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| Alphabetical | By Popularity | |  3 Bean Salad
 - Includes list of gigs.- A Touch of Jazz
- Guitar and bass duo offers swinging, enjoyable music for parties and other events.
- Absolute Zero
- Includes news, tour dates, and photos.
- Abstract Truth
- Modern soul-jazz group.
- Acoustic Jazz Quartet
- Los Angeles-based group featuring original compositions and classic jazz standards.
- All-Star Super Band, The
- 16-piece jazz band playing original music as well as covers influenced by Count Basie, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Thad Jones, and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
- Anomalous Quintet
- Features syncopated horns with funky guitar licks.
- Antibalas
- 14-piece Afrobeat band with a monstrous sound and strong political statement. Playing in the spirit of Fela.
- Art Ensemble of Chicago (4)
- Astral Project
- Asylum Street Spankers
- Ten member band from Austin, Texas playing a unique blend of swing, jazz, and country.
- Backsters, The
- A jumpin' jazz blues band.
- Bad Plus, The
- Features bios and gig information for the group that has been called the loudest piano trio ever.
- Beau Hunks (3)
- BED
- Official site for BED, the jazz quartet consisting of Becky Gilgore, Eddie Erickson, Dan Barrett, and Joel Forbes. Includes news and information on recordings and dates.
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (3)
- Learn about Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, the jazz quartet comprising of Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Future Man, and Jeff Coffin. Sites provide news, tour dates, discography, jukebox and videos, and pictures.
- Bet.e & Stef
- Features biography, discography, and performance information.
- Big Lazy
- Instrumental trio.
- Black Eagles, The
- Jazz band.
- Blake & Blue
- Chi-Town Jazz.
- Blue Planet Orchestra
- U.K. jazz group that uses South African, Latin, Caribbean, and European influences.
- Brian Blade Fellowship@
- Burt MacDonald Quartet, The
- Scottish jazz musicians.
- Cafe Royal Allstars
- Gypsy jazz quintet from Hamburg, Germany, that combines the music of European Gypsies with American swing of the '20s and '30s.
- Cambridge Jazz Co.
- Supplies jazz groups, ranging from a duo to an eight-piece band, for weddings, parties, corporate events, and more.
- Carter, Benny@
- Charged Particles
- Aggressive electric jazz.
- Charlie Watts Quintet
- Provides tour dates, biography, album info, and news.
- Chris Abelin Quintet
- Offers information and reviews.
- Coastal Steamer
- Playing mainstream jazz for the coastal communities of the Pacific Northwest.
- Crooners, The
- Official site for The Crooners, a jazz band from Brooklyn, New York. Provides band profile, concert dates, music clips, pictures, and message board.
- Dalton Gang, The
- Ten-piece band led by guitarist, arranger, and composer Willy Dalton, mixing jazz with a blend of funk and Latin music.
- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Biography, discography, tour dates and news.
- Double Forte
- Funk flecked fusion jazz.
- Dr. Abacus
- An instrumental jazz quintet that owes as much to Looney Tunes as it does to Henry Mancini. Features four of the members of lounge ensemble Rosin Coven.
- E-Type Jazz
- Specialises in new arrangements of classic, swinging jazz tunes, mostly from the 1930s and 40s.
- Echo Beach
- A tropical jazz percussion ensemble, blending salsa, intense drumming, and pop tunes.
- Esbjörn Svensson Trio
- Official site of the Swedish trio. Includes discoraphy, music clips, and pictures.
- Ex Caminos
- A wandering group of existentialist hedonists who also play post-bop soul jazz.
- Fearless Dreamer
- Features trumpet/flugelhorn player Pamela Fleming.
- Fine Wine Trio
- Official site features photos, reviews, tour dates, and more.
- Fourplay
- Official web site for the piano quartet.
- Galapagos Duck
- Features music, history, members, contact information, recordings, and more.
- Geoff Lapp Trio
- Features discography, biography, news, and contact information of the Montreal based band. Also includes music downloads.
- Gingko Trio, The
- Parisian jazz-pop trio.
- Groove Collective
- Official web site of these acid jazz pioneers. Includes band information, the latest news, tour dates, and more.
- Heavy Tuba
- Jazz ensemble whose influences derive from the Austrian classical and jazz scenes. Features tuba soloist Jon Sass and vocalist Dorretta Carter.
- Howard Fishman Quartet
- Brooklyn, NY-based jazz ensemble.
- Iguazu
- Includes photo gallery, bios, sound clips, and merchandise.
- Isotope 217
- Eclectic avant funk ensemble from Chicago.
- jacksoul (2)
- James Taylor Quartet (1)
- Jazz Connection
- Jumping jazz and soul band performing around the world.
- Jazz Mandolin Project, The
- Official site of the acoustic trio. Includes band history, photos, news, and show dates.
- jazzed5.com
- Features the music of Las Vegas trombonist Kevin Stout, and Brian Booth, a Salt Lake City saxophonist.
- Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio
- Vocal, guitar, and bass trio delivering classical and modern jazz along with folk tunes and original pop.
