Ragtime Artists & the Gear They Use

Django Reinhardt

Guitarist · Quintette du Hot Club de France

Lonnie Johnson

Guitarist

Bob Brozman

Guitarist

Jack Rose

Guitarist · Pelt

Mississippi John Hurt

Guitarist, Singer

Buster B. Jones

Guitarist

Brian Holland

Composer, Music Producer · Holland–Dozier–Holland

Skip James

Guitarist

Roy Smeck

Guitarist, Ukulele Player · Roy Smeck’s Trio

Scrapper Blackwell

Guitarist

Mance Lipscomb

Guitarist

Terry Miles

Singer, Keyboardist · Go Kart Mozart

Benny Goodman

Composer · Benny Goodman Orchestra

Dick Hyman

Keyboardist, Composer

Sam Chatmon

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Curley Weaver

Fletcher Henderson

Keyboardist · The Benny Goodman Sextet

Pink Anderson

Guitarist

Roosevelt Sykes

Composer

Earl Hines

Singer, Keyboardist · Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

Blind Boy Fuller

Guitarist

Bo Carter

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Victoria Spivey

Singer

Tampa Red

Guitarist

Jesse Fuller

Guitarist

Leon Redbone

Singer, Guitarist

John Mooney

Guitarist

Charley Patton

Guitarist

Billy Jones

Singer, Guitarist

Alberta Hunter

Singer

Shelly Manne

Drummer, Music Producer

Tommy Johnson

Guitarist, Drummer · Bobaflex

Barbecue Bob

Guitarist

Trevor Smith

Guitarist · Asylum Street Spankers

Joel Paterson

Singer, Guitarist · Devil in a Woodpile

Stan King

Drummer · California Ramblers

Sylvester Weaver

Guitarist

Stefan Grossman

Guitarist

Mildred Bailey

Singer

Tom Paley

Guitarist · The New Lost City Ramblers

Billy Kyle

Keyboardist · Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

Tom Morgan

Guitarist · California Ramblers

Blind Willie McTell

Guitarist

Mickey Finn

Drummer · T. Rex

Ma Rainey

Singer

Papa Charlie McCoy

Guitarist · Mississippi Sheiks

Reverend Gary Davis

Guitarist

Henri Herbert

Keyboardist · The Jim Jones Revue

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Guitarist, Singer

Charlie King

Singer · Asylum Street Spankers

PB Shane

Asylum Street Spankers

Shawn Dean

Asylum Street Spankers

Yank Rachell

Guitarist

Gus Cannon

Composer · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Singer · We Are Family Collective

Peter Martin

Ukulele Player

Hosea Woods

Composer · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Peg Leg Howell

Guitarist

Noah Lewis

Composer · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Tom McDermott

Guitarist · Stone City Band

Charlie Barnet

Singer · Art Tatum’s All Stars

Elijah Avery

Guitarist · Cannon's Jug Stompers

Bayless Rose

Kansas Joe McCoy

Guitarist

Cab Calloway

Singer

Al Jolson

Singer

Bo Weavil Jackson

Axel Zwingenberger

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie

Fats Waller

Singer, Keyboardist

Pete Johnson

Bassist

Lloyd "Ole" Olsen

California Ramblers

Memphis Minnie

Singer, Guitarist

Jimmy Dorsey

Singer · Art Tatum’s All Stars

Clive Palmer

Singer · The Incredible String Band

James Booker

Keyboardist · Jerry Garcia Band

Nevada Newman

Guitarist · Asylum Street Spankers

Blind Blake

Guitarist

Furry Lewis

Guitarist

Gene Traxler

Bassist · Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven

Amanda Barrett

The Ditty Bops

Charlie Burse

Memphis Jug Band

Ben Ramey

Memphis Jug Band

Jab Jones

Composer · Memphis Jug Band

Lennie Hayton

Drummer, Keyboardist · California Ramblers

Abby DeWald

Singer · The Ditty Bops

Morgan Patrick Thompson

Bassist · Asylum Street Spankers

Lucille Bogan

Singer

Leroy Carr

Singer

Marvin Hamlisch

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Kay Weber

Singer · The Dorsey Brothers

Peetie Wheatstraw

Singer

W.C. Handy

Al Miller

Music Producer

Irving Kaufman

Singer · California Ramblers

Buddy Moss

Guitarist

Robert Wilkins