Musician↕ | Era↕ | Instrument↕ | Country↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miles Davis | 1950s–80s | Trumpet | USA | Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, So What |
John Coltrane | 1960s | Saxophone | USA | A Love Supreme, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things |
Louis Armstrong | 1920s–60s | Trumpet/Vocals | USA | What a Wonderful World, Hello Dolly |
Duke Ellington | 1930s–70s | Piano/Composer | USA | Take the A Train, It Don't Mean a Thing |
Charlie Parker | 1940s–50s | Alto Saxophone | USA | Ornithology, Ko-Ko, bebop pioneer |
Thelonious Monk | 1940s–70s | Piano | USA | Round Midnight, Straight No Chaser, angular style |
Billie Holiday | 1930s–50s | Vocals | USA | Strange Fruit, God Bless the Child, Lady Day |
Ella Fitzgerald | 1940s–70s | Vocals | USA | Songbook series, A-Tisket A-Tasket, scat singing |
Dizzy Gillespie | 1940s–80s | Trumpet | USA | A Night in Tunisia, Salt Peanuts, Afro-Cuban jazz |
Herbie Hancock | 1960s–present | Piano/Keys | USA | Rockit, Chameleon, Head Hunters, Maiden Voyage |
Art Blakey | 1950s–80s | Drums | USA | Moanin', Jazz Messengers, hard bop pioneer |
Charles Mingus | 1950s–70s | Bass/Composer | USA | Mingus Ah Um, The Black Saint, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat |
Dave Brubeck | 1950s–70s | Piano | USA | Take Five, Time Out, odd time signatures |
Nina Simone | 1960s–2000s | Piano/Vocals | USA | Feeling Good, I Put a Spell on You, My Baby Just Cares for Me |
Chet Baker | 1950s–80s | Trumpet/Vocals | USA | My Funny Valentine, Almost Blue, cool jazz icon |
Ornette Coleman | 1960s–2000s | Alto Saxophone | USA | The Shape of Jazz to Come, free jazz pioneer |
Wayne Shorter | 1960s–2020s | Saxophone | USA | Speak No Evil, Weather Report, Footprints |
Sarah Vaughan | 1940s–80s | Vocals | USA | Lullaby of Birdland, Misty, divine voice |
Kamasi Washington | 2010s–present | Saxophone | USA | The Epic, modern jazz renaissance, spiritual jazz |
Robert Glasper | 2010s–present | Piano/Keys | USA | Black Radio, Everything's Beautiful, jazz-hip hop fusion |
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