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To be very clear, this thread is amalgamated from lists by and thus is entirely indebted to the work done by: imgooley and theneildeal. Also thanks to aetherspear. If you see someone that's not on there that you think should be, post and say so.

Blues Artists

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Delta/Piedmont/Memphis/Country Blues

Early Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Swamp Blues

Blues Rock: American and British, Soul Blues

Contemporary Blues/Juke Joint Blues

Jazz artists

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Bass

Cello

Clarinet

Cornet

Flute

French Horn

Multi-Instrumentalists

Organ

Trumpet

Vibraphone

Violin

Guitar

Drums

Piano

Vocalists

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Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Charley Patton
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Blake
Willie Brown
Bo Carter
Furry Lewis
Skip James
Tommy Johnson
Son House
David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Arthur Crudup
Jesse Mae Hemphill
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Booker White
Big Joe Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson I
Big Bill Broonzy
John Estes
Mississippi John Hurt
The Reverend Gary Davis
Curley Weaver
Josh White
Etta Baker
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Barbecue Bob
Buddy Woods
Sister O.M. Terrel
Elizabeth Cotton
Robert "Junior" Lockwood
Robert Pete Williams

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John Lee Hooker
Elmore James
Hound Dog Taylor
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
Earl Hooker
Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Johnny Shines
Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller)
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Albert Collins
Albert King
Lightnin Hopkins
Lightnin Slim
Slim Harpo
Magic Sam
Pinetop Perkins
Eddie Boyd
Guitar Slim
Otis Rush
Freddy King
Eddie Clearwater
Hubert Sumlin
Bobby Rush
James Cotton
Jimmy Rogers
Robert Nighthawk
Willie Dixon
Little Milton
Little Walter
Jimmy Reed
T-Bone Walker
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Jody Williams
Big Mama Thornton
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Luther Allison
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
JOhhny Copeland
J.B. Lenoir
JJ Cale
Doyle Bramhall
Doyle Bramhall II

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Paul Butterfield
The Jeff Beck Group
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
The MC5
The Stooges
Cream
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd
.38 Special
ZZ Top
Fleetwood Mac
The Edgar Winters Group
Johnny Winters
Jimmie Vaughan
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Rolling Stones
The Animals
The Allman Brothers Band
Booker T and the MG's
Bad Company
Elvin Bishop
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Eric Clapton
Ry Cooder
Fog Hat
Rory Gallagher
Free
Peter Green
Jeff Healy
Janis Joplin
Alexis Korner
Ten Years After
Alvin Lee
Lonnie Mack
Buddy Miles
Steve Miller
Otis Redding
Ike and Tina Turner
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Van Morrison
Thin Lizzy
Early Van Halen
Ted Nugent
Johnny Winter
Joe Walsh
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
The Grateful Dead
Aerosmith
Ram Jam
Steely Dan
Bob Dylan (Folk-blues/rock)
Little Richard
The Black Crowes

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Derek Trucks
Susan Tudeschi
Collard Greens and Gravy
Dax Riggs
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
The Mooney Suzuki
The Von Bondies
The Bondi Cigars
Ben Harper
John Mayer
Walter Trout
Gov't Mule
Robert Cray
Taj Mahal
North Mississippi Allstars
R.L. Burnside
Junior Kimbrough
T. Model Ford
Keb Mo
The John Spencer Blues Explosion
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Johnny Lang
Joe Bonamassa
Cephas and Wiggins
Corey Harris

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Bass

Chris Wood
* Arild Andersen
* Keter Betts
* Jimmy Blanton
* Wellman Braud (1891–1966)
* Ray Brown (1926–2002)
* Steve Brown
* Ron Carter (born 1937)
* Paul Chambers
* Stanley Clarke
* Art Davis
* Brian Day
* Richard Davis
* Pops Foster
* Jimmy Garrison
* Vivien Garry
* Coleridge Goode
* Henry Grimes
* Charlie Haden
* Stuart Hamm
* Milt Hinton
* Dave Holland
* Bill Johnson (1872–1972)
* Scott La Faro
* Cecil McBee
* Christian McBride
* Ron McClure
* Marcus Miller
* Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
* Red Mitchell
* William Parker
* Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987)
* Gary Peacock
* Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
* Oscar Pettiford
* Sage Reynolds
* Steve Rodby
* Clarence Seay
* Slam Stewart
* Brian Q. Torff
* Eberhard Weber
* Gary Willis
* Eugene Wright
* Richard Bona
* Victor Wooten
John Pattitucci

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Cello

* Mark Summer

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Clarinet

* Melanie Mathews
* Benny Goodma

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Cornet

* Nat Adderley
* Louis Armstrong
* Bix Beiderbecke
* Jeff Hughes
* Red Nichols
* Chris Tyle

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Flute

* Peter Guidi
* Moe Koffman
* Hubert Laws
* Yusef Lateef
* Herbie Mann
* James Newton
* Sam Rivers (born 1923)
* Jeremy Steig

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French horn

* Julius Watkins

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Multi-instrumentalists

* Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
* Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
* Benny Carter (1907–2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
* Alice Coltrane (piano, organ, harp)
* Eric Dolphy (1928–1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
* Victor Feldman (1934-1987), (piano, vibraphone, conga drum)
* Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute, nose flute, tenor saxophone, manzello, strich, 'black mystery pipes', clarinet, gong, percussion)
* Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
* Marcus Miller (born 1959), ( bass, bass clarinet, saxophone, keyboards, guitar)
* Charles Mingus (bass, piano)
* Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
* Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
* John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
* Frank Macchia (saxes, clarinets, flutes, ethnic winds, synthesizer)

