The Three Mist Significant Pre Bop Violinists

Joe Venuti
Stephane Grappelli
Stuff Smith


Other Early Violinists

Eddie SouthMichael Warlop
Svend AsmussenRay Nance
Emilio CaceresClaude Williams


Major Bop Violinists

None


Fusion

Jean-Luc Ponty
Jerry Goodman (with the Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Didier Lockwood
Michel Urbaniak


Blues Oriented

Don "Sugar Cane" Harris
Papa John Creech


Avantgarde

Ornette ColemanLeroy Jenkins
Zbigniew SeifertRamsey Ameen
Billy BangCharles Burnham
Mark Feldman


Other Modern Violinists

Johnny FrigoMichael White
John BlakeMarc O'Connor
Pierre BlanchardL. Shankar
JL. SubramaniamDarol Anger