Most of the musician pages below are at least started but some of these links will take you to biographies and discographies of the artist on the Archive.org copy of the former Redhotjazz.com. We will be migrating this material to our website, outside of the paywall, and changing the links below accordingly. This section of the New Red Hot Jazz Archive should be complete by end of 2023.
| 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 | 5-14-1897 | 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 | 6-14-1931 |
| Peter Bocage | Algiers, Louisiana | 7-31-1887 | 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 | 9-17-1891 | 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 | 11-26-1956 |
| Lawrence Duhé | La Place, Louisiana | 11-19-1887 | 11-26-1960 |
| Johnny Dunn | Memphis, Tennessee | 2-19-1997 | 8-20-1937 |
| 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 | ? | 1898 or 1900 | 2-17-1947 |
| 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 | 3-3-1895 | 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 | 2-8-1899 | 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 | 6-1932 |
| 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 | 11-26-1907 | 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 |
| Billy Murray | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 5-25-1877 | 8-17-1954 |
| 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 Nuñez | New Orleans, Louisiana | 3-17-1884 | 9-2-1934 |
| King Oliver | New Orleans, Louisiana | 12-19-1881 | 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 | 2-25-1900 | 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 | 6-22-1903 | 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 | 1-23-1910 | 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 | 8-5-1902 | 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 | 7-21-1902 | 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 | 6-11-1904 | 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 | 1-14-1895 | 12-17-1978 |
| Eva Taylor | St. Louis, Missouri | 1-22-1895 | 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 | 5-30-1901 | 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 |
