| Musician | Location of Birth | Born | Died |
| Irving Aaronson | New York, New York | 2-7-1895 | 5-10-1963 |
| Texas Alexander | Jewett, Texas | 9-12-1900 | 4-16-1954 |
| Henry "Red" Allen | Algiers, Louisiana | 1-7-1908 | 4-17-1967 |
| Lil Hardin-Armstrong | Memphis, Tennessee | 2-3-1898 | 8-27-1971 |
Louis Armstrong | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-4-1901 | 7-6-1971 |
| Sidney Arodin | Westwego, Louisiana | 3-29-1901 | 2-6-1948 |
| Lovie Austin | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 9-19-1887 | 7-10-1972 |
| Buster Bailey | Memphis, Tennessee | 7-19-1902 | 4-12-1967 |
| Josephine Baker | St. Louis, Missouri | 6-3-1906 | 4-12-1975 |
| Smith Ballew | Palestine, Texas | 1-21-1902 | 3-12-1984 |
| Paul Barbarin | New Orleans, Louisiana | 5-5-1899 | 2-10-1969 |
| Roy Bargy | Newaygo, Michigan | 7-31-1894 | 1-16-1974 |
| Danny Barker | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1-13-1909 | 3-13-1994 |
| Sidney Bechet | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4-14-1897 | 4-14-1959 |
| Barney Bigard | New Orleans, Louisiana | 3-3-1906 | 7-27-1980 |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Davenport, Iowa | 3-10-1903 | 8-6-1931 |
| Vic Berton | Chicago, Illinois | 5-7-1896 | 12-26-1951 |
| Jimmy Bertrand | Biloxi, Mississippi | 2-24-1900 | 8-1960 |
| Esther Bigeou | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1895 | 1936 |
| Jack Bland | Sedalia, Missouri | 5-8-1899 | 10-1968 |
| Jimmy Blythe | Keene, Kentucky | 5-20-1901 | 7-21-1931 |
| Peter Bocage | Algiers, Louisiana | 9-6-1877 | 12-3-1967 |
| Lucille Bogan | Amory, Mississippi | 4-1-1897 | 8-10-1948 |
| Buddy Bolden | New Orleans, Louisiana | 9-6-1877 | 11-4-1931 |
| Perry Bradford | Montgomery, Alabama | 2-14-1893 | 4-22-1970 |
| Bessie Brown | Baltimore, Maryland | 3-2-1890 | 11-12-1955 |
| Tom Brown | New Orleans, Louisiana | 6-3-1888 | 3-25-1958 |
| George Brunies | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2-6-1902 | 11-19-1974 |
| W.E. "Buddy" Burton | Louisville, Kentucky | 2-1890 | 7-6-1977 |
| Henry Busse | Magdeburg, Germany | 5-19-1894 | 4-23-1955 |
| Jack Carey | Hahnville, Louisiana | 1889 | 1934 |
| Mutt Carey | Hahnville, Louisiana | 1891 | 9-3-1948 |
| Hoagy Carmichael | Bloomington, Indiana | 11-22-1899 | 12-27-1981 |
| Sonny Clay | Chapel Hill, Texas | 5-15-1899 | 1972 |
| Papa Celestin | Napoleanville, Louisiana | 1-1-1884 | 12-15-1954 |
| Junie Cobb | Hot Springs, Arkansas | 1896 | 1970 |
| Lee Collins | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10-17-1901 | 7-3-1960 |
| Doc Cooke | Louisville, Kentucky | 9-3-1891 | 12-25-1958 |
| Eddie Condon | Goodland Indiana | 11-16-1905 | 8-4-1973 |
| Martha Copeland | ? | ? | ? |
| Ida Cox | Toccoa, Georgia | 2-25-1886 | 11-10-1967 |
| Wilton Crawley | Smithfield, Virginia | 1900 | 1948 |
| Charlie Creath | Ironton, Missouri | 12-30-1890 | 10-23-1951 |
| Cow Cow Davenport | Anniston, Alabama | 4-23-1894 | 12-2-1956 |
| Baby Dodds | New Orleans, Louisiana | 12-24-1898 | 2-14-1959 |
| Johnny Dodds | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4-12-1892 | 8-8-1940 |
| Natty Dominique | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-2-1896 | 8-30-1982 |
