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Jazz Musicians

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Musician
Era
Instrument
Country
Known For
Miles Davis
1950s–80sTrumpetUSAKind of Blue, Bitches Brew, So What
John Coltrane
1960sSaxophoneUSAA Love Supreme, Giant Steps, My Favorite Things
Louis Armstrong
1920s–60sTrumpet/VocalsUSAWhat a Wonderful World, Hello Dolly
Duke Ellington
1930s–70sPiano/ComposerUSATake the A Train, It Don't Mean a Thing
Charlie Parker
1940s–50sAlto SaxophoneUSAOrnithology, Ko-Ko, bebop pioneer
Thelonious Monk
1940s–70sPianoUSARound Midnight, Straight No Chaser, angular style
Billie Holiday
1930s–50sVocalsUSAStrange Fruit, God Bless the Child, Lady Day
Ella Fitzgerald
1940s–70sVocalsUSASongbook series, A-Tisket A-Tasket, scat singing
Dizzy Gillespie
1940s–80sTrumpetUSAA Night in Tunisia, Salt Peanuts, Afro-Cuban jazz
Herbie Hancock
1960s–presentPiano/KeysUSARockit, Chameleon, Head Hunters, Maiden Voyage
Art Blakey
1950s–80sDrumsUSAMoanin', Jazz Messengers, hard bop pioneer
Charles Mingus
1950s–70sBass/ComposerUSAMingus Ah Um, The Black Saint, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Dave Brubeck
1950s–70sPianoUSATake Five, Time Out, odd time signatures
Nina Simone
1960s–2000sPiano/VocalsUSAFeeling Good, I Put a Spell on You, My Baby Just Cares for Me
Chet Baker
1950s–80sTrumpet/VocalsUSAMy Funny Valentine, Almost Blue, cool jazz icon
Ornette Coleman
1960s–2000sAlto SaxophoneUSAThe Shape of Jazz to Come, free jazz pioneer
Wayne Shorter
1960s–2020sSaxophoneUSASpeak No Evil, Weather Report, Footprints
Sarah Vaughan
1940s–80sVocalsUSALullaby of Birdland, Misty, divine voice
Kamasi Washington
2010s–presentSaxophoneUSAThe Epic, modern jazz renaissance, spiritual jazz
Robert Glasper
2010s–presentPiano/KeysUSABlack Radio, Everything's Beautiful, jazz-hip hop fusion

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