Lijst van jazzcomponisten

Dit is een lijst van jazzcomponisten, alfabetisch gerangschikt. Achter elke naam staat een (selectie van) bekende en/of belangrijke compositie(s) van de componist.

  A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z  

A

• Nat Adderley — Work Song - Jive Samba
• Milton Ager — Ain't She Sweet
• Eden Ahbez — Nature Boy
• Fred Ahlert — Mean To Me
• Harry Akst — Am I Blue
• Ray Anthony — The Young Man With The Horn
• Harold Arlen — That Old Black Magic - One For My Baby - Over the Rainbow - Stormy Weather - As Long As I Live - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Come Rain Or Come Shine - Easy Street - Get Happy - I've Got The World On A String - It's Only A Papermoon
• Gus Arnheim — Sweet And Lovely

B

• Chet Baker — Look for the Silver Lining - The Thrill Is Gone - Daybreak
• Ray Barretto — El Watusi
• Harry Barris — Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
• Count Basie — Blue And Sentimental - Jumpin' At The Woodside
• Art Blakey
• Rube Bloom — Fools Rush In
• Jerry Bock — Too Close For Comfort
• Luis Bonfa — Black Orpheus
• Michiel Borstlap — Memory of Enchantment
• Irving Berlin — Remember - Always - The Best Thing For You - Blue Skies - Cheek To Cheek - How Deep Is The Ocean
• Jerry Brainin — The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
• Leslie Bricusse — Who Can I Turn To
• Nicholas Brodsky — Be My Love - I'll Never Stop Loving You
• Shelton Brooks — Some Of These Days
• Clifford Brown — Sandu - Daahoud - Joy Spring
• Nacio Herb Brown — You Stepped Out Of A Dream
• Dave Brubeck — Take Five - In Your Own Sweet Way - The Duke - Blue Rondo a la Turk
• Ralph Burns — Early Autumn
• Cliff Burwell — Sweet Lorraine

C

• Hoagy Carmichael — Georgia On My Mind - Rockin' Chair - Skylark - Small Fry - Star Dust - Heart And Soul - The Nearness Of You
• Richard Carpenter — Walkin'
• Benny Carter — When Lights Are Low
• Charlie Chaplin — Smile
• Frank Churchill — Someday My Prince Will Come
• Roger Cicero — Männersachen - Beziehungsweise
• Buck Clayton — Swingin'Along On Broadway
• Cy Coleman — Witchcraft - Hey, Look Me Over - Blame It on Rio - Sweet Charity - Hey, Big Spender
• John Coltrane — Trane's Blues - Giant Steps - Cousin Mary - Naima - Impressions
• J. Fred Coots — You Go To My Head
• Jamie Cullum — Get your way - London Skies - Photograph - Nothing I do - Mind Trick - 21st Century Kid - 7 days to change your life - Back to the ground - My yard - Twentysomething - Next year - All at sea

D

• Tadd Dameron — Lady Bird
• John Dankworth — thema van De Wrekers, filmmuziek van Modesty Blaise (1966 film)
• Mack David — Candy
• Jimmie Davis — You Are My Sunshine
• Miles Davis — So What - All Blues - Four - Solar - Tune Up - Nardis - Seven Comes Eleven
• Barbara Dennerlein
• Matt Dennis — Violets For Your Furs - Will You Still Be Mine - Angel Eyes - Everything Happens To Me
• Paul Desmond
• Walter Donaldson — Makin' Whoopee - Yes Sir, That's My Baby - You're Driving Me Crazy
• Kenny Dorham — Blue Bossa - Fair Weather
• Vernon Duke — What Is There To Say - April In Paris - Autumn in New York - I Can't Get Started
• Eddie Durham — Topsy

E

• Duke Ellington — Don't Get Around Much Anymore - I'm Beginning to See the Light - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Caravan - Prelude to a Kiss - Satin Doll - Solitude - Sophisticated Lady - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - What Am I Here For - Come Sunday - Cotton Tail - Day Dream - In A Mellow Tone - In A Sentimental Mood
• Bill Evans — Waltz For Debby - Time Remembered - Blue in Green - Re: Person I Knew
• Gil Evans — Blues For Pablo - So Long - Las Vegas Tango

F

• Sammy Fain — That Old Feeling - Alice In Wonderland
• Ted FioRito — Toot, Toot, Tootsie
• Carl Fischer — We'll Be Together Again - You've Changed
• Clare Fisher — Pensativa
• Marvin Fisher — When Sunny Gets Blue
• Frank Foster — Shiny Stockings
• George Fragos — I Hear A Rhapsody

