List of jazz musicians
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This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.
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[edit] Some of the most famous jazz musicians
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
- John Coltrane (1926-1967)
- Miles Davis (1926-1991)
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
- Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
- Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
[edit] Noted jazz figures by period
[edit] Early jazz musicians
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
- Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
- Buddy Bolden (1877-1930)
- Nick LaRocca (1889-1961)
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
- Joe "King" Oliver (1885-1938)
- Members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band
- Red Nichols (1905-1965)
[edit] Swing era
- Paul Whiteman (1890-1967)
- Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
- Glenn Miller (1904-1944)
- Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
- Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
- Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957)
- Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
- Fats Waller (1904-1943)
- Charlie Christian (1918-1942)
- Count Basie (1904-1984)
- Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
- Benny Carter (1907-2003)
[edit] Modern innovators
- Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
- Ornette Coleman (Born 1930)
- John Coltrane (1926-1967)
- Miles Davis (1926-1991)
- Gil Evans (1912-1988)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
- Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969)
- Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
- Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
- Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
- Sun Ra (1914-1993)
- Max Roach (born 1924)
[edit] Jazz fusion
[edit] Noted jazz figures by instrument
[edit] Double bass or electric bass
- Arild Andersen
- Keter Betts
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud (1891-1966)
- Ray Brown (1926-2002)
- Steve Brown
- Ron Carter (born 1937)
- Paul Chambers
- Stanley Clarke
- Art Davis
- Richard Davis
- Pops Foster
- Vivien Garry
- Charlie Haden
- Stuart Hamm
- Milt Hinton
- Dave Holland
- Bill Johnson (1872-1972)
- Scott La Faro
- Cecil McBee
- Christian McBride
- Marcus Miller
- Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
- Red Mitchell
- Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Oscar Pettiford
- Sage Reynolds
- Steve Rodby
- Clarence Seay
- Brian Q. Torff
- Gary Willis
- Eugene Wright
- Victor Wooten
[edit] Cello
[edit] Clarinet
[edit] Cornet
[edit] Drums
[edit] Flute
[edit] Guitar
[edit] Piano
[edit] Saxophone
[edit] Trombone
[edit] Trumpet
[edit] Vibraphone
- Paul Barbarin (born 1902)
- Gary Burton (born 1943)
- Lionel Hampton (1908-2002)
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Milt Jackson
- James Westfall
- Red Norvo
- Cal Tjader (1925-1981)
[edit] Violin
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942)
- Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
- Ginger Smock (1920-1995)
- Joe Venuti (1903-1978)
- Michael White (b. 1933)
- Claude Williams (1908-2004)
[edit] Vocal
- Ernestine Anderson (born 1928)
- Ivie (Ivy) Anderson (1904-1949)
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
- Patti Austin (born 1948)
- Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
- Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
- Anita Baker (born 1958)
- Josephine Baker (1906-1975)
- Tony Bennett (born 1926)
- Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950)
- Michael Bublé (born 1975)
- Bobby Caldwell (born 1951)
- Blanche Calloway (1904-1978)
- Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
- Betty Carter (1930-1998)
- Eva Cassidy (1963-1996)
- Ray Charles (1930-2004)
- Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
- Nat King Cole (1919-1965)
- Bing Crosby (1903-1977)
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990)
- Blossom Dearie (born 1928)
- Billy Eckstine (1914-1993)
- Michael Feinstein (born 1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
- Roberta Flack (born 1939)
- Johnny Hartman (1923-1983)
- Jon Hendricks (born 1921)
- Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
- Shirley Horn (1934-2005)
- Lena Horne (born 1917)
- Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
- Phyllis Hyman (1949-1995)
- Etta James (born 1938)
- Al Jarreau (born 1940)
- Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979)
- Etta Jones (born 1938)
- Sheila Jordan (born 1928)
- Stacey Kent (born 1968)
- Morgana King (born 1930)
- Eartha Kitt (born 1927)
- Diana Krall (born 1964)
- Cleo Laine (born 1927)
- Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
- Abbey Lincoln (born 1930)
- Gloria Lynne (born 1931)
- Bobby McFerrin (born 1950)
- Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
- Claire Martin (born 1967)
- Mabel Mercer (1900-1984)
- Joni Mitchell (born 1943)
- Anita O'Day (1919-2006)
- Esther Phillips (1935-1984)
- Della Reese (born 1931)
- Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
- Diane Schuur (born 1953)
- Ian Shaw
- Nina Simone (1933-2003)
- Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
- Frank Sinatra (1915-1998)
- Nikoletta Szőke (born 1983)
- Phoebe Snow (born 1952)
- Clare Teal (born 1973)
- Leon Thomas (1937-1999)
- Mel Torme (1925-1999)
- Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)
- Dinah Washington (1924-1963)
- Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
- Lee Wiley (1915-1975)
- Joe Williams (1918-1999)
- Midge Williams (1915-1952)
- Cassandra Wilson (born 1955)
- Nancy Wilson (born 1937)
[edit] Multi-instrumentalists
- Sidney Bechet (1897-1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
- Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
- Benny Carter (1907-2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
- Eric Dolphy (1928-1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
- Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
- Najee (saxophones, flute, keyboards, bass synthesizer)
- Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
- Helge Schneider (saxophones, clarinet, piano, trumpet, drums)
- John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)
[edit] Organ
- Barbara Dennerlein (Hammond-B3, synthesizer, real pipes)
- Bill Doggett
- Charles Earland
- Richard "Groove" Holmes
- Jack McDuff (organist)
- John Patton
- Rhoda Scott
- Jimmy Smith
- Fats Waller (1904-1943)
- Larry Young
- Sun Ra (1914-1993)de:Liste von Jazzmusikern
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