Performers

Performers can specialize in any musical style, and some performers play in a variety of different styles. Examples of a performer's possible skills include performing, conducting, singing, composing, arranging, and the orchestration of music. The performers found on the Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) website are either in the public domain, or have signed an agreement allowing us to stream their music through our website. There are well over 100,000 recordings of various types, all of which can be searched for. Not all performers or songs are made available due to copyright restrictions in these instances only a listing for the recording will appear or a snippet can be heard. If no recordings appear below it is because this performer's music has not yet been digitized. If you would like to request this artist be digitized, please click here.


Total: 25

And That's Jazz; Hot Notes album cover
And That's Jazz; Hot Notes
Bessie Smith, the World's Greatest Blues Singer album cover
Bessie Smith, the World's Greatest Blues Singer
Clarence Williams Country Goes to Town (1929-1941) album cover
Clarence Williams Country Goes to Town (1929-1941)
Clarence Williams Rarities album cover
Clarence Williams Rarities
Clarence Williams/ The Music Man (1927-1934) album cover
Clarence Williams/ The Music Man (1927-1934)
Giants of Jazz - James P. Johnson album cover
Giants of Jazz - James P. Johnson
History of Jazz Piano album cover
History of Jazz Piano
James P. Johnson - Watch me Go! album cover
James P. Johnson - Watch me Go!
James P. Johnson 1928-1931 album cover
James P. Johnson 1928-1931
Jazz Classics album cover
Jazz Classics
Jazz Heritage Clarence Williams  album cover
Jazz Heritage Clarence Williams
Jazz Masters of the Keyboard Rare Piano Rolls 1922-1927 album cover
Jazz Masters of the Keyboard Rare Piano Rolls 1922...
Lonnie Johnson Steppin' on the Blues album cover
Lonnie Johnson Steppin' on the Blues
Lonnie Johnson The Original Guitar Wizard album cover
Lonnie Johnson The Original Guitar Wizard
Michigan Water Blues; Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) album cover
Michigan Water Blues; Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He...
Parlor Piano-1915-1927 Blues and Stomps from Rare Piano Rolls album cover
Parlor Piano-1915-1927 Blues and Stomps from Rare ...
Piano Roll Hall of Fame album cover
Piano Roll Hall of Fame
Pioniere des Jazz album cover
Pioniere des Jazz
Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops album cover
Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
Sally Long Blues; You Don't Know My Mind Blues album cover
Sally Long Blues; You Don't Know My Mind Blues
Sugar Blues; Achin' Hearted Blues album cover
Sugar Blues; Achin' Hearted Blues
The Great Soloists 1925-1932 album cover
The Great Soloists 1925-1932
The Piano Album album cover
The Piano Album
Them Dirty Blues album cover
Them Dirty Blues
Uncle Sam Blues; New Orleans Hop Scop Blues album cover
Uncle Sam Blues; New Orleans Hop Scop Blues