| Jimmy Dorsey | Shenandoah, Pennsylvania | 2-29-1904 | 6-12-1957 |
| Tommy Dorsey | Shenandoah, Pennsylvania | 11-19-1905 | 11-261956 |
| Lawrence Duh?/A> | La Place, Louisiana | 11-19-1887 | 11-26-1960 |
| Johnny Dunn | Memphis, Tennessee | 11-19-1905 | 11-26-1956 |
| Frankie Dusen | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1880 | 1940 |
| Jimmy Durante | New York, New York | 2-10-1893 | 1-29-1980 |
| Honore Dutrey | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1894 | 7-21-1935 |
| Cliff Edwards | Hannibal, Missouri | 6-14-1895 | 7-17-1971 |
| Duke Ellington | Washington, D.C. | 4-29-1899 | 5-24-1974 |
| Pops Foster | McCall, Louisiana | 5-18-1892 | 10-30-1969 |
| Bud Freeman | Chicago, Illinois | 4-13-1906 | 3-15-1991 |
| Bob Fuller | New York, New York | 1898 | ? |
| Jean Goldkette | Valenciennes, France | 3-18-1899 | 3-24-1962 |
| Benny Goodman | Chicago, Illinois | 5-30-1909 | 6-20-1986 |
| W.C. Handy | Florence, Alabama | 11-16-1873 | 3-28-1958 |
| Annette Hanshaw | New York, New York | 10-18-1901 | 3-13-1985 |
| Emmett Hardy | Gretna, Louisiana | 6-12-1903 | 6-16-1925 |
| Marion Harris | Indiana or Kentucky | 1896 | 4-24-1944 |
| Coleman Hawkins | St. Joesph, Missouri | 11-21-1901 | 5-19-1969 |
| Lucille Hegamin | Macon, Georgia | 11-29-1894 | 3-1-1970 |
| Edmonia Henderson | ? | ? | ? |
| Fletcher Henderson | Cuthbert, Georgia | 12-18-1897 | 12-28-1952 |
| Katherine Henderson | St. Louis, Missouri | 6-23-1909 | ? |
| Rosa Henderson | Henderson, Kentucky | 11-24-1896 | 4-6-1968 |
| Edna Hicks | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10-14-1895 | 8-16-1925 |
| Alex Hill | Little Rock, Arkansas | 4-1906 | 2-1937 |
| Chippie Hill | Charleston, South Carolina | 1900 | 5-7-1950 |
| Earl Hines | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 12-28-1900 | 7-6-1971 |
| Alberta Hunter | Memphis, Tennessee | 4-1-1895 | 10-17-1984 |
| Papa Charlie Jackson | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1890 | 1938 |
| Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon | Montgomery, Alabama | 2-3-1895 | 1944 |
| Bill Johnson | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-10-1872 | 12-3-1972 |
| Bunk Johnson | New Orleans, Louisiana | 12-27-1889 | 7-7-1949 |
| James P. Johnson | New Brunswick, New Jersey | 2-1-1894 | 11-17-1955 |
| Lonnie Johnson | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2-18-1899 | 7-16-1970 |
| Margaret Johnson | Kentucky? | ? | ? |
| Mary Johnson | Eden Station, Mississippi | 1900 | 1970 |
| Maggie Jones | Hillsbough, Texas | 1900 | ? |
| Richard M. Jones | Donaldsville, Louisiana | 6-13-1889 | 12-8-1945 |
| Dolly Kay | ? | ? | ? |
| Freddie Keppard | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2-27-1890 | 12-21-1933 |
| Carl Kress | Newark, New Jersey | 10-20-1907 | 6-10-1965 |
| Gene Krupa | Chicago, Illinois | 1-15-1909 | 10-16-1973 |
| Tommy Ladnier | New Orleans, Louisiana | 5-28-1900 | 7-4-1939 |
| Papa Jack Laine | New Orleans, Louisiana | 9-21-1873 | 6-1-1966 |
| Eddie Lang | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 10-25-1902 | 3-26-1933 |
| Nick LaRocca | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4-11-1889 | 2-22-1961 |
