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INSTRUMENTALISTS
• Scott Joplin (1868–1917)
• Charles “Buddy” Bolden (1877–1931)
• Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
• Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
• Joe Venuti (1903–78)
• Earl Hines (1903–83)
• Fats Waller (1904–43)
• Count Basie (1904–84)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908–97)
• Benny Goodman (1909–86)
• Art Tatum (1909–56)
• Sun Ra (1914–93)
• Ward Kimball (1914-2002)
• Thelonious Monk (1917–82)
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
• Clark Terry (born 1920)
• Charlie Parker (1920–55)
• Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
• Charles Mingus (1922–79)
• Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
• Miles Davis (1926–91)
• John Coltrane (1926–67)
• Gerry Mulligan (1927-96)
• Chet Baker (1929–88)
• Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
• Wynton Marsalis (born 1961)
VOCALISTS
• Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
• Billie Holiday (1915–59)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917–96)
• Dinah Washington (1924-63)
• Sarah Vaughan (1924–90)
• June Christy (1925-1990
• Nina Simone (1933-2003)
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EARLY JAZZ MUSICIANS
• Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
• Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903–31)
• Buddy Bolden (1877–1930)
• Earl Hines (1903–83)
• Bunk Johnson (1879/1889–1949)
• Nick LaRocca (1889–1961)
& the members of the
"Original Dixieland Jazz Band"
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
• Red Nichols (1905–65)
• Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938)
SWING ERA
• Count Basie (1904–84)
• Cab Calloway (1907–94)
• Benny Carter (1907–2003)
• Charlie Christian (1918–42)
• Jimmy Dorsey (1904–57)
• Tommy Dorsey (1905–56)
• Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
• Mickey Fields (1932-1995)
• Benny Goodman (1909–86)
• Coleman Hawkins (1904–69)
• Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
• Earl Hines (1903–83)
• Johnny Hodges (1907–70)
• Dick Johnson (1925–2010)
• Jay McShann (1916–2006)
• Glenn Miller (1904–44)
• George Paxton (1914–89)
• Artie Shaw (1910–2004)
• Clark Terry (born 1920)
• Fats Waller (1904–43)
• Ben Webster (1909–73)
• Paul Whiteman (1890–1967)
• Lester Young (1909–59)
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MODERN INNOVATORS
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
• Chet Baker (1929–88)
• Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
• Gary Burton (born 1943)
• Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
• John Coltrane (1926–67)
• Chick Corea (born 1941)
• Miles Davis (1926–91)
• Paul Desmond (1924-77)
• Bill Evans (1929–80)
• Gil Evans (1912–88)
• Maynard Ferguson (1928–2006)
• Clare Fischer (1928-2012)
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
• Dexter Gordon (1923-90)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908–97)
• Tigran Hamasyan (born 1987)
• Chico Hamilton (1921-2013)
• Herbie Hancock (born 1940)
• Joe Harriott (1928–73)
• Thad Jones (1923–86)
• Milt Jackson (1923-99)
• Stan Kenton (1911-79)
• Mark Kramer (born 1945)
• Fela Kuti (1938–97)
• Shelly Manne (1920–84)
• Frank Marocco (1931–2012)
• Jackie McLean (1931–2006)
• Charles Mingus (1922–79)
• Marcus Miller (born 1959)
• Thelonious Monk (1917–82)
• Joe Morello (1928-2011)
• Gerry Mulligan (1927–96)
• Charlie Parker (1920–55)
• Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
• Bud Powell (1924–66)
• Louis Prima (1910–78)
• Sun Ra (1914–93)
• Max Roach (1924–2007)
• Sonny Rollins (born 1930)
• George Russell (1923-2009)
• George Shearing (1919–2011)
• Wayne Shorter (born 1933)
• Peter Sprague (born 1955)
• Sonny Stitt (1924–82)
• Ira Sullivan (born 1931)
• Cal Tjader (1925–82)
• Clark Terry (born 1920)
• Dhafer Youssef (born 1967)
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