- Jigsaw Jazz Quartet
- Plays jazz standards and bossanovas at any event.
- Jim Newsom and the PorchRockers
- Southeastern Virginia-based band. Blends jazz with blues, funk, and beyond.
- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (2)
- Kit McClure Big Band
- Provides discography, song clips, gig dates, and more.
- Koop
- Plays a unique brand of jazz sparingly laced with electronics.
- Larry Brown Quartet
- Playing a mixture of jazz standards and originals.
- Liquid Soul (3)
- Lorraine Rousseau and Robert Carlton
- Features audio samples, bio, reviews, and more.
- Lotz Of Music
- A mix of jazz, rock, latin, and funk, led by flutist Mark Alban Lotz.
- Marcus Chaney Band
- Four-piece, jazz funk and fusion band performing in the Southwest U.K.
- Matt Roberts Quintet
- Up and coming five-piece jazz group, based in Derby, U.K.
- Medeski Martin & Wood (4)
- Find out about Medeski Martin & Wood, the jazz trio consisting of John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood. Sites provide news, tour dates, pictures and videos, music downloads, and album information.
- Metalwood
- Canadian ensemble playing funky, high-energy grooves and improvisation.
- Mezzoforte (1)
- Miracle Orchestra
- Azz/funk/groove/jam band from Boston. Site includes performance schedule, booking information, and merchandise.
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Cool and loungy jazz band from Sydney.
- Modern Guitar Quintet
- Three guitars, bass, and drums, playing original tunes.
- Modern Jazz Quartet (5)
- Modjango
- Guitar duo blending the sounds of Django Reinhardt with modern technique and technology.
 Mood Jazz
- Official site of jazz musicians Günther Fischer and Tom O'Hare.- Mora's Modern Rhythmists
- Ensemble devoted to playing classic jazz and swing tunes of the 1920s and early 1930s, using period arrangements and transcriptions from the original recordings.
- Nat Franklin Quartet
- Available to play latin jazz at functions and parties.
- New Cool Collective
- Jazz and soul-inspired improvisations.
- New Legends
- Information on Skerik and the New Legends jazz-funk project put together by Dan Prothero and Fog City Productions.
- New Melbourne Jazz Band
- Traditional, dixieland, New Orleans, and classic jazz from Australia. Audio clips and tour information available online.
- New Orleans Nightcrawlers
- Playing contemporary brass jazz.
- Newcastle University Jazz Orchestra (NUJO)
- Full 20 piece big band playing funk, jazz, and swing.
- Newman, Lynne
- Original, contemporary three piece Sydney based band. Site includes music files, photos, and reviews.
- Nick Rossi Set, The
- Funky Hammond organ combo offers information on gigs, photos, member bios, and links.
- Nigel Thomas Quintet
- Includes extracts from the band's first CD.
- Noel Freidline Quartet
- Acoustical jazz based group.
- Non Sequitur
- Using classical contemporary music as a starting point, the sextet incorporates improvisation, popular music, jazz, non-western music, multimedia, and performance art into their concerts.
- O.T.T. Chicago Swing
- Jazz/swing band from Perth, Western Australia.
- Omar's Basement
- Acid folk group.
- One By 6
- Featuring vocalist Amy Ellen Stebbins and guitarist John Adam Kizzie.
- OneUpOneDown
- Jazz duo playing original compositions on saxophone and piano. Provides band and individual bios, musical samples, and more.
- Oregon Jazz Band
- America's oldest continually-playing Dixie band.
- Our House Jazz
- Cool straight ahead jazz standards, originals, blues, bossas and ballads.
- Pan Trio
- Flutist, guitarist, and bassist playing intricately arranged standards and originals.
- Paolo e Giuly
- Virtuosic jazz guitar and vocal duo. In English and Italian.
- Pearl Django
- Acoustic jazz group playing gypsy jazz and swing.
- Perpetual Motion
- Eclectic mix of classical, jazz, and folk music.
- Peters Drury Trio, The
- Canadian jazz band.
- Phil Miller/In Cahoots
- Jazz ensemble established in the 1980s as a vehicle for Miller's compositions.
- Piano Meets Vibes
- Features pianist Jens Schliecker and vibraphonist and marimba player Nils Rohwer.
- Pin Pin Sugar
- Jazzcore trio from Italy.
- Pink Martini (2)
- Plunge
- An alternative, groove driven, jazz quartet featuring trombone and alphorn, tuba, double bass, drums and percussion.
- Project Natale
- Maryland-based jazz quartet.
- Queen City Jazz Band
- Dixieland group.
- Renfield
- Freaky jazzcore band.
- Resolution Jazz Group
- Straight ahead jazz and bebop.
- Reuel Lubag Jazz Trio
- Committed to excellence in the jazz tradition of Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, and Wynton Kelly.
- Richard Walton Group
- Baltimore-based adult contemporary jazz group. Also home of Notlaw Music.
- Rippingtons
- Official site features band bios, discography, tour dates, and more.
