Detroit Artist Roster

These are a few of the many notable jazz musicians who came from or are a part of the Detroit jazz scene.

Please post additional artists, and they will be compiled to the list.

Elvin Jones, Hank Jones, Thad Jones, Ron Carter, Betty Carter, James Carter, Harold McKinney, Carlos McKinney, Don Mayberry, Earl Klugh, Barry Harris, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, Yusef Lateef, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Garrison, Hakim Jami, Alice Coltrane, Wardell Grey, Lucky Thompson, Marcus Belgrave, Roland Hanna, Frank Rosolino, Kenny Cox, Tommy Flannagan, Donald Byrd, Roy Brooks, Louis Hayes, Sonny Stitt, Larry Smith, Kenny Garrett, Geri Allen, George Davidson, Claude Black, Joe Henderson, Alma Smith, Kirk Lightsey, Johnny O’Neal, Milt Jackson, Hubie Crawford, Bennie Maupin, J.C. Heard, Doug Watkins, Sheila Jordan, Billy Mitchell, Dianne Reeves, Alvin Jackson, Julius Watkins, Charles McPherson, Lonnie Hillyer, and Bess Bonnier…