- Trumpet
- Joe "King" Oliver - Louisiana
- Louis Armstrong - Louisiana
- Bubber Miley - South Carolina
- Bix Beiderbecke - Iowa
- Roy Eldridge - Pennsylvania
- Red Nichols - Utah
- Cootie Williams - Alabama
- Trombone
- Kid Ory - Louisiana
- George Brunis - Louisiana
- Miff Mole - New York
- Tommy Dorsey - Pennsylvania
- Jimmy Harrison - Kentucky
- Jack Teagarden - Texas
- JC Higginbotham - Georgia
- Trummy Young - Georgia
- Alto Saxophone
- Benny Carter - New York
- Johnny Hodges - Massachusetts
- Tenor Saxophone
- Coleman Hawkins - Missouri
- Lester Young - Mississippi
- Baritone Saxophone
- Harry Carney - Massachusetts
- Clarinet
- Alphonse Picou - Louisiana
- Leon Rappolo(Roppolo) - Louisiana
- Johnny Dodds - Louisiana
- Jimmy Noone - Louisiana
- Frank Teschemacher - Missouri
- Barney Bigard - Louisiana
- Benny Goodman - Illinois
- Piano
- James P Johnson - New Jersey
- Jelly Roll Morton - Louisiana
- Earl Hines - Pennsylvania
- Fats Waller - New York
- Pinetop Smith - Alabama
- Art Tatum - Ohio
- Teddy Wilson - Texas
- Count Basie - New Jersey
- Guitar
- Oscar Aleman - Argentina
- Johnny St. Cyr - Louisiana
- Lonnie Johnson - Louisiana
- Eddie Lang - Pennsylvania
- Django Reinhardt - Belgium
- Charlie Christian - Texas
- Al Casey - Kentucky
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Arkansas
- Teddy Bunn - New York
- Banjo
- Johnny St Cyr - Louisiana
- Fred Guy - Georgia
- Buddy Christian- Louisiana
- Charlie Dixon - New Jersey
- Mancy Carr - West Virginia
- Bud Scott - Louisiana
- Howdy Quicksell - Michigan
- Drums
- Baby Dodds - Louisiana
- Chick Webb - Maryland
- Sid Catlett - Indiana
- Bass
- Pops Foster - Louisiana
- John Kirby - Maryland
- Milt Hinton - Mississippi
- Vibraphone
- Lionel Hampton - Kentucky
- Red Norvo - Illinois
- Violin
- Joe Venuti - Pennsylvania
- Stuff Smith - Ohio
- Stephane Grapelli - France
- Eddie South - Missouri
- Miscellaneous
- Sidney Bechet - Soprano Saxophone - Louisiana
- Adrian Rollini - Bass Saxophone - New York
- Male Singers
- Blind Lemon Jefferson - Texas
- Leadbelly - Louisiana
- Louis Armstrong - Louisiana
- Jack Teagarden - Texas
- Fats Waller - New York
- Joe Turner - Missouri
- Jimmy Rushing - Oklahoma
- Nat King Cole - Alabama
- Mills Brothers - Ohio
- Female Singers
- Bessie Smith - Tennessee
- Billie Holiday - Maryland
- Ella Fitzgerald - Virginia
- Dinah Washington - Alabama
- Mildred Bailey - Washington
- Sarah Vaughn - New Jersey
- Boswell Sisters - Louisiana
- Composer/Arrangers
- Don Redman - West Virginia
- Fletcher Henderson - Georgia
- Duke Ellington - District of Columbia
- Benny Carter - New York
- Sy Oliver - Michigan
- Tadd Dameron - Ohio
- Big Bands
- Fletcher Henderson
- Duke Ellington
- McKinney's Cotton Pickers
- Glen Gray (Casa Loma)
- Benny Goodman
- Jimmie Lunceford
- Count Basie
- Small Combos
