JAZZ artists/bands starting with letter R

RA, SUN Progressive Big Band / Avant-Garde Jazz / Jazz Soundtracks / Big Band • United States
RÁBADE, ABE Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / World Fusion / Jazz Soundtracks • Spain
RABINOWITZ , MICHAEL Hard Bop • United States
RAD. Funk • United States
RADIATA 5TET Jazz Related Improvisation • Italy
RADIATION 10 Nu Jazz • France
RADIO.STRING.QUARTET.VIENNA Third Stream • Austria
RĂDUCANU , JOHNNY Third Stream / Vocal Jazz / Hard Bop • Romania
RĂDUCANU, MARIA Vocal Jazz • Romania
RAGAB, SALAH AND THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND World Fusion • Egypt
RAGABOP TRIO World Fusion • United States
RAHN, DARREN Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
RAINEY, CHUCK Funk Jazz • United States
RAINEY, MA Jazz Related Blues • United States
RAITZYK , MICHAEL Hard Bop / Soul Jazz • United States
RAMEY, MONICA Vocal Jazz • (not set)
RAMIREZ, LOUIE Afro-Cuban Jazz / Jazz Related RnB • United States
RAMOS, TITO Latin Rock/Soul • United States
RAMZY, HOSSAM World Fusion • Egypt
RANELIN, PHIL Avant-Garde Jazz / Post Bop / Classic Fusion • United States
RANEY, JIMMY Cool Jazz / Hard Bop • United States
RANGLIN, ERNEST World Fusion • Jamaica
RANJHUS Jazz Related Rock • Argentina
RANTALA, IIRO Post-Fusion Contemporary / Third Stream • Finland
RAPA NUI Jazz Related Improvisation • Peru
RAPHAEL, PHIL Exotica • United States
RAPP. MARK Post Bop • United States
RARA AVIS Avant-Garde Jazz • Multi-National
RASHANIM Jazz Related Rock / World Fusion • United States
RASO, JASON Funk Jazz / Pop Jazz/Crossover / Soul Jazz / Jazz Related RnB / Funk • Canada
RAVA, ENRICO Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Avant-Garde Jazz / World Fusion / Third Stream / Hard Bop • Italy
RAVE, ADA Avant-Garde Jazz • Argentina
RAW STYLUS Acid Jazz • United Kingdom
RAWLS, LOU Vocal Jazz / Soul Jazz / Jazz Related Blues • United States
RAY, MICHAEL & THE COSMIC KREWE Funk Jazz • United States
RAY, RICARDO Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
RAY, MATT Post Bop • United States
REA, DANILO Post-Fusion Contemporary / Third Stream • Italy
REA, DENNIS World Fusion • United States
REAL THING, THE Hard Bop • Norway
REBIRTH, THE Acid Jazz • United States
RED Jazz Related Rock • United Kingdom
RED SNAPPER Acid Jazz •
RED TRIO Avant-Garde Jazz • Portugal
RED, SONNY Hard Bop • United States
REDD, FREDDIE Hard Bop • United States
REDD, CHUCK Bop / Cool Jazz • United States
REDMAN, DEWEY Post Bop / Nu Jazz • United States
REDMAN, DON Classic (1920s) Jazz • United States
REDMAN, JOSHUA Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Classic Fusion • United States
REECE , DIZZY Hard Bop / World Fusion • Jamaica
REED , MIKE Avant-Garde Jazz • Germany
REED, ERIC Post Bop • United States
REESE, DELLA Vocal Jazz / Jazz Related Blues • United States
REEVES, DIANNE Vocal Jazz / Jazz Soundtracks • United States
REFUGEE TRIO Third Stream • United States
REGINA, ELIS Bossa Nova • Brazil
REICHEL, HANS Jazz Related Improvisation • Germany
REID, STEVE (PERCUSSION) Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
REID, VERNON (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United Kingdom
REID, BENNY Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
REID, IRENE Vocal Jazz • United States
REID, RUFUS Post Bop • United States
REID, STEVE (DRUMS) Avant-Garde Jazz / Classic Fusion / World Fusion • United States
REIJSEGER, ERNST Post-Fusion Contemporary / Jazz Soundtracks / World Fusion / Third Stream / Avant-Garde Jazz • Netherlands
REINHARDT, DAVID Hard Bop / Swing • France
REINHARDT, DJANGO Swing • Belgium
REK, VITOLD World Fusion • Poland
RELEASE MUSIC ORCHESTRA Classic Fusion / Jazz Related Rock • Germany
REMEZ, NADAV Post-Fusion Contemporary • Israel
REMLER, EMILY Hard Bop • United States
RENDELL, DON Post Bop / Hard Bop • United Kingdom
REPAC, NICOLAS DJ/Electronica Jazz / Pop Jazz/Crossover • France
RESA Post-Fusion Contemporary / Funk Jazz • Sweden
RESENDE , JULIO Post Bop • Portugal
