Milestone Records artists

American jazz pianist (1929–1980)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1930)

American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)

American jazz pianist (1938–2020)

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)

American jazz organist

American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013)

American jazz musician (1927–2020)

American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist (1932-2016)

American jazz pianist (1931–1971)

American saxophonist (1926–2024)

Cuban musician (1917–1989)

American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader (1926–2020)

Brazilian jazz singer

American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000)

American pianist (1935-1974)

American singer (1932-2015)

Brazilian musician (1922–2001)

American jazz pianist and composer

José Fernández Torres (born Fondón, 1958), known professionally as Tomatito, is a Spanish Roma flamenco guitarist and composer. Having started his career accompanying famed flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla (with Paco de Lucía), he has made a number of collaborative albums and six solo albums, two of which have won Latin Grammy Awards.

American recording artist; jazz vocalist (born 1930)

American jazz musician (1932–2017)

Czech jazz bassist (1944–2021)

American musician (1944-2015)

is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro and bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. After lineup changes the following year that added keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, Casiopea made their major‑label debut with their self‑titled album in 1979, and drummer Akira Jimbo joined in 1980.

American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)

Indian musician (1947— )

American musician (1941-2022)

American musician (1928–2021)

American saxophonist (1934-2009)

Irakere (faux-Yoruba for "forest") is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés (son of Bebo Valdés) in 1973. They won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980 with their album Irakere. Irakere was innovative in Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban popular dance music. The group used a wide array of percussion instruments, such as batá, abakuá and arará drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras (congas), and güiro.

Cuban composer and musician

American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist

American jazz pianist (1928–2021)

Brazilian musician (1946–2020)

American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1948–2020)

Brazilian musician

American musician

American musician

American pianist

American saxophonist

American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)

American musician

American jazz trombonist

Danish jazz pianist, composer and producer

American jazz saxophonist (1927–2012)

American organist

Spanish musician

German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer (1935–2023)

American musician

American jazz pianist (1958–2014)

Brazilian musician (1934-2021)

Azymuth is a Brazilian jazz-funk group formed in 1973. The original lineup was a trio composed of José Roberto Bertrami (keyboards), Alex Malheiros (bass, guitars), and Ivan Conti (drums, percussion). Kiko Continentino joined the group in 2015 as the band's keyboardist after Bertrami's death. As of 2025, Alex Malheiros is the only surviving original member of the group.

Brazilian singer

American singer (1929–1997)

American jazz singer (1951–2007)

American musician (1924–2009)

jazz musician (1941–1999)

American tenor saxophonist