Alabama : Nat King Cole [p,v], Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones)[v], Sun Ra (Herman Poole Blount)

[p,k]
Alaska
Arizona : Charles Mingus [b]
Arkansas : Pharoah Sanders (Farrell Sanders)[ts], Joseph Jarman [s], Red Holloway [s]
California : Stan Kenton [p], Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky)[tp], Eric Dolphy [as], Freddie Hubbard [tp],
Joe Henderson [ts], Dexter Gordon [ts.ss],
Dave Brubeck [p], Herb Ellis [g], Charlie Haden [b], Chico Hamilton [d], Billy Higgins [d], Art
Pepper [as], Zoot Sims [ts], Cal Tjader [g]
Roy Ayers [vb,v], Don Ellis [tp], Dewey Redman [ts], Paul Desmond [as], Bobby Hutcherson
[vb], Eric Marienthal [s,fl], Larry Carlton [g]
Colorado : Paul Quinichette [ts]
Connecticut : Gerry Mulligan [bs], Roswell Rudd [tb]
Delaware : Clifford Brown [tp]
Florida : Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley [as], Fats Navarro [tp], Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis [s,fl,k], Archie
Shepp [ts], Blue Mitchell (Richard Allen)[tp]
Jaco Pastorius [b], Brad Mehldau [p]
Georgia : Joe Williams [v], Mary Lou Williams [p], Hank Mobley [ts], James Moody [s,fl], Sahib Shihab
(Edmund Gregory)[s], Marion Brown [as],
Jimmy Garrison [b]
Hawaii
Idaho : Gary Peacock [b]
Illinois : Miles Davis [tp], Herbie Hancock [p,k], Abbey Lincoln (Anna Marie Wooldridge)[v], Red Norvo
(Kenneth Norville) [vb], John Lewis [p],
Papa Jo Jones [d], Lennie Tristano [p], Tony Williams [d], Jack DeJohnette [d], Steve Coleman
[as], Roscoe Mitchell [s], Bill Evans [ts],
Anita O'Day [v], Joe Farrell [ts,ss,fl],Tom Harrell [tp], Phil Upchurch [g], Jack McDuff [o], Henry
Threadgill [s,fl]
Indiana : J.J. Johnson [tb], Gary Burton [vb], Wes Montgomery [g], Paul McCandless [oboe, bcl],
Secondo "Conte" Candoli [tp]
Iowa : Glenn Miller [tb], Bix Beiderbecke [tp], Art Farmer [tp], Charlie Haden [b], Bill Stewart [d]
Kansas : Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton [tp], Charlie Parker [as,ts], Bobby Watson [s]
Kentucky : Andy Kirk [s,tuba], Lionel Hampton [vb]
Louisiana : Louis Armstrong [tp], Sidney Bechet [cl], Kid Ory [tb], Johnny Dodds [cl,as], Ed Blackwell [d],
Sonny Simmons [as], Branford Marsalis [as,ss]
Wynton Marsalis [tp]
Maine
Maryland : William Chick Webb [d], Gary Bartz [as,ss], Lester Bowie [tp], Bill Frisell [g]
Massachusetts : Chick Corea [p,k], Johnny Hodges [as], Phil Woods [as, ss], Sonny Stitt [as,ts, bs], Roy
Haynes [d], Jaki Byard [p], Mike Stern [g],
Charlie Mariano (Carmine Ugo Mariano) [as]
Michigan : Gene Krupa [d], Betty Carter [v], Donald Byrd [tp], Curtis Fuller [tb], Milt Jackson [vb], Ron
Carter [b], Geri Allen [p,k], Anthony Braxton [ts],
Tommy Flanagan [p], Kenny Burrell [g], Sonny Red (Sylvester Kyner Jr.)[as], Thad Jones [tp],
Lee Konitz [as], Yusef Lateef (Bill Huddleston) [ts],
George Lewis [tb], Bennie Maupin [cl, fl], Pepper Adams [bs], Kenny Garrett [as,ss,fl], Alice
Coltrane [p,harp], Geri Allen [p]
Minnesota :
Mississippi : Jimmie Lunceford [s,fl], Lester Young [ts], Mulgrew Miller [p], Malachi Favors [b],
Cassandra Wilson [v], Hank Jones [p], Frank Wright [ts]
Missouri : Ben Webster [ts], Oliver Nelson [ss,as,ts,cl], Coleman Hawkins [ts], Pee Wee Russell
(Charles Ellsworth Russell)[cl], Clark Terry [tp],
Pat Metheny [g], Dave Weckl [d]
Montana