- Robert Hicks Band
- A sophisticated and exciting ensemble specialising in the popular and timeless jazz forms of the late forties and fifties.
- Rockin' Teenage Combo
- Fuses jazz, rock, funk, and improv.
- Rodger Danes Trio, The
- Atlanta-based jazz ensemble of trumpet, bass, guitar, and vocals.
- Ron Jones Quartet
- Info releases and performances.
- Ron Kobayashi Trio
- Southern California-based jazz ensemble. Also home of Carpet Cat Records.
- Roofgarden
- Perform in a variety of styles and instrumental line ups at functions in the U.K.
- Rosenberg Trio, The
- Gyspy swing band from the Netherlands.
- Rossbach, Thomas & Fabian
- Jazz trio that features original hip-hop jazz, Latin, and funk compositions, as well as avant-garde interpretations of jazz standards.
- Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
- Swing and dance band led by Don McNeely.
- Rumba Club (1)
- San Francisco Feetwarmers
- Playing New Orleans, Dixieland, and traditional jazz.
- Sex Mob (1)
- Shadowfax (1)
- Shaston Jazz & Swing
- Dorset jazz and swing band provides cocktail jazz to help people chat, plus romantic ballroom and lively dance music for wedding receptions, dinner jazz, dances and corporate events. Plays across Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, and NW Hampshire.
- Sheena Davis Group
- Consists of vocalist with instrumentalists, performing around the U.K.
- Slip, The
- Jazz/funk trio combining complex rhythms and intricate harmonies to create intense jams and spontaneous compositions. Includes sounds, news, bio, and links.
- Smoke 'N Function
- Moniker for multi-talented musician/producer Cliff Sarde who makes a fluid and moving music which fuses contemporary jazz, world beat, and electronica.
- Solar Wind
- Southern California jazz/fusion band, featuring bassist Sean Mason.
- Something Blue
- Saxophonist and flautist offering live jazz and classical music. Specialises in wedding music, providing something serious for the ceremony and some jazz for afterwards.
- Soul/Jazz Quintet
- Dedicated to promoting the sound of the Hammond B-3.
- Soulive (2)
- Spice 'Bones
- Shooting the groove with four trombones and an electric rhythm section.
- Spyro Gyra (1)
- Stekpanna
- Anglo-Scandinavian jazz trio.
- Stella by Barlight
- Plays standards and swing tunes from the '30s and '40s as well as lots of Latin, specifically '50s Italian songs. Featuring Stella D'Oro.
- Studebakers, The
- Three part harmony female vocal trio singing songs from the '20s, '30s, and '40s.
- Style is Back in Style
- Playing and singing traditional jazz.
- Susie Hansen Latin Jazz Band
- Hot Afro-Cuban Latin jazz and salsa featuring jazz violinist Susie Hansen and some of LA's finest Latin jazz musicians.
- Swing City Big Band (SCBB)
- Aims to provide good young brass and saxophone players with a chance to play big band music.
- Tailor Made Jazz Men, The
- Jazz band playing a mix of Dixieland, Mainstream and Small Big Band Jazz, available for functions in the South of England.
- Terra Mars (1)
- Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra
- Ensemble exploring the compositional and improvisational possibilities of a large group format.
- Todd Butler Group, The
- Baltimore-based jazz quintet.
- tok tok tok
- Features vocalist Tokunbo Akinro and tenor saxophonist Morten Klein.
- Tony Dagradi Trio
- Provides reviews of the recordings.
- Trainset, The
- Available for gigs and functions in the U.K.
- Triosonic
- Dutch jazz trio playing contemporary improvised music.
- Triple J Jazz Trio
- Minneapolis area jazz trio, providing musical entertainment for weddings, parties, and events.
- Tuck & Patti
- Official site includes a schedule of performances.
- Ulu
- Official site of the NYC based instrumental, jazz, funk, and groove band. Offers self titled debut CD on Neva Recordings.
- Unified Jazz Ensemble (1)
- Union Square Group
- Paris-based jazz combination.
- Upsurge
- High-octane jazzpoetry.
- Urban Blue
- Provides jazz, soul, and pop, with or without vocals, for weddings and functions.
- Val Kelly's Jazz Quartet
- Female vocalist and her group.
- Vassar Clements & The Little Big Band@
- Vikrama
- Jazz group which explores Scandinavian and latin influences in the American context.
- Vorcza Trio
- Trio based in Vermont offering funk and Latin jazz grooves.
- Washington Guitar Quintet (1)
- Weather Report (5)
- Westbrook, Mike and Kate (1)
- Will Sellenraad Trio
- Features sound clips, peformance information, and background on guitarist and composer Willem Sellenraad.
- Wooden Nickel Jass Band
- Official home of this increasingly moderately internationally famous band.
- Yavaz
- Latin jazz band.
- yaya3
- Featuring Joshua Redman on saxophones, Brian Blade on drums, and Sam Yahel on Hammond B-3 organ.
- Yellowjackets
- Official site featuring discography, biographies, news, itinerary, and merchandise catalogue.
- Yo Miles
- Includes links to reviews of their shows.
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