G

• Erroll Garner — Misty - Moonglow
• George Gershwin — Fascinating Rhythm - But Not For Me - I Got Rhythm - Strike Up The band - I Loves You, Porgy - It Ain't Necessarily So - Girl Crazy - Lady, Be Good! - Rhapsody In Blue - Summertime - Somebody Loves Me - Someone To Watch Over Me - Soon - 's Wonderful - They Can't Take That Away From Me - Bidin' My Time - Embraceable You - Love Is Here To Stay - I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
• Dizzy Gillespie — Anthropology - A Night in Tunisia - Woody'n You - Birk's Works - Con Alma - Groovin' High
• Benny Goodman — A Smooth One - Soft Winds
• Benny Golson — Whisper Not! - Blues March - Along Came Betty - Are You Real - I Remember Clifford
• Johnny Green — Out of Nowhere - Body and Soul
• Maria Grever — What A Difference a Day Made
• Walter Gross — Tenderly
• Gigi Gryce — Yvette - Wild Wood - Melody Express - Mosquito Knees

H

• Bob Haggart — What's New
• Albert Hague — Young And Foolish
• Jim Hall — Big Blues
• Wouter Hamel — Breezy - Details - As Long as we're in Love - Don't Ask
• Lionel Hampton — Red Top
• Herbie Hancock — Dolphin Dance - Cantaloupe Island - Watermelon Man - Chameleon - Tell Me A Bedtime Story - Maiden Voyage
• Ray Henderson — Bye Bye, Blackbird - The Birth Of The Blues
• Neal Hefti — Li'l Darlin' - Cute - Buttercup - Splanky - Blowin' up a Storm - Why Not? - Girl Talk - Batman Theme - Falling in Love All Over Again - Scoot - Bag-a' Bones - Teddy the Toad
• Arthur Herzog — Don't Explain
• Jimmy Van Heusen — Like Someone In Love - Polka Dots And Moonbeams - But Beautiful - Darn That Dream - Here's That Rainy Day - I Thought About You - It Could Happen To You
• Earl Hines — Rosetta
• Bart Howard — Fly Me To The Moon
• Jimmy Mc Hugh — On The Sunny Side of the Street - Where Are You - Don't Blame Me
• Herman Hupfeld — As Time Goes By

I

• Arthur Hamilton — Cry me a River

J

• Antônio Carlos Jobim — Desafinado - How Insensitive (Insensatez) - Garota de Ipanema (The Girl From Ipanema) - One Note Samba - Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Triste -Wave - Meditation - Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
• J. J. Johnson — Wee-Dot
• Arthur Johnston — Pennies From Heaven
• Isham Jones — There Is No Greater Love
• Thad Jones — A Child Is Born

K

• Donald Kahn — A Beautiful Friendship
• Gus Kahn — All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
• Bronislaw Kaper — On Green Dolphin Street - Invitation
• Cab Kaye (A.K. Quaye) — Everything Is Go - Jeannette you are my love - Akwilli waba (red peper)
• Barney Kessel — Swedish Pastry
• John Klenner — Just Friends
• Jerome Kern — All The Things You Are - Ol' Man River - The Way You Look Tonight - A Fine Romance - Pick Yourself Up - The Last Time I Saw Paris - Long Ago and Far Away - Smoke gets in your eyes - The Song Is You - Yesterdays - Dearly Beloved
• Joseph Kosma — Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes)

L

• Burton Lane — Old Devil Moon - On A Clear Day - How About You
• Turner Layton — After You've Gone
• Michel LeGrand — Watch What Happens - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
• Frederik Leroux — Angular
• John Lewis — Django
• Morgan Lewis — How High The Moon
• Frank Loesser — On A Slow Boat To China - Two Sleepy People - If I Were A Bell - Inchworm
• Frederick Loewe — Almost Like Being In Love - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

M

• Henry Mancini — The Days of Wine and Roses - Moon River - The Pink Panther
• Johnny Mandel — The Shadow Of Your Smile - Emily - The Moon Song
• Gerald Marks — All of Me
• Wynton Marsalis
• Pat Metheny
• Bernie Miller — Bernie's Tune
• Glenn Miller — Moonlight Serenade
• Charles Mingus — Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Fables of Faubus - Open Letter To Duke - Meditations
• Bob Mintzer — Mofongo - Runferyerlife - Mosaic - Horn Man - I Remember Jaco - Blue Hats
• Sidney Mitchell — You Turned The Tables On Me
• Thelonious Monk — Well You Needn't - Misterioso - Bemsha Swing - I Mean You - Ruby My Dear - Jackie-ing - Epistrophy - Round About Midnight - Straight, No Chaser - Little Rootie Tootie - Rhythm-a-Ning - Crepuscule With Nellie - Blue Monk
• Neil Moret — She's Funny That Way
• Joseph Myrow — You Make Me Feel So Young

N

• Henry Nemo — Tis Autumn
• Sammy Nestico — Ya Gotta Try
• Ray Noble — Cherokee - The Touch Of Your Lips - The Very Thought Of You

O

• W. Benton Overstreet — There'll Be Some Changes Made
• L. Ostransky — The Anatomy of Jazz

