List of smooth jazz musicians

The following artists and bands have performed smooth jazz.

Saxophonists
• Mindi Abair

• Gerald Albright

• Paula Atherton

• Gato Barbieri

• Walter Beasley

• Tom Colclough

• Steve Cole

• Eric Darius

• Will Donato

• Candy Dulfer

• Richard Elliot

• Kenny G

• Euge Groove

• Jazz Hamilton

• Everette Harp

• Warren Hill

• George Howard

• Vincent Ingala

• Jessy J

• Boney James

• Jackiem Joyner

• Jeff Kashiwa

• Grace Kelly

• John Klemmer

• Kaori Kobayashi

• Dave Koz

• Ronnie Laws

• Michael Lington

• Eric Marienthal

• Stu Matthewman

• Marion Meadows

• Najee

• Fausto Papetti

• Courtney Pine

• Art Porter

• Bobby Ricketts

• Nelson Rangell

• David Sanborn

• Tom Scott

• Arturo Tappin

• Paul Taylor

• Grover Washington, Jr.

• Sadao Watanabe

• Kim Waters

• Kirk Whalum

• Pamela Williams

Guitarists
• Marc Antoine

• Armik

• Roni Benise

• George Benson

• Tim Bowman

• Zachary Breaux

• Norman Brown

• Jonathan Butler

• Larry Carlton

• Craig Chaquico

• Jesse Cook

• Joyce Cooling

• Al Di Meola

• Kevin Eubanks

• Russ Freeman

• Jeff Golub

• Adam Hawley

• Brian Hughes

• Paul Jackson, Jr.

• Ronny Jordan

• Stanley Jordan

• Ryo Kawasaki

• Gideon King

• Earl Klugh

• Ludwik Konopko

• Michael Landau

• Ottmar Liebert

• Johannes Linstead

• Chuck Loeb

• Pat Metheny

• Chieli Minucci

• Ken Navarro

• Ray Obiedo

• Steve Oliver

• Gil Parris

• Doc Powell

• Lee Ritenour

• Neal Schon

• Agboola Shadare

• Shahin and Sepehr

• Craig Sharmat

• Jay Soto

• Chris Standring

• Alan Steward

• Roberto Tola

• Peter White

• Bernie Williams

• Patrick Yandall

Pianists/Keyboardists
• Bob Baldwin

• David Benoit

• Alex Bugnon

• Brian Culbertson

• Eumir Deodato

• Terry Disley

• George Duke

• Ronnie Foster

• Jonathan Fritzén

• Chris Geith

• Tom Grant

• Dave Grusin

• Paul Hardcastle

• Gene Harris

• Alan Hewitt

• Skinny Hightower

• Bob James

• Bradley Joseph

• Gregg Karukas

• Kenny Kirkland

• David Lanz

• Elliot Levine

• Ramsey Lewis

• Jeff Lorber

• Erik van der Luijt

• Bobby Lyle

• Keiko Matsui

• Jimmy McGriff

• Duncan Millar

• Yuriko Nakamura

• Freddie Ravel

• Paolo Rustichelli

• Philippe Saisse

• Joe Sample

• Bill Sharpe

• Dan Shea

• Dan Siegel

• Oli Silk

• Brian Simpson

• Lonnie Liston Smith

• Alan Steward

• Tonéx (vocalist)

• Ben Tankard

• John Tesh

• Kevin Toney

• Reuben Wilson

Drummers and other percussionists
• Roy Ayers

• Vinnie Colaiuta

• Paulinho da Costa

• Leonard Gibbs

• Omar Hakim

• Skinny Hightower

• Akira Jimbo

• Steve Jordan

• Harvey Mason

• Alphonse Mouzon

• Cal Tjader

• Dave Weckl

• Gota Yashiki

Bassists
• Brian Bromberg

• Stanley Clarke

• Nathan East

• Skinny Hightower

• Abraham Laboriel

• Marcus Miller

• Wayman Tisdale

• Gerald Veasley

• Leroy Vinnegar

Trumpeters / Flugelhornists
• Greg Adams

• Herb Alpert

• Chris Botti

• Cindy Bradley

• Rick Braun

• Randy Brecker

• Tom Browne

• Jerry Hey

• David Longoria

• Chuck Mangione

• Lin Rountree

Flutists
• Brian Dunning

• Bobbi Humphrey

• Hubert Laws

• Najee

• Nelson Rangell

• Nestor Torres

• Dave Valentin

• Alexander Zonjic

Bands/Groups
• 3rd Force

• Acoustic Alchemy

• BWB

• Camiel

• Carmel

• Count Basic

• The Crusaders

• Curiosity Killed the Cat

• Down to the Bone

• Fattburger

• Fourplay

• Four80East

• Haircut One Hundred

• Heavyshift

• Hiroshima

• Incognito

• Liquid Soul

• Matt Bianco

• Mezzoforte

• The Microscopic Septet

• Opafire

• Physical Therapy

• Pieces of a Dream

• Praful

• The Rippingtons

• Sade

• Shakatak

• Soul Ballet

• Spyro Gyra

• Swing Out Sister

• The Jazzmasters

• The Style Council

• The Terry Disley Experience

• The Three Sounds

• Turning Point

• Urban Knights

• Yellowjackets

Vocalists
• Sade Adu

• Gabriela Anders

• Carl Anderson

• Patti Austin

• Anita Baker

• Basia

• Regina Belle

• Ray Brown, Jr.

• Michael Bublé

• Bobby Caldwell

• Carmel

• Natalie Cole

• Randy Crawford

• Will Downing

• Carol Duboc

• Eliane Elias

• Everything but the Girl

• Michael Franks

• Laura Fygi

• Melody Gardot

• Astrud Gilberto

• Bebel Gilberto

• Lalah Hathaway

• Ilse Huizinga

• James Ingram

• Janita

• Al Jarreau

• Norah Jones

• Kem

• Diana Krall

• Viktor Lazlo

• Maysa Leak

• David Longoria

• Gigi MacKenzie

• Raul Midón

• Jane Monheit

• Chanté Moore

• Jeffrey Osborne

• Phil Perry

• Kenny Rankin

• Dianne Reeves

• Diane Schuur

• Marilyn Scott

• Sting

• Lindsey Webster

• Joe Williams

• Nancy Wilson

• Lizz Wright

Other Instruments
• Brian Culbertson (Trombone)

• Eddie Daniels (Clarinet)

• Deborah Henson-Conant (Harp)

• Skinny Hightower (Vibraphone)

• Catya Maré (Violin)

• Andy Narell (Pan Drum)

• Lee Oskar (Harmonica)

• Noel Pointer (violinist, singer, pianist and composer)

• Jean-Luc Ponty (Violin)

• Bill Reichenbach Jr. (Trombone)

• Noel Webb (Violin)

Composers
• David Benoit

• Brian Culbertson

• Sam Cardon

• Russ Freeman

• Dave Grusin

• Paul Hardcastle

• Skinny Hightower

• Bob James

• Quincy Jones

• Bradley Joseph

• Ottmar Liebert

• David Longoria

• Erik van der Luijt

• Ralph MacDonald

• Catya Maré

• Dan Siegel

Disc jockeys
• Art Good, host of Jazztrax

• Dave Koz, saxophonist who hosted a morning show in Los Angeles as well as a weekly syndicated program.

• Paul Hardcastle, syndicated weekend radio show

• Norman Brown, syndicated weekend radio show

• Brian Culbertson, syndicated weekend radio show

• David Longoria, 24k Music Network syndicated television and radio show Welcome To The World

• Kenny G, syndicated weekend radio show