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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| "Captain" John Handy
|
1920s - 1960s |
Jazz, New Orleans Jazz |
| Zutty Singleton
|
1910s - 1970s |
Jazz, Big Band, Swing |
| Zoot Sims
|
1940s - 1980s |
Jazz, Bop, Cool, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Saxophone Jazz |
| Zinka Milanov
|
1930s - 1960s |
Classical, Opera, Choral |
| Yvonne de Treville
|
|
Classical, Opera |
| Yves Tinayre
|
|
Classical, Vocal Music |
| Yul Brynner
|
1940s - 1980s |
Stage & Screen, Classical, Show/Musical |
| Yoshi Wada
|
1960s - 2020s |
Avant-Garde, Classical, Drone, Minimalism, Avant-Garde Music, Sound Sculpture, Improvisation |
| Yogi Horton
|
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Pop/Rock |
| Yank Porter
|
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Jazz |
| Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson
|
1980s - 2000s |
Reggae, Pop/Rock, Dancehall, Dub, Reggae-Pop, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae |
| Woody Shaw
|
1960s - 1980s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Neo-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Trumpet Jazz |
| Woody Guthrie
|
1930s - 1950s |
Folk, Political Folk, Traditional Folk, Field Recordings, Protest Songs |
| Winegar's Pennsylvania Boys
|
1920s |
Jazz, Early Jazz, Dance Bands |
| Wilmoth Houdini
|
1920s - 1940s |
International, Folk, Calypso, Caribbean Traditions |
| Willy DeVille
|
1960s - 2000s |
Pop/Rock, Classical, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Vocal Music, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter |
| Willis "Gator" Jackson
|
1940s - 1980s |
Jazz, Pop/Rock, Blues, R&B, Hard Bop, Jump Blues, Soul Jazz, Early R&B, Swing |
| Willie Lewis
|
1930s - 1950s |
Jazz, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Continental Jazz |
| Willie Dennis
|
1940s - 1960s |
Jazz, Bop, Big Band |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith
|
1920s - 1970s |
Jazz, Blues, Stride, Swing |
| William Steinberg
|
1920s - 1970s |
Classical, Stage & Screen, Concerto, Orchestral |
| William Smith
|
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Blues, Pre-War Country Blues |
| William Schuman
|
1930s - 1980s |
Classical, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Opera, Orchestral, Modern Composition, Choral, Symphony |
| William Parker
|
1970s - 1980s |
Classical, Vocal Music, Choral |
| William Mayer
|
1960s - 1980s |
Classical, Keyboard, Orchestral, Vocal Music |
| William Masselos
|
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Classical, Concerto, Keyboard |
| William Mason
|
|
Classical, Keyboard |
| William Gaxton
|
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| William Elliott
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| Will Marion Cook
|
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Jazz, Classical, Vocal Music |
| Will L. Thompson
|
1890s - 1900s |
Religious, Classical, Choral, Vocal Music, Gospel |
| Will D. Cobb
|
1900s - 1910s |
Vocal, American Popular Song, Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley Pop |
| Wilhelm Grosz
|
1920s - 1930s |
Classical, Keyboard, Vocal Music |
| Wilfrid Pelletier
|
1920s - 1960s |
Classical, Orchestral, Opera |
| Wilbur Sweatman
|
1910s - 2000s |
Jazz, Ragtime, Early Jazz, Dixieland |
| Wilbur Harden
|
1950s - 1960s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz, Neo-Bop, Post-Bop |
| Wilbur De Paris
|
1910s - 1970s |
Jazz, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz |
| Wiedoeft-Wadsworth Quartet
|
1920s |
Jazz, Early Jazz |
| Whispering Jack Smith
|
1910s - 1950s |
Vocal, Show/Musical, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vaudeville, Vocal Pop, American Popular Song, Traditional Pop |
| Wesley Landers
|
1940s - 1950s |
Jazz |
| Wendell Willkie
|
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Comedy/Spoken, Speeches, Spoken Word |
| Wayne Brathwaite
|
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Pop/Rock |
| Wayne Andre
|
|
Jazz |
| Walter "Papoose" Nelson
|
1950s - 1960s |
R&B, Pop/Rock, New Orleans R&B, Rock & Roll |
| Walter Sear
|
1960s - 2000s |
Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Electronic |
| Walter Page
|
1910s - 1940s |
Jazz, Swing |
| Walter Nelson
|
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R&B |
| Walter Kerr
|
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Stage & Screen, Classical, Orchestral, Show/Musical |
| Walter Johnson
|
1920s - 1950s |
Jazz, Early Jazz, Swing |
| Walter Hautzig
|
1940s - 2010s |
Classical, Keyboard |