Nebraska : Kermit Driscoll [b]
Nevada
 New Hampshire
New Jersey : Count Basie [p], Buddy DeFranco (Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco)[cl], Sarah
Vaughan [v], Earl Hines [p], Wayne Shorter [ts,as],
Steve Swallow [b], Scott LaFaro [b], Joe Pass [g], Tony Scott (Anthony Joseph Sciacca)[cl],
Larry Young [o], Peter Erskine [d], Al Di Meola [g],
Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams [b]
New Mexico
New York City : Benny Goodman [cl], Artie Shaw (Arthur Jacob Arshawsky)[cl], Kai Winding [tb], Bud
Powell [p], Shelly Manne [d], Buddy Rich [d],
Mal Waldron [p], Bill Evans [p], Wynton Kelly [p], Erroll Garner [p], Jim Hall [g], Lionel Hampton
[vb], Carmen McRae [v], Steve Kuhn [p],
Herbie Nichols [p], Famoudou Don Moye [d], Art Taylor [d], Cecil Taylor [p], Al Cohn [ts], Jackie
McLean [as], Eddie Palmieri: [p], Steve Lacy [ss]
Jeanne Lee [v], Collin Walcott [sitar, tabla], Randy Weston [p], John Zorn [ts], Billy Cobham
(n.Panama)[d], Bob Berg [ts], Danny Gottlieb [d],
Mitchel Forman [p.k], Steve Gadd [d], Lenny White [d], Herbie Mann (Herbert Jay Solomon)[fl],
John Patitucci [b], Barry Altschul [d],
Eddie Gómez (n, Puerto Rico)[b], Marcus Miller [b], Steve Grossman [s], Charles "Don" Alias
[d,pc], John Abercrombie [g], Bobby Previte [d]
North Carolina : John Coltrane [ts], Thelonious Monk [p], Max Roach [d], Percy Heath [b], Woody Shaw
[tp], Tal Farlow [g], Lou Donaldson [as],
Billy Taylor [p]
North Dakota
Ohio : Art Tatum [p], Tadd Dameron [p], Billy Strayhorn [p], Albert Ayler [ts,ss], Joe Lovano [ts], Rahsaan
Roland Kirk [ts], Bud Shank [as], Chuck Israels [b]
Oklahoma : Chet Baker [tp], Barney Kessel [g], Don Byas [ts], Earl Bostic [as], Oscar Pettiford [b], Don
Cherry [cornet], Sam Rivers [ss,ts],
Wardell Gray [ts]
Oregon : Glen Moore [b]
Pennsylvania : Billie Holiday [v], Billy Eckstine [v], Joe Venuti [vl], Eddie Lang [g], Tommy Dorsey [b],
Stan Getz [ts], Erroll Garner [p], McCoy Tyner [p],
Art Blakey [d], Lee Morgan [tp], Benny Golson [ts], Keith Jarrett [p], Kenny Clarke [d], Roy
Eldridge [tp], Philly Joe Jones [d], Cal Massey [tp]
Kenny Barron [p], Paul Chambers [b], Art Davis [b], Reggie Workman [b], Jimmy Smith [k],
Ahmad Jamal (Frederick Russell Jones)[p]
Tommy Dorsey [tb],Rashied Ali (Robert Patterson)[d], Paul Motian [d], Bobby Timmons [p],
Michael Brecker [ts], Mick Goodrick [g],
Stanley Turrentine [ts], Alphonso Johnson [b], Stanley Clarke [b], Christian McBride [b],
George Benson [g], Paul Winter [s]

Rhode Island
South Carolina : (John Birks) Dizzy Gillespie [tp], Freddie Green [g]
South Dakota
Tennessee : Charles Lloyd [ts], George Coleman [ts], Phineas Newborn Jr.[p], Dee Dee Bridgewater
(Denise Eileen Garrett)[v], Harold Mabern [p]
Texas : Herschel Evans [s], Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden [tb], Charlie Christian [g], Red Garland [p],
Kenny Dorham [tp], Cedar Walton [p],
Ornette Coleman [ts], Jimmy Giuffre [ts,bs,ss], Larry Coryell [g], Hubert Laws [fl], Joe Sample
[p,k], Roy Hargrove [tp]
Utah
Vermont
Virginia : Ella Fitzgerald [v], Dave Bailey [d], Don Pullen [p,o]
Washington : Ralph Towner [g]
West Virginia
Wisconsin : Woody Herman [cl,s]
Wyoming
 Washington District of Columbia : Duke Ellington [p], Jimmy Cobb [d], Charlie Rouse [ts], Ira Sullivan
[tp]