This is alist of jazz violinists who have becomenotable.Jazz violin is the use of the violin orelectric violin to improvise solo lines. The earliest references to jazz performance using the violin as a solo instrument was during the first decades of the 20th century. Early jazz violinists includedEddie South, who played violin withJimmy Wade's Dixielanders in Chicago;Stuff Smith;Claude "Fiddler" Williams, who played withAndy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy.Joe Venuti was best known for his work with guitaristEddie Lang during the 1920s.Georgie Stoll was a jazz violinist who became an orchestra leader and film music director.
Since that time there have been many superb improvising violinists includingNoel Pointer,Stéphane Grappelli, andJean-Luc Ponty. While not primarily jazz violinists,Darol Anger,Adam Taubitz andMark O'Connor have spent significant parts of their careers playing jazz, while emerging artists likeScott Tixier andJeremy Kittel have devoted themselves almost exclusively to jazz both modern and traditional. Violins also appear in string ensembles or big bands supplying orchestral backgrounds to many jazz recordings.[1] Lately, extensive academic research on jazz violin has been conducted and published.[2]
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