COLLABORATORS

Niels Lan Doky is an eternal collaborator. Not that it’s not a part of Jazz. But to be fair, this list is a who’s who of the real players in the genre.

TRUMPET: 

Woody Shaw, Thad Jones, Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Jon Faddis, Eddie Henderson, Palle Mikkelborg, Till Brönner, Nils-Petter Molvær, Anders Bergcrantz, Terrence Blanchard, Brian Lynch, Claudio Roditi, Flavio Boltro, Maurice André, Phil Grenadier, Phil Harper, Jens Winther, Eric Lelann, Gerard Presencer, Jack Walrath, Ted Curson, Bill Mobley, Wallace Roney, Benny Bailey, Luca Aquino, Peter Asplund, Björn Ingelstam 

TENOR SAX: 

Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Bob Berg, David Liebman, Jerry Bergonzi, Bill Evans, Steve Grossman, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Larry Schneider, Bob Mintzer, Johnny Griffin, Charlie Rouse, Jimmy Heath, Bob Malach, Ernie Wilkins, Frank Wes, Bent Jædig, Bill Pierce, Gary Thomas, Rick Margitza, Scott Robinson, Tore Brunborg, Tommy Smith, Gabor Bolla, Ada Rovatti, Tim Ries, David Murray, Junior Cook, Lew Tabackin, Per Goldschmidt, Magnus Lindgren

ALTO SAX:

David Sanborn, Phil Woods, Kenny Garrett, Gary Bartz, Donald Harrison, Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Jesse Davis, George Robert, Frank Morgan, Chris Woods, Sonny Fortune, Fredrik Kronkvist, Marta Wajdzik

TROMBONE: 

Slide Hampton, Albert Mangelsdorf, Al Grey, Steve Turre, Denis Leloup, Clifford Adams, Phil Wilson

ACOUSTIC BASS: 

Ray Brown, Buster Williams, Gary Peacock, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP), Steve Rodby, Chris Minh Doky, Ron McClure, Eddie Gomez, Charlie Haden, Palle Danielsson, Francois Moutin, Lars Danielsson, Larry Grenadier, Dave Young, Jean François Jenny Clark, Ray Drummond, Ira Coleman, Arild Andersen, Mads Vinding, Jesper Lundgård, Dieter Ilg, Anders Jormin, Robert Hurst, Delbert Felix, Bo Stief, Pierre Boussaguet, Sante Debriano, Jonathan Bremer, Tobias Dall, Felix Moseholm, Erik Moseholm, Jens Melgård, Guffi Pallesen, Konrad Hove, Lennart Ginman, Romulo Duarte, Morten Ramsbøl, Rufus Reid, Curtis Lundy, Lonnie Plaxico, Scott Colley, Terje Venaas, Ugonna Okegwo, Graig Earle, Martin Sjöstedt

ELECTRIC BASS:

Marcus Miller, Darryl Jones, Richard Bona, Felix Pastorius, Mark Egan, Jimmy Haslip, Alphonso Johnson, Linley Marthe, Tom Kennedy, Lars “DK” Danielsson

GUITAR:

John Scofield, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, John Abercrombie, Chuck Loeb, Russel Malone, Ulf Wakenius, Louis Winsberg, Jean Marie Ecay, Pelle Von Bülow, Claudio Suriano 

DRUMS: 

Harvey Mason, Jack DeJohnette, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Terri Lyne Carrington, Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Dave Weckl, Al Foster, Billy Hart, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Ed Thigpen, Alan Dawson, Peter Erskine, Manu Katché, Alex Riel, Daniel Humair, Adam Nussbaum, Alvin Queen, Jeff Hamilton, Paul Wertico, Victor Lewis, Norman Fearrington, Klaus Suonsaari, Jeff Boudreaux, Victor Jones, David “Fingers” Haynes, Billy Kilson, Louis Moutin, Anders Mogensen, Niclas Bardeleben, Nikolaj Dall, Karl Jannuska, Jukkis Uotila, Bill Stewart, Mike Clark, Terry Clarke, Mike Carvin, John Ramsay, André Ceccarelli, Jørn Elniff, Stephane Huchard, Buddy Williams, Ronnie Burrage, Nicolas Viccaro, Greg Hutchinson, Per Lindvall, Jonas Johansen

PERCUSSION: 

Airto Moreira, Marilyn Mazur, Mino Cinelu, Xavier Desandre-Navarre, Darryl Munyungo Jackson, Trilok Gurtu

VOCALISTS: 

Gino Vannelli, Al Jarreau, Debbie Sledge, Camille Sledge, Brian McKnight, Joss Stone, Monica Zetterlund, Diane Reeves, Curtis Stigers, Lisa Nilsson, Roberta Gambarini, Flora Purim, Bernard Fowler, Jamie Cullum, Youn Sun Nah, Thanh Lam, Sanne Salomonsen, Lis Sørensen, Kim Larsen, Stig Rossen, Peabo Bryson, Deborah Brown, Amanda Thomsen, Leandra McNair, Desmond Scaife Jr., Dakota Staton, Edda Magnason, Cæcilie Norby, Malene Mortensen, Viktoria Tolstoy, Daniel Rolim, Jordan Jackson, Chris Mayne, Frederikke Vedel, Nana Nørgaard, Christina Undhjem, Alberte Winding, Søs Fenger, Monique Spartalis, Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln, Björn Ingelstam

OTHER KEYBOARDISTS / PIANISTS:

Oscar Peterson, George Duke, Don Grolnick, Michel Petrucciani, Kenny Barron, Russel Ferrante, Emil Spanyi, Joey Alexander, Martial Solal, Thomas Clausen, Calle Brickman

MISC. INSTRUMENTS: 

Toots Thielemans (harmonica), Gregoire Maret (harmonica), Mathias Heise (harmonica), Didier Lockwood (violin), Svend Asmussen (violin), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Severi Pyysalo (vibraphone), Hubert Laws (flute), Frank Wes (flute), Howard Johnson (tuba), Lalo Schifrin (composer/arranger/pianist), Michael Gibbs (composer), Daniel Nielsen (composer), Tomas Nilsson (arranger), Emil Spanyi (arranger/orchestrator)

ORCHESTRAS:  

Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra/Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, The Metropole Orchestra

PRODUCERS: 

Phil Ramone, Creed Taylor, Elizabeth Healy, Lalo Schifrin, Nikolaj Foss, Richard Marx, Ross Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Gino Vannelli, Jamey Aebersold, Makoto Kimata, Billy Cross, Jens Thomsen, Marcus Miller, Bjarne Rostvold, Dave Stewart, Kasper Winding

ENGINEERS:

James Farber, Malcolm Pollack, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Bernie Grundman, Hans Nielsen, Jay Newland, Robert Read, Rudy Van Gelder, Kimio Oikawa, David Oakes, Franz Erl, Frank Goldberg, Jørgen Vad