The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra has been proud to work with the following distinguished music celebrities.
* denotes artists that have recorded CD’s with the band
| Kenny Baker | Mark Nightingale | Bill Berry |
| Dennis Noday | Jiggs Whigam | Benny Carter |
| Marion Montgomery | George Chisholm | Danny Moss |
| Angela Christian | Buddy Childers | Conte Candoli |
| Bud Shank | Nigel Nash | John Dankworth |
| BBC Big Band | Bill Perkins | Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis |
| Courtney Pine | Herb Ellis | Alan Randall |
| Syd Lawrence Orch. | Digby Fairweather | Spike Robinson |
| Gordon Campbell | Paul Eshelby | Herb Geller |
| Andy Martin | Pete Christlieb | Arturo Sandoval |
| Lee Gibson | Brenda Scott | Salena Jones |
| Barney Kessel | Bobby Shew * | Peter King |
| Dave O’Higgins | Art Themen | Stan Tracey |
| Jeannie Lambe | Richard Torres | Don Lusher |
| Rob McConnell | Olaf Vas | Ian McDougall |
| Lanny Morgan * | Tommy Whittle | Dick Morrissey |
| Phil Wilson | Victor Mendoza | Ricky Woodard |
| Kathy Stobart | Georgie Fame | Jeff Hooper |
| Allen Vizzutti | Guy Barker | Nigel Hitchcock |
| Jools Holland | Rosemary Squires | Gary Wilmott |
| Bill Watrous | Duncan Lamont | Roy Williams |
| John Barnes | Alan Barnes | Bruce Adams |
| Jack Parnell | Bob Florence | Dave Horler |
| Elaine Delmar | Madeline Bell | Ronnie Hughes |
| Jamie Cullum | Frank Mantooth | Michael Parkinson |
| Henry Lowther | Stan Sulzmann | Marlene Ver Planck |
| Denis Lotis | Jacqui Dankworth | Ken Peplowski |
| John Horler | John Etheridge | Julian Siegel |
| Greg Abate | Clare Teal | Marlene VerPlanck |
| Stephen Triffitt |