21st-century jazz composers

Brazilian musician (1941–2024)

Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (1932–2025)

Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)

Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer

Brazilian composer, musician and record producer (1936–2025)

Soviet and Russian composer and pianist (1937–2020)

British composer and pianist (1936-2012)

Japanese composer and musician

Danish musician (1955–2025)

Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda (30 November 1937 – 27 December 2018), known professionally as Miúcha, was a Brazilian singer and composer.

Brazilian musician and composer

Slovenian musician

Spanish musician (1929–2020)

Jazz guitarist and composer from the Philippines

British jazz pianist

Japanese composer

Italian singer and composer

Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer (1946–2024)

Israeli-American composer and pianist

Slovene conductor and composer (1930-2020)

Brazilian recording artist; singer, pianist and composer

Japanese composer

British musician

Polish jazz saxophonist (1941-2016)

Danish musician

Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer

Belgian pianist

Polish musician

Danish musician

Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1941-)

Australian singer-songwriter and pianist

Belgian musician

Slovak composer, manager, presenter and singer

Japanese musician

Rhodesian born English jazz composer

Swiss musician

Belgian jazz pianiste, composer and arranger

Japanese pianist, vocalist, composer, arranger (1952-)

Italian musician

Japanese guitarist, composer (1954-)

Cuban jazz pianist

Danish jazz composer (1930–2012)

Israeli musician

Canadian jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and songwriter

Finnish jazz drummer and composer

Swedish pianist

Jazz drummer

English musical artist

French trumpeter (1934-2013)

Japanese composer

English jazz musician, saxophonist, composer and bandleader

British musician

Belgian musician

Polish musician

Belgian pianist

Norwegian singer

musician

Slovenian jazz guitarist and composer

Canadian musician