20th century brass instrumentalists include:
- trumpet
- Maurice André
- Louis Armstrong
- Bix Beiderbecke
- Maynard Ferguson
- Paolo Fresu
- Harry James
- Tommy Ladnier
- Wynton Marsalis
- Raphael Mendez
- Joe King Oliver
- Charlie Shavers
- Edward Tarr
- trombone
- Joseph Alessi
- Tommy Dorsey
- Carl Fontana
- Urbie Green
- Slide Hampton
- J.C. Higgenbotham
- J.J. Johnson
- Ed Kleinhammer (Bass)
- Christian Lindberg
- Glenn Miller
- Emory Remington
- George Roberts (Bass)
- Frank Rosolino
- Kid Ory
- Jack Teagarden
- Alain Trudel
- Steve Turre
- Tommy Turk
- Bill Watrous
- Doug Yeo (Bass)
- Trummy Young