Great Jazz Players:
Violin: Svend Asmussen, Elek Bacsik, Billy Bang, Gabriel Bolkosky, Polly Bradfield, Regina Carter, Graham Clark, Vassar Clements, Ian Cooper, David Favis-Mortlock, Mark Feldman, Johnny Frigo, Jerry Goodman, Stephane Grappelli, Valentin Gregor, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Christian Howes, Leroy Jenkins, Carla Kihlstedt, Tim Kliphuis, Didier Lockwood, Yehudi Menuhin, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Florin Niculescu, Jimmy Palao, Noel Pointer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Tobias Preisig, Omar Puente, Jenny Scheinman, Zbigniew Seifert, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Adam Taubitz, Scott Tixier, Michal Urbaniak, Jelle van Tongeren, Joe Venuti, Noel Webb, Michael White, Mic Oechsner
Viola: Michal Zaborski, Judith Insell, Al Brown, Kim Kashkashian, Eric Golub, Keith Barry, Mat Maneri, Paolo Botti, Harry Lookofsky, Jessica Pavone, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Frederic Eymard, Csaba Deseo, Henning Kraggerud, Eyvind Kang
Cello: Matt Brubeck, Oscar Pettiford, Mark Summer, Erik Friedlander, Martin Schutz, Harry Babasin, Fred Katz, Nat Gershman, Abdul Wadud, Joel Friedman, David Baker, Alan Silva, Charles McKracken, Ray Bown, Ron Carter, David Darling, Vincent Segal, Percy Heath, Dave Holland, David Eyges, Dana Leong, Sam Jones, Hank Roberts, Fred Longberg-Holm, Eldee Young, Keter Betts, Ernst Reijseger, Peggy Lee, Chris White, Daniel Pezzotti, Eric Longsworth, Vincent Courtois, Eileen Folson, Akua Dixon, Tom Cora, Diedre Murray, Stephen Katz, Rufus Cappadocia, Jeff Song, Erich Kory, Gideon Freudmann, Aaron Minsky, Nioka Workman, Tomas Ulrich, Boris Rayskin, Sera Smolen, Ina Kemmerzehl, Max Dyer, Marcie Brown, James Hesford, Robert Een, Wolfrom Huschke
Bass: Jimmy Blanton, Slam Stewart, Major Holley, Oscar Pettiford, Charles Mingus, Percy Heath, Ray Brown, Sam Jones, Scott LaFaro, Paul Chambers, Rufus Reid, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, and Niels Henning Orstad Pedersen
Great Bluegrass and Fiddle Players:
Violin: Charlie Daniels, Mark O'Conner, Justin Branum, Byron Berline, Johnny Gimble, Hugh Farr, Buddy Spicher, Bob Wills, Aubery Hayney, Criag Duncan (For a complete list: Complete List of Fiddlers)
Viola: None (yet!!)
Cello: Ben Sollee, Sean Grissom, Damien Rice, Lindsay Mac, Yo-Yo Ma (in his Goat Rodeo and Appalachian Journey albums)
Bass: Ray Deaton, Cousin Jake, Mark Shatz, Marshall Wilborn, Barry Bales, Edgar Meyer
Other Awesome Groups:
Vitamin String Quartet--Rock and Alternative Music
Turtle Island Quartet--Jazz and Bluegrass
Time for Three--Jazz and Bluegrass
Apocalyptica--Rock and Alternative (Cello Quartet)