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Organ

John Medeski
* Alice Coltrane
* Joey DeFrancesco
* Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer, real pipes)
* Bill Doggett
* Charles Earland
* Larry Goldings
* Richard "Groove" Holmes
* Jack McDuff
* Amina Claudine Myers (born 1942)
* John Patton
* Trudy Pitts
* Melvin Rhyne
* Rhoda Scott
* Shirley Scott
* Jimmy Smith
* Lonnie Smith
* Lonnie Liston Smith
* Fats Waller (1904–1943)
* Reuben Wilson
* Larry Young
* Sun Ra (1914–1993)
* Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)(Piano)
* Harold Ivory Williams Jr. (organ, keyboard, piano, sitar)

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Trumpet

* Chet Baker
* Miles Davis
* Dizzy Gillespie
Freddie Hubbard
Louis Armstrong
Lee Morgan
Wynton Marsalis

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Vibraphone

* Peter Appleyard
* Roy Ayers
* Gary Burton
* John Cocuzzi
* Walt Dickerson
* Stefon Harris
* Lionel Hampton
* Bobby Hutcherson
* Milt Jackson
* Max Miller
* Joe Locke
* Steve Nelson
* Red Norvo
* Chuck Redd
* Jerry Tachoir
* Cal Tjader
* James Westfall

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Violin

* Billy Bang (born 1947)
* Regina Carter (born 1966)
* Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
* Valentin Gregor (born 1963)
* Jean-Luc Ponty (born 1942)
* Stuff Smith (1909–1967)
* Ginger Smock (1920–1995)
* Eddie South (1904-1962)
* Joe Venuti (1903–1978)
* Michael White (born 1933)
* Claude Williams (1908–2004)
* Ray Nance (1913–1976)
* Mark Feldman (born 1955)

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Saxaphone

Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley
Harold Ashby
George Coleman
Ornette Coleman
John Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
King Curtis
Paul Desmond
Eric Dolphy
Lou Donaldson
Jimmy Dorsey
Bob Downes
Bill Evans
Al Foster
Joe Garland
Stan Getz
Benny Goodman
Dexter Gordon
Kenny G (I guess)
Bill Graham
Joe Harriott
Coleman Hawkins
Jimmy Heath
Joe Henderson
Budd Johnson
Louis Jordan
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Andy McGhee
Jackie McLean
Charles McPherson
Branford Marsalis
Roscoe Mitchell
Hank Mobley
James Moody
Frank Morgan
Gerry Mulligan
Greg Osby
Charlie Parker
Maceo Parker
George Paxton
Cecil Payne
Art Pepper
Chris Potter
Sonny Rollins
David Sanborn
Pharoah Sanders
Wayne Shorter
Zoot Sims
Tab Smith
Sonny Stitt
Grover Washington Jr
Lester Young
John Zorn

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Guitar-
Eivind Aarset
John Abercrombie
Howard Alden
Iring Ashby
Chet Atkins
Derek Bailey
Joe Beck
George Benson
Gene Bertoncini
Lenny Breau
Bobby Broom
Kenny Burrell
Charlie Byrd
Larry Carlton
Charlie Christian
Nels Cline
Bill Connors
Robert Conti
Steve Cropper
Paco De Lucia
Al Di Meola
Jim Douglas
Cornell Dupree
Herb Ellis
John Etheridge
Kevin Eubanks
Tal Farlow
David Fiuczynski
Robben Ford
Bill Frisell
Frank Gambale
Danny Gatton
David Gilmore
Fredie Green
Grant Green
Ted Greene
Jim Hall
John Hart
Fareed Haque
Scott Henderson
Allan Holdsworth
Charlie Hunter
Lonnie Johnson
Stanley Jordan
John Jorgenson
Bert Jansch
Barney Kessell
Steve Khan
Wayne Krantz
Eddie Lang
Lionel Loueke
Sylvain Luc
Pat Martino
John McLaughlin
Pat Metheny
Oscar Moore
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Les Paul
John Pisano
Bucky Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
Snoozer Quinn
Jimmy Raney
Vernon Reid
Django Reinhardt
Marc Ribot
Lee Ritenour
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Sal Salvador
John Scofield
Johnny Smith
Mike Stern
Andy Summers
Martin Taylor
Tommy Tedesco
David Torn
Ralph Towner
James Ulmer
George Van Eps
Lloyd Wells

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Drums-
Alex Acuña
Rashied Ali
Ginger Baker
Ray Barretto
Ed Blackwell
Art Blakey
Joe Chambers
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham
Jack DeJohnette
Baby Dodds
Al Foster
Future Man
Milford Graves
Rodney Green
Omar Hakim
Billy Hart
Roy Haynes
Billy Higgins
Ari Hoenig
Dink Johnson
Elvin Jones
Rusty Jones
Gene Krupa
Jason Marsalis
Billy Martin
Butch Miles
Charles Moffett
T.S. Monk
Joe Morello
Paul Motian
Lewis Nash
Earl Palmer
Neil Peart
Ray Bauduc
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Antonio Sanchez
Art Taylor
Cal Tjader
Chick Webb
Tony Williams

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