| George Lewis | New Orleans, Louisiana | 7-13-1900 | 12-31-1968 |
| Ted Lewis | Circleville, Ohio | 6-5-1890 | 8-25-1971 |
| Virginia Liston | ? | 1890 | 1932 |
| Ray Lopez | New Orleans, Louisiana | 11-28-1889 | 4-27-1970 |
| Nick Lucas | Newark, New Jersey | 8-22-1897 | 7-28-1982 |
| Abe Lyman | Chicago, Illinois | 8-4-1897 | 10-23-1957 |
| Wingy Manone | New Orleans, Louisiana | 2-13-1900 | 7-9-1982 |
| Fate Marable | New Orleans, Louisiana | 12-2-1890 | 1-16-1947 |
| Paul Mares | New Orleans, Louisiana | 6-15-1900 | 8-18-1949 |
| Daisy Martin | ? | ? | ? |
| Sara Martin | Louisville, Kentucky | 6-18-1884 | 3-24-1955 |
| Viola McCoy | | 1900 | 1956 |
| Hattie McDaniel | Wichita, Kansas | 6-10-1895 | 10-26-1952 |
| Red McKenzie | St. Louis, Missouri | 10-14-1899 | 2-7-1948 |
| Jimmy McPartland | Chicago, Illinois | 3-15-1907 | 3-12-1991 |
| Frank Melrose | Sumner, Illinois | 12-26-1907 | 9-1941 |
| Mezz Mezzrow | Chicago, Illinois | 11-9-1899 | 8-5-1972 |
| Bubber Miley | Aiken, South Carolina | 4-3-1903 | 5-20-1932 |
| Lizzie Miles | New Orleans, Louisiana | 3-31-1895 | 3-17-1963 |
| Josie Miles | Sommerville, North Carolina | 1900 | ? |
| Irving Mills | New York, New York | 1-16-1894 | 4-21-1985 |
| George Mitchell | Louisville, Kentucky | 3-8-1899 | 5-27-1972 |
| Miff Mole | Welfare Island, New York | 3-11-1898 | 4-29-1961 |
| Monette Moore | Gainesville, Texas | 5-19-1902 | 10-21-1962 |
| Lee Morse | Portland, Oregon | 11-30-1897 | 12-16-1954 |
| Jelly Roll Morton | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10-20-1890 | 7-10-1941 |
| Thomas Morris | New York, New York | 1898 | ? |
| Bennie Moten | Kansas City, Missouri | 11-13-1894 | 4-2-1935 |
| Phil Napoleon | Boston, Massachusetts | 9-2-1901 | 9-13-1990 |
| Albert Nicholas | New Orleans, Louisiana | 5-27-1900 | 9-3-1973 |
| Red Nichols | Ogden, Utah | 5-8-1905 | 6-28-1965 |
| Jimmie Noone | Cut-Off, Louisiana | 4-23-1895 | 4-19-1944 |
| Yellow Nu?z | New Orleans, Louisiana | 3-17-1884 | 9-2-1934 |
| King Oliver | New Orleans, Louisiana | 5-11-1885 | 4-10-1938 |
| Kid Ory | La Place, Louisiana | 12-25-1886 | 1-23-1973 |
| Bee Palmer | Chicago, Illinois | 9-1894 | 12-23-1967 |
| Anthony Parenti | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-6-1900 | 4-17-1972 |
| Tiny Parham | Winnipeg, Canada | 1-25-1900 | 4-4-1943 |
| Eddie Peabody | Reading, Massachusetts | 2-19-1902 | 11-7-1970 |
| Manuel Perez | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1873 | 1946 |
| Buddie Petit | White Castle, Louisiana | 1895 | 7-4-1931 |
| Alphonse Picou | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10-18-1880 | 2-4-1961 |
| Armand J. Piron | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-16-1888 | 2-17-1943 |
| Ben Pollack | Chicago, Illinois | 6-27-1903 | 6-7-1971 |
| Harry Raderman | ? | 1883 | 1939 |
| Ma Rainey | Columbus, Georgia | 4-26-1886 | 12-22-1939 |
| Don Redman | Piedmont, West Virginia | 7-29-1900 | 11-30-1964 |
| Django Reinhardt | Liberchien, Belgium | 1-24-1910 | 5-16-1953 |
| Kid Rena | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8-30-1898 | 4-25-1949 |
| Harry Reser | Piqua, Ohio | 1-17-1895 | 1967 |
