
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Alternative (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Alternative Pop (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Alternative Rock (not a jazz artist)
Art Rock
Avant-Garde Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz (a klezmer band rather than a jazz band; listed here for its members' documented jazz training and improvising background)
Bebop
Big Band
Blues-Rock
Brazilian Instrumental
Cape Jazz
Chamber Jazz
Chamber Pop
Chamber Pop (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Choro
Classical (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Contemporary Christian
Contemporary Jazz
Contemporary R&B
Continental Jazz
Cool Jazz
Country (production)
Cross-Cultural Composition (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Crossover Jazz
Disco
Dixieland
Ethio-Jazz
Ethno Jazz
Ethno Jazz (the band's core genre, Afrobeat, has no entry in this site's jazz-subgenre taxonomy; the terms above reflect its Ethiopian-repertoire and horn-arranging side)
European Free Jazz
Flamenco
Flamenco Jazz
Folk
Folk Rock
Folk Rock (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Free Funk
Free Jazz
Funk (not primarily jazz; founded his main project with a jazz bassist)
Gypsy Jazz
Hard Bop
Hebrew/Yiddish Folk
Hip-Hop
IDM
Indo Jazz
Jazz Blues
Jazz Fusion
Jazz Label Executive (signings)
Jazz Poetry
Jazz Pop
Jazz Pop (genre-crossing; included for a documented jazz-label signing, personnel overlap, and genre classification, detailed below)
Jazz Rap
Jazz Rock
Jazz-Funk
Jazz-Funk (Smilan's own catalog runs through reggae, dub, Afrobeat and Middle Eastern funk grooves with no entries in this site's jazz-subgenre taxonomy; the terms above reflect the Ethiopian-repertoire, horn-arranging side of Hoodna Afrobeat Orchestra, the band he leads musically, and his documented connection to Ethio-jazz through that band's 2024 record with Mulatu Astatke)
Jump Blues
Kansas City Jazz
Latin Jazz
M-Base
Mainstream Jazz
Middle Eastern Jazz
Modal Jazz
Moroccan-Andalusian classical music (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira)
Neo-Bop Jazz
Neo-Soul
Neo-Soul/Jazz Crossover
Nu Jazz
Orchestral Jazz
Pop
Pop (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Pop (not primarily jazz; included for documented jazz-scene connections)
Pop Rock (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Pop/R&B Vocal
Pop/Rock Crossover
Popular/Folk Tradition Crossover
Post-Bop
Post-Punk
Post-Rock (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Progressive Rock
Protest Song (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
Psychedelia
Punk Jazz
R&B
R&B (not primarily jazz; included for a documented jazz-scene connection)
R&B/Pop Production
R&B/Soul
Ragtime
Rock
Rock/Pop (with a genuine jazz background; not primarily a jazz artist today)
Samba-Jazz
Ska Jazz
Smooth Jazz
Soul
Soul Jazz
Soul/R&B
Spiritual Jazz
Straight-Ahead Jazz
Stride Jazz
Swing
Synth-Pop
Third Stream
Trad Jazz
Trip-Hop
Vocal Jazz
Vocal Jazz (primarily an MPB singer-songwriter, included for a long and documented performing relationship with the jazz scene)
West Coast Jazz
World
World Fusion
World Music
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70 profiles, A-Z.
Aki Takase
Piano
Akiko Yano
Piano
Akira Ishikawa
Drums
✦ 1934–2002
Akira Jimbo
Drums
Akira Sakata
Alto Saxophone
Casiopea
Guitar (Issei Noro)
Chihiro Yamanaka
Piano
Eiji Kitamura
Clarinet
Eriko Shimizu
Piano
Fumio Nanri
Trumpet
✦ 1910–1975
Gene Ess
Guitar
George Otsuka
Drums
✦ 1937–2020
Haruka Yabuno
Piano
Hidehiko Matsumoto
Tenor saxophone
✦ 1926–2000
Hiromasa Suzuki
Piano
✦ 1940–2001
Hiromi Uehara
Piano
Hiroshi Fukumura
Trombone
Hiroshi Suzuki
Trombone
✦ 1933–2020
Hōzan Yamamoto
Shakuhachi (bamboo flute)
✦ 1937–2014
Isao Suzuki
Double bass
✦ 1933–2022
Isoo Fukui
Double bass
Issei Noro
Guitar
Jimsaku
Bass (Tetsuo Sakurai)
Jiro Inagaki
Tenor saxophone
✦ 1933–2024
Kazumi Watanabe
Guitar
Kazutoki Umezu
Alto saxophone
Keiko Matsui
Piano
Keita Ogawa
Percussion
Kimiko Kasai
Vocals
Kiyomi Otaka
Organ
Kodo
Taiko (Japanese drums)
Kohsuke Mine
Alto
Makoto Ozone
Piano
Masabumi Kikuchi
Piano
✦ 1939–2015
Masahiko Satoh
Piano
Masahiko Togashi
Drums
✦ 1940–2007
Masaru Imada
Piano
✦ 1932–2025
Masayoshi Takanaka
Guitar
Michiyo Yagi
Koto (13, 17, 18 and 21-string)
Miho Hazama
Composition
Minoru Mukaiya
Keyboards
Monday Michiru
Vocals
Motohiko Hino
Drums
✦ 1946–1999
Natsuki Tamura
Trumpet
Noriaki Kumagai
Drums
Otomo Yoshihide
Guitar
Ryo Fukui
Piano
✦ 1948–2016
Ryo Kawasaki
Guitar
✦ 1947–2020
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Piano
✦ 1952–2023
Sadao Watanabe
Alto saxophone
Satoko Fujii
Piano
Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami
Drums
✦ 1951–2021
T-Square
Guitar (Masahiro Andoh)
Takeo Moriyama
Drums
Takeru Muraoka
Tenor saxophone
Takumi Awaya
Double bass
Terumasa Hino
Trumpet
Tetsujiro Obara
Drums
✦ 1941–2016
Tetsuo Sakurai
Bass
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
✦ 1930–1996
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Piano
Toshinori Kondo
Trumpet (acoustic and electric/amplified)
✦ 1948–2020
Toshio Osumi
Drums
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
Piano
Yasuaki Shimizu
Tenor saxophone
Yoshihiro Naruse
Bass
Yoshihito Eto
Drums
Yoshinori Imai
Drums
Yosuke Yamashita
Piano
Yutaka Sado
Conductor
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