RETURN TO FOREVER Classic Fusion • United States
REVIS, ERIC Avant-Garde Jazz / (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United States
REYES JR, WALFREDO DE LOS Afro-Cuban Jazz • Cuba
REYS, RITA Vocal Jazz • Netherlands
RGG Post-Fusion Contemporary • Poland
RHYNE, MELVIN Hard Bop / Soul Jazz • United States
RIBOT, MARC Jazz Related Improvisation / Jazz Soundtracks / Afro-Cuban Jazz / Third Stream / Jazz Related Rock • United States
RICH, BUDDY Big Band / Bop • United States
RICHARDS , JOHNNY Progressive Big Band • Mexico
RICHARDS, ANN Vocal Jazz • United States
RICHARDSON, JEROME Cool Jazz • United States
RICHMAN, JEFF Classic Fusion / Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
RICHMOND, KIM Hard Bop / Post Bop / Progressive Big Band • United States
RICHMOND, DANNIE Post Bop • United States
RIEL, ALEX Hard Bop / Post Bop • Denmark
RIFKIN, JOSHUA Ragtime • United States
RIGA GROOVE ELECTRO Classic Fusion • Latvia
RILEY, STEPHEN Hard Bop • United States
RILEY, TERRY Third Stream / Jazz Soundtracks / Jazz Related Rock • United States
RILEY, BEN Bop • United States
RILEY, HOWARD Avant-Garde Jazz • United Kingdom
RINGWALD, MOLLY Vocal Jazz • United States
RIPOCHE, MICHEL Classic Fusion • France
RIPPINGTONS, THE Post-Fusion Contemporary / Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
RISSANEN, AKI Post-Fusion Contemporary • Finland
RISSER, EVE Jazz Related Improvisation • France
RITENOUR, LEE Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
RITTENHOUSE, KENNY Hard Bop • United States
RIVER COW ORCHESTRA Nu Jazz • United States
RIVERA, ISMAEL Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
RIVERA, HECTOR Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
RIVERA, MON Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
RIVERO , PEPE Afro-Cuban Jazz • Cuba
RIVERS, MAVIS Vocal Jazz • Samoa
RIVERS, SAM Avant-Garde Jazz / Progressive Big Band • United States
ROACH, FREDDIE Soul Jazz • United States
ROACH, MAX Bop / Hard Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROBERT, GEORGE Hard Bop • Switzerland
ROBERTS, DAVID THOMAS Ragtime / Third Stream • United States
ROBERTS, HOWARD Cool Jazz • United States
ROBERTS, LUCKEY Stride Piano • United States
ROBERTS, MARCUS Post Bop / Hard Bop • United States
ROBERTS, MATANA Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROBERTS, OSIAN Hard Bop • United Kingdom
ROBERTSON, HERB Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROBILLARD, DUKE Jazz Related Blues • United States
ROBINSON , JASON Avant-Garde Jazz / (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United States
ROBINSON, PERRY Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROBINSON, REGINALD R. Ragtime • United States
ROBINSON, SCOTT Swing / Hard Bop • United States
ROBOTOBIBOK Nu Jazz • Poland
ROCHE, BETTY Vocal Jazz • United States
ROCHEMAN, MANUEL Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary • France
ROCHEREAU, TABU LEY World Fusion • Congo
ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY Funk Jazz • United States
ROCK WORKSHOP Jazz Related Rock / Jazz Related RnB • United Kingdom
RODITI, CLAUDIO Latin Jazz • Brazil
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Latin Jazz • Mexico
RODRIGUEZ (FLUTE), BOBBY Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
RODRIGUEZ, ALFREDO Afro-Cuban Jazz • Cuba
RODRÍGUEZ, ALFREDO (1986) Afro-Cuban Jazz • Cuba
RODRIGUEZ, ARSENIO Afro-Cuban Jazz • Cuba
RODRIGUEZ, TITO Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
RODRÍGUEZ, WILLIE (TRUMPET) Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
RODRIGUEZ, PETE "EL CONDE" (VOCALS) Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
RODRIGUEZ, PETE (PIANO) Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
RODRIGUEZ, RAY Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
RODRIGUEZ, WILLIE (PERCUSSION) Latin Jazz • United States
ROELOFS, JORIS Post Bop • France
ROENA, ROBERTO Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
ROGERS, ADAM Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