| John Robichaux | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 1-16-1866 | 1939 |
| Adrian Rollini | New York, New York | 6-28-1904 | 5-15-1956 |
| Leon Roppolo | Lutcher, Louisiana | 3-16-1902 | 10-14-1943 |
| Pee Wee Russell | Maplewood, Missouri | 3-27-1906 | 2-15-1969 |
| Luis Russell | Borcas Del Toro, Republic of Panama | 8-6-1902 | 12-11-1963 |
| Arthur Schutt | Reading, Pennsylvania | 11-21-1902 | 1-28-1965 |
| Bud Scott | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1-11-1890? | 7-2-1948 |
| Cecil Scott | Springfield, Ohio | 11-22-1905 | 1-5-1964 |
| Ben Selvin | New York, New York | 1898 | 7-15-1980 |
| Boyd Senter | New Orleans, Louisiana | 11-30-1898 | 6-1982 |
| Larry Shields | New Orleans, Louisiana | 9-13-1893 | 11-21-1953 |
| Frank Signorelli | New York, New York | 5-24-1901 | 12-9-1975 |
| Omer Simeon | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4-14-1898 | 9-17-1959 |
| Zutty Singleton | Bunkie, Louisiana | 5-14-1898 | 7-14-1975 |
| Bessie Smith | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 4-15-1895 | 9-26-1937 |
| Clara Smith | Spartanburg, South Carolina | 1894 | 2-1935 |
| Jabbo Smith | Pembroke, Georgia | 12-24-1908 | 1-16-1991 |
| Laura Smith | Indianapolis, Indiana | ? | 2-1931 |
| Mamie Smith | Cincinnati, Ohio | 5-26-1883 | 10-30-1946 |
| Pine Top Smith | Troy, Alabama | 1-11-1904 | 3-15-1929 |
| Trixie Smith | Atlanta, Georgia | 1895 | 9-21-1943 |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith | Goshen, New York | 11-25-1897 | 4-18-1973 |
| Elmer Snowden | Baltimore, Maryland | 10-9-1900 | 5-14-1973 |
| Muggsy Spanier | Chicago, Illinois | 11-9-1906 | 2-12-1967 |
| Victoria Spivey | Houston, Texas | 10-15-1906 | 10-3-1976 |
| Johnny St. Cyr | New Orleans, Louisiana | 4-17-1890 | 6-17-1966 |
| Mary Stafford | Missouri | 1895 | 1938 |
| Joe Sullivan | Chicago, Illinois | 11-4-1906 | 10-13-1971 |
| Wilbur Sweatman | Brunswick, Missouri | 2-7-1882 | 3-9-1961 |
| Erskine Tate | Memphis, Tennessee | 12-19-1895 | 12-17-1978 |
| Eva Taylor | St. Louis, Missouri | 6-22-1895 | 10-31-1977 |
| Jasper Taylor | Texarkana, Texas | 1-1-18945 | 1964 |
| Jack Teagarden | Vernon, Texas | 8-20-1905 | 1-15-1964 |
| Thelma Terry | Bangor, Michigan | 9-30-1901 | 5-30-1966 |
| Frank Teschemacher | Kansas City, Missouri | 3-13-1906 | 3-1-1932 |
| Hociel Thomas | Houston, Texas | 7-10-1904 | 8-22-1952 |
| Alphonso Trent | Fort Smith, Arkansas | 10-24-1905 | 10-14-1959 |
| Frankie Trumbauer | Carbondale, Illinois | 3-30-1901 | 7-11-1956 |
| Joe Venuti | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 9-16-1903 | 8-14-1978 |
| Sippie Wallace | Houston, Texas | 11-1-1898 | 11-1-1986 |
| Fats Waller | New York, New York | 5-21-1904 | 12-15-1943 |
| Ethel Waters | Chester, Pennsylvania | 10-31-1896 | 9-1-1977 |
| DePriest Wheeler | Kansas City, Missouri | 1903 | 4-10-1998 |
| Clarence Williams | Plaquemine Delta, Louisiana | 10-8-1898 | 11-6-1965 |
| Edith Wilson | Louisville, Kentucky | 9-2-1896 | 3-30-1981 |
| Lena Wilson | Charlotte, North Carolina | 1898 | 1939? |
| Paul Whiteman | Denver, Colorado | 3-28-1890 | 12-29-1967 |
| Jimmy Yancey | Chicago, Illinois | 1901 | 9-17-1951 |
