Stéphane Grappelli was a French pioneer jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt. It was one of the first (and arguably the most famous) of all-string jazz bands.

Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in other jazz mediums, such a Progressive jazz, post bop and hard bop. Woods was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and studied music with Lennie Tristano, who influenced him greatly, at the Manhattan School of Music and at The Juilliard School.

Gary Burton (b. Anderson, IN, January 23 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist and composer who peculiarly credits jazz pianist Bill Evans as a main inspiration for his approach toward the vibraphone. At age 6, Burton taught himself piano and formally studied piano and composition when in high school. He came out as gay in his 40s, which he has said had no adverse consequences for his career.

John Paul 'Bucky' Pizzarelli (born) is an American classical jazz guitarist and banjoist, perhaps most notable for his work with jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli, his son. John has also worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1951) and also ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians Bucky has collaborated with over his career is considerable, including Les Paul, Stephane Grappelli, and Benny Goodman.

Louis Vola, born 6 July 1902 in La-Seyne-sur-Mer, France, was a double-bassist famous for his work with the Quintette du Hot Club de France. As well as the Hot Club de France, Vola (the second syllable is stressed) played bass for Ray Ventura, Duke Ellington and singer Charles Trenet. He was also an accomplished accordionist. In 1934 he was a founding member of the Quintette du Hot Club de France.

Oscar Marcelo Alemán was an Argentine jazz guitarist. Oscar Marcelo Alemán, singer, dancer, entertainer, and guitarist extraordinaire, was born in Northern Argentina on February 20, 1909. At the age of six, he was dancing and singing with his family's folk ensemble, the Moreria Sextet. By the age of ten, after his mother had died and father had committed suicide, he found himself an orphan working sporadically as a dancer and musician on the streets of Santos.

Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 - November 14, 2004), was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. He was born in France, and began his musical education at the age of six. By age fourteen, he had discovered jazz and improvisation and was performing with small combos and big bands. At twenty-two, he was hired as Musical Director of Barclay Records, …

Eberhard Weber (born January 22nd, 1940 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a double bassist and composer. As a bass player, Weber is known for his highly distinctive tone and phrasing. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambient music, and are regarded as characteristic examples of the ECM Records sound.

Matt Glaser is an American jazz and bluegrass violinist. He has served as the chair of the string department at the Berklee College of Music for more than twenty years. He holds an M.M. degree from Tufts University. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with Stephane Grappelli and Yo-Yo Ma, and at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival with Gunther Schuller. He has also performed with Bob Dylan, Ralph Stanley, Lee Konitz, David Grisman, Mark O'Connor, Andy Statman, Jamey Haddad, …

Charles Delaunay (born January 18, 1911, in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France; died February 16, 1988, Paris was a French author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot club de France. The son of painters Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay, Charles Delaunay was one of the founders of the Hot Club de France. Together with Hugues Panassié he initiated the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

Julian Lloyd Webber is a British cellist. He is the son of the composer William Lloyd Webber (some of whose pieces for cello he has recorded) and the younger brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The two brothers collaborated on the classical/rock recording Variations — based on Paganini's A minor Caprice for solo violin.

Bassist Todd Phillips has worked with a wide variety of acoustic musicians, including David Grisman, Stephane Grappelli, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien and Paul McCandless. He has played in numerous bands, and together with Tony Rice, Bobby Hicks, Doyle Lawson and J.D. Crowe launched the popular Bluegrass Album Band.

Alan Clare (Born Alan Jaycock) (31 May 1921 - 29 November 1993) A self-taught pianist, he became a professional musician at the age of 15 and during the next few years became a familiar figure on the London jazz scene. He played with Carlo Krahmer, Sid Phillips and others in the early '40s before military service intervened. Wounded soon after D-Day, he returned to civilian life, …

Len Skeat is an English jazz double-bassist born in East London, perhaps best-known for his work with the Ted Heath band. Skeat has recorded with some prominent jazz artists, such as Mel Tormé, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Scott Hamilton, Helen Merrill, Lou Rawls, Harry Edison, Spike Robinson, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stephane Grappelli and Randy Sandke.

He died while undergoing hernia surgery. He could play piano in a style indebted to that of Bix Beiderbecke. Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995. Jazz violinist.

Bryan Bowers (born August 18, 1940) is an American autoharp player. He was raised near Petersburg, Virginia. As a child, he would tag along with the field workers and gandy dancers and learned to sing old call-and-answer songs. In the late 1960s, Bryan took up the guitar, but it wasn't long before he encountered the autoharp. "I ran into a guy that played several instruments and could get the harp in good tune. It opened my eyes and my ears.

Brian Q. Torff (born March 16, 1954 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a renowned bassist and composer. He is currently the Music Program Director at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut where he makes frequent appearances at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts leading the Fairfield University Jazz Ensemble along with special guest jazz artists including Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, Bernard Purdie, Milt Hinton, Dave Samuels and Paul Wertico.

Valentin Gregor (born May 1963, Bonn, Germany) is a jazz violinist, singer and composer. Gregor is the son of the German folk music researcher Josef Gregor. He began playing the violin at the age of seven. Following his studies at the college of music in Cologne (1988-1992), he received a scholarship from Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA (1995-1997). During his stay at Berklee, he worked with accomplished musicians like Stephane Grappelli, Herb Geller, Ed Harris, …

Roni Benise is a self taught and self described "Nouveau Spanish Flamenco Guitarist". Lately his "Nights of Fire" production has aired on many PBS-affiliated stations, and he performed a related tour throughout 2006. His music has been called "passionate and moving." He gained popularity as a busker (street entertainer) in Southern California and then started putting on sold-out concerts at small stadiums in the area.

Máiréad Nesbitt is a Classical and Celtic music performer, most notably as a fiddler and violinist. She is currently the fiddler for the group Celtic Woman.