ROGERS, SHORTY Cool Jazz • United States
ROLAND, WALTER Boogie Woogie Piano •
ROLLER TRIO (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United Kingdom
ROLLINI, ADRIAN Classic (1920s) Jazz • United States
ROLLINS, SONNY Post Bop / Hard Bop / Classic Fusion / Jazz Soundtracks / Avant-Garde Jazz / Soul Jazz / Funk Jazz / Bossa Nova • United States
ROMANO, ALDO Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Progressive Big Band / Post-Fusion Contemporary / DJ/Electronica Jazz / (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • Italy
ROMAO, DOM UM Latin Jazz • Brazil
ROMERO , ALDEMARO Latin Jazz • Venezuela
RONEY, WALLACE Post Bop • United States
ROOMFUL OF BLUES Jump Blues • United States
ROOT SOURCE, THE Classic Fusion • United Kingdom
ROOTS, THE Funk • United States
ROSARIO, WILLIE Afro-Cuban Jazz • Puerto Rico
ROSARIO, CHEO Y SU ORQUESTRA Afro-Cuban Jazz • (not set)
ROSE, DAVID Classic Fusion • France
ROSENBERG TRIO, THE Swing • Netherlands
ROSENBERG, MARLENE Hard Bop / Post Bop • United States
ROSENBERG'S, JOE AFFINITY Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROSENBOOM, DANIEL (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United States
ROSENDAL, PETER Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Hard Bop / (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • Denmark
ROSENTHAL, TED Post Bop / Hard Bop / Third Stream / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
ROSENWINKEL, KURT Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
ROSNES, RENEE Post Bop / World Fusion / Hard Bop / Big Band • Canada
ROSOLINO, FRANK Bop • United States
ROSS, ANNIE Vocal Jazz • United Kingdom
ROSS, HOLLI Vocal Jazz • United States
ROTARY CONNECTION Jazz Related RnB • United States
ROTELLA, THOM Pop Jazz/Crossover / Jazz Related Blues • United States
ROTHENBERG, NED (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion / Avant-Garde Jazz / World Fusion / Third Stream / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
ROTONDI, JIM Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Classic Fusion • United States
ROUSE, CHARLIE Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Bossa Nova • United States
ROVA Jazz Related Improvisation / Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
ROWLAND, DENNIS Vocal Jazz • United States
ROY, BADAL World Fusion • India
ROYAL , MICHAEL Post Bop • United States
ROYAL CROWN REVUE Big Band • United States
RUBALCABA, GONZALO Post Bop / Latin Jazz • Cuba
RUBIN, VANESSA Vocal Jazz • United States
RUBIO, CLAUDIO Hard Bop • Chile
RUDD, ROSWELL Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
RUDDER (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • United States
RUDOLPH, ADAM World Fusion / Avant-Garde Jazz / Third Stream • United States
RUFFINS, KERMIT Original New Orleans Jazz • United States
RUIZ, HILTON Afro-Cuban Jazz / Jazz Soundtracks • United States
RULLER, JESSE VAN Post Bop • Netherlands
RUMSEY'S, HOWARD LIGHTHOUSE ALL-STARS Hard Bop • United States
RUSHEN, PATRICE Funk Jazz • United States
RUSHING, JIMMY Vocal Jazz / Jazz Related Blues • United States
RUSS, EDDIE Funk Jazz / Jazz Related RnB • United States
RUSSELL, CATHERINE Jazz Related Blues • United States
RUSSELL, GEORGE Progressive Big Band / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Pop Jazz/Crossover / Classic Fusion • United States
RUSSELL, RAY Classic Fusion / Pop Jazz/Crossover / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Third Stream / Post Bop / Jazz Soundtracks / Avant-Garde Jazz • United Kingdom
RUSSELL, LUIS Big Band • Panama
RUSSELL, PEE WEE Dixieland / Cool Jazz • United States
RUSSO, MARC Jazz Related RnB • United States
RUTHERFORD, PAUL Avant-Garde Jazz • United Kingdom
RYAN, JACKIE Vocal Jazz • United States
RYERSON, ALI Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Pop Jazz/Crossover • United States
RYPDAL, TERJE Classic Fusion / Third Stream / Jazz Related Rock / Post-Fusion Contemporary / (Post-70s) Eclectic Fusion • Norway
RZEPKA, JOSH Cool Jazz • United States