P

• Charlie Parker — Anthropology - Au Privave - Billie's Bounce - Blues for Alice - Confirmation - Donna Lee - Now's the Time - Scrapple From The Apple - Yardbird Suite - Barbados - Bloomdido
• Gene de Paul — Star Eyes - Teach Me Tonight - You Don't Know What Love Is - I'll Remember April
• Frank Perkins — Stars Fell On Alabama
• Oscar Peterson — Tricotism
• Oscar Pettiford — Blues In The Closet
• Maceo Pinkard — Sweet Georgia Brown - Them There Eyes
• Cole Porter — I've Got You Under My Skin - Night and Day - What Is This Thing Called Love - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - You Do Something To Me - Anything Goes - Easy To Love - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - It's All Right With Me - Just One Of Those Things - Love For Sale

R

• Roger 'Ram' Ramirez — Lover Man
• Ralph Rainger — Easy Living - Thanks For The Memory
• Don Redman — Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You
• Richard Rodgers — Blue Moon - Falling in Love with Love - My Favorite Things - Isn't It Romantic? - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - My Romance - Where Or When - My Funny Valentine - The Lady Is A Tramp - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Wait Till You See Her - Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' - If I Loved You - You'll Never Walk Alone - It Might As Well Be Spring - Sixteen Going on Seventeen - Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Spring is Here - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - This Can't Be Love - Thou Swell - With A Song In My Heart - You Are Too Beautiful - You Took Advantage Of Me - Blue Room - Dancing On The Ceiling - I Didn't Know What Time It Was - I Could Write A Book - Lover
• Sonny Rollins — Doxy - Oleo - Airegin - Pent Up House - Sonnymoon For Two - Strode Rode - St. Thomas - Tenor Madness - Valse Hot - Alfie's Theme
• Sigmund Romberg — Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
• Ann Ronnel — Willow Weep For Me
• Harry Ruby — Thinking Of You - Three Little Words

S

• Edgar Sampson — Stompin' At The Savoy
• Victor Schertzinger — Tangerine
• Arthur Schwartz — You And The Night And The Music - Alone Together - Dancing In The Dark
• Charlie Shavers — Undecided
• George Shearing — Lullaby Of Birdland
• Wayne Shorter — Footprints - Masqualero - Witch Hunt - El Gaucho - One by One - Palladium
• Frank Signorelli — Stairway To The Stars
• Horace Silver — Peace - Sister Sadie - Strollin' - The Preacher - Song For My Father
• Louis Silvers — April Showers
• Jimmy Smith
• Tomasz Stańko
• Sam H. Stept — Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
• Jack Strachey — These Foolish Things
• Billy Strayhorn — Lush Life - Passion Flower - Take the A Train - Chelsea Bridge - Upper Manhattan Medical Group
• Jule Styne — The Party's Over - People - Things We Did Last Summer - Time After Time - I Fall In Love Too Easily - Just In Time
• John Surman
• Einar Swan — When Your Lover Has Gone
• Kay Swift — Can't We Be Friends

T

• Jean 'Toots' Thielemans — Bluesette
• Bobby Timmons — Dat Dere - Moanin'
• Juan Tizol — Caravan - Perdido
• Mel Tormé — Born To Be Blue
• Stanley Turrentine — Sugar
• McCoy Tyner — Blues à la Mode

V

• Marcos Valle — Summer Samba
• Joe Vanenkhuizen — Adieu Inspirer - All Waltz - Beatitude - Blues for Roger - Djancholy - Eurhythmos - Euro Dance - Freedom Waltz - Homing Instinct - It's a Nav vy Waltz - Jean Feve - Love Match - Luctor et Emergo - M.C my Dear - Melancho - Minouet - Mom's Delight - Nanny - Native Soil - Quinte Sens - Sunday the 19th - The Essential Waltz - The Original Threestep - Tootstones - Victory Boogie Waltz - Waltz Ahead - Waltz a ning - Waltzissimo - Waltzology - Waltz Unlimited.

W

• Mal Waldron — Soul Eyes
• Fats Waller — Honeysuckle Rose - Ain't Misbehavin' - Black And Blue
• Harry Warren — The More I See You - September in the Rain - There Will Never Be Another You - You're My Everything - Lulu's Back In Town
• Ned Washington — When You Wish Upon A Star
• Paul Weston — I Should Care
• Spencer Williams — Basin Street Blues
• Meredith Willson — Till There Was You
• Tommy J. Wolf jr. — Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
• George Wright — Baubles, Bangles and Beads

Y

• Vincent Youmans — Tea for Two - Sometimes I'm Happy - Time on My Hands - Without A Song
• Lester Young — Tickle-Toe
• Victor Young — Stella By Starlight - Sweet Sue - Weaver Of Dreams - When I Fall in Love - Beautiful Love - I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You

Z

• Joe Zawinul — Birdland - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Badia - In a Silent Way - Orange Lady - Ascent - A Remark You Made - Cannon Ball - Mr. Gone - Directions - Midnight Mood - Black Market - Pharaoh's Dance