Wilber: Bob (cl & ss & as & ts) is married to Joanne "Pug" Horton (voc)
Wilde: the singers Lee & Lyn were twin-sisters and also sisters-in-law - they married Jimmy (tp) and Tom (?) Cathcart
Wiley: Lee (voc) was the wife of Jess Stacy (p)
Williams: David "Happy" is the son of Buddy (both - b)
Williams: Dennis (b) was the father of Clarence (p) who was married to singer Eva Taylor
Williams: John Towner (p & comp) was the son of Johnny (dm)
Williams: Mary Lou - née Mary Elfrieda Scruggs and working under the name of her step-father Burleigh or Burley - (p & arr) was married to John W. (as & leader) and to Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp)
Williams: Skippy (ts & cl) was the younger brother of Pinky (bs)
Williams:Stanley "Fess" Williams (cl & as & leader) was the uncle of Charles Mingus (b & leader), the brother of Rudolph (sax) and the father of Rudy & Phil (both - sax) and Estella (p & voc)
Williamson: Claude (p) and his younger brother Stu (tp & valve-tb)
Wilson: Gerald (arr & leader & tp) is the cousin of Chuck Carter (dm) and the father of Anthony (g & arr & comp)
Wilson: Phillip Sanford (dm & vibes & p & comp) isthe grand-son of Ira Kimball (dm)
Wilson: Teddy (p) was the older brother of Gus (tb) and the father of Teddy jr (dm)
Wink: George (g) is the uncle of Derek Bailey (g)
Winstone: the british singer Norma is married to drummer Ted Humphrey
Woode: Jimmy (b) is the son of the composer Henry ("Broadway") (bariton-horn) and the father of Shawn Monteiro-Woode (voc)
Woods: Chris(topher) Columbus (as & bs & cl & comp) is the cousin of Bob Mabane (ts)
Wormworth: James Edward III "Jimmy" (dm) is the nephew of Dick Mariani (ts)
Wright: Clyde "Fats" (p) is the uncle of Don Pullen (p)
Wright: Lammar sr. was the father of Lammar jr. and Elmon (all - tp)
Wright: the late Leo Nash (as) was the husband of Elly - née Petronella Vasicek - (voc)
Wright: Margery (p) was the wife of Nathan (comp) and the mother of Tom Scott (sax)
Wuerzl: Alfons (cl & ss & voc) is the brother-in-law of Walter Terharen (tb & p)
Yancey: Bluespianist Jimmy was married to Estella "Mama" (voc) and the brother of Alonzo (p)
Young: Bill (dm) is married to Jean Hoffmann (e-p & voc)
Young: Lester (ts) and his brother Lee (dm) were the sons of W.H.Young (leader & multi-instrumentalist)
Young: Eugene Edward "Snooky" and Granville "Catfish" were brothers (both - tp)
Zahn: Christian (vibes & dm) and Heinz Altwirth (tp & b) and Norbert Vas (tb & b) were brothers-in-law
Zawadi: Kiane (tb) is the sister of Hal McKinney (p)
Zorn: John (as) and Ikue Mori ?
Zottola: Bob and Glenn are brothers (both - tp)
Zwingenberger: Boogie-Woogie player Axel is the older brother of Torsten (dm)
