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Jazz Legends
25 giants of jazz — from Louis Armstrong's Dixieland and Miles Davis's cool jazz to Ornette Coleman's free jazz and Norah Jones's contemporary revival.
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Artist↕ | Country↕ | Instrument↕ | Active Period↕ | Signature Work↕ | Style↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Davis | USA | Trumpet | 1945-1991 | Kind of Blue | Bebop / Cool Jazz / Fusion |
| Louis Armstrong | USA | Trumpet / Vocals | 1914-1971 | What a Wonderful World | Dixieland / Swing |
| John Coltrane | USA | Saxophone | 1955-1967 | A Love Supreme | Hard Bop / Free Jazz / Modal |
| Duke Ellington | USA | Piano / Composer | 1923-1974 | Take the A Train | Swing / Big Band |
| Charlie Parker | USA | Alto Saxophone | 1940-1955 | Ornithology | Bebop |
| Thelonious Monk | USA | Piano | 1944-1973 | Round Midnight | Bebop |
| Ella Fitzgerald | USA | Vocals | 1935-1993 | Summertime | Swing / Vocal Jazz / Bebop |
| Billie Holiday | USA | Vocals | 1933-1959 | Strange Fruit | Blues / Vocal Jazz |
| Dizzy Gillespie | USA | Trumpet | 1939-1992 | A Night in Tunisia | Bebop / Afro-Cuban Jazz |
| Herbie Hancock | USA | Piano | 1960-present | Chameleon | Post-Bop / Funk / Fusion |
| Chet Baker | USA | Trumpet / Vocals | 1952-1988 | My Funny Valentine | Cool Jazz / West Coast |
| Dave Brubeck | USA | Piano | 1950-2012 | Take Five | Cool Jazz / Time signatures |
| Charles Mingus | USA | Bass / Composer | 1945-1979 | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Hard Bop / Free Jazz |
| Bill Evans | USA | Piano | 1956-1980 | Waltz for Debby | Cool Jazz / Modal |
| Wayne Shorter | USA | Saxophone | 1959-2023 | Footprints | Post-Bop / Fusion |
| Ornette Coleman | USA | Alto Saxophone | 1958-2015 | Lonely Woman | Free Jazz |
| Stan Getz | USA | Tenor Saxophone | 1944-1991 | The Girl from Ipanema | Cool Jazz / Bossa Nova |
| Wes Montgomery | USA | Guitar | 1948-1968 | Bumpin' | Hard Bop |
| Art Blakey | USA | Drums | 1944-1990 | Moanin' | Hard Bop |
| Sonny Rollins | USA | Tenor Saxophone | 1949-present | St. Thomas | Hard Bop / Modal |
| Sarah Vaughan | USA | Vocals | 1942-1990 | Send in the Clowns | Bebop / Ballad |
| Pat Metheny | USA | Guitar | 1974-present | Are You Going With Me? | Fusion / Contemporary Jazz |
| Cannonball Adderley | USA | Alto Saxophone | 1955-1975 | Mercy Mercy Mercy | Hard Bop / Soul Jazz |
| Joe Pass | USA | Guitar | 1944-1994 | Virtuoso | Bebop / Solo Jazz Guitar |
| Norah Jones | USA | Piano / Vocals | 2001-present | Don't Know Why | Contemporary Jazz / Soul / Pop |
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