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Joe “King” Oliver

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Bandleader/trumpeter; Teacher of Louis Armstrong

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Bix Beiderbecke

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Trumpeter/cornet player; often collaborated with Frankie Trumbauer

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Sidney Bechet

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Clarinetist/soprano sax; warm toned soloist

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Jelly Roll Morton

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Pianist during Origins of Jazz

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Earl Hines

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pianist; recorded with Louis Armstrong

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Johnny Dodds

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clarintetist; recorded with Louis Armstrong

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Bessie Smith

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Empress of the Blues; influential jazz singer

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Duke Ellington

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Pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, worked with Billy Strayhorn

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Gene Krupa

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drummer; played with Benny Goodman’s band; time period of swing

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Frankie Trumbauer

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early jazz saxophonist who frequently collaborated with Bix Beiderbecke

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Billy Strayhorn

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pianist-composer-arranger who worked closely with Duke Ellington

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Woody Herman

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clarinetist/saxophonist/singer/big band leader

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Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton

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growling saxophonist who played with Ellington

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Count Basie

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very popular bandleader in swing who introduced the first rhythm section in jazz

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Cootie Williams

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growling trumpeter who played with Ellington

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Barney Bigard

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Ellington’s clarinetist

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Jimmy Hamilton

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Bigard’s successor as Ellington’s saxophonist

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Charlie Christian

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guitarist in Benny Goodman’s sextet

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Nat King Cole

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pianist and bandleader in swing

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Yardbird

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nickname for Charlie Parker

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King of Swing

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nickname for Benny Goodman; clarinetist and bandleader

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Jimmy Blanton

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bassist with Ellington

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Coleman Hawkins

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tenor saxophonist who played with Monk and Davis

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Johnny Hodges

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alto saxophonist with Duke Ellington

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Lester Young
tenor saxophonist and clarinetist in Count Basie's band
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Bubber Miley
trumpet and cornet player with, you guessed it, Duke Ellington
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Billie Holiday
jazz singer nicknamed Lady Day who often performed with Lester Young
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Ella Fitzgerald
talented jazz vocalist who sung in the origins of jazz and swing
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Harry Carney
baritone saxophonist for Duke Ellington
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Ray Nance
trumpeter/violinist/singer for Duke Ellington
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Oscar Pettiford
bassist/cellist who played with Woody Herman
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Lee Konitz
cool jazz alto saxophonist who played with Miles Davis
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Stan Getz
saxophone player in Woody Herman's band
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John Coltrane
saxophonist/composer/bandleader most famous for bebop
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Charlie Parker
saxophonist and bandleader during the development of bebop
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Dizzy Gillespie
bebop trumpeter and bandleader
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Miles Davis
pianist/trumpeter/bandleader associated with cool jazz
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Max Roach
bebop drummer who collaborated with Gillespie, Parker, Davis, and Monk, but mainly Dizzy Gillespie
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Gil Evans
cool jazz pianist/composer/bandleader
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Cecil Taylor
pianist in free jazz
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Gerry Mulligan
saxophonist/clarinetist for Miles Davis
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Ornette Coleman
saxophonist and leader in free jazz movement
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Cannonball Adderley
hard bop alto saxophonist with Miles Davis
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Chick Corea
pianist with Miles Davis when he switched to fusion
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Eric Dolphy
free jazz alto saxophonist who collaborated with Mingus and Coltrane
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Sarah Vaughan
a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, who sings the Body and Soul song that we have to know
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Bud Powell
jazz pianist during the origin of bebop who often collaborated with Monk
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Charlie Mingus
bassist/bandleader during free jazz
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Ron Carter
bassist with Miles Davis; famous for the massive number of recordings that he has done
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Dave Brubeck
cool jazz pianist/composer
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Thelonious Monk
bebop pianist more known for his unique style than for his talent
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Oscar Peterson
bebop pianist most widely known for his command
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Bill Holman
arranger/pianist with Stan Kenton in hard bop
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Elvin Jones
post-bop drummer who was a member of Coltrane's Classic Quartet
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McCoy Tyner
jazz pianist in Coltrane's Classic Quartet
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Wayne Shorter
jazz saxophonist who performed with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis before co-founding the fusion band, Weather Report
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Joe Zawinul
jazz keyboardist who collaborated with Miles Davis and co-founded Weather Report
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Sun Ra
a really weird jazz pianist widely associated with free jazz
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Weather Report
a jazz fusion band led by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter
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The Art Ensemble of Chicago
one of the most important avant-garde bands
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Don Cherry
jazz trumpeter associated with Ornette Coleman
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Charlie Haden
bassist best known for his work with Ornette Coleman
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Bill Evans
jazz pianist in the Miles Davis band
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Herbie Hancock
pianist/bandleader in Miles Davis' Quintet
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Ray Charles
a blind fusion pianist and singer who fused rhythm and blues and a bandleader
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Blood, Sweat, & Tears
a famous fusion band
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Chicago
a jazz-rock fusion (mostly rock) band
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Michael Brecker
a fusion tenor saxophonist who is possibly the most famous of his time
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Kenny G.
a smooth jazz saxophonist that became a more popular figure than most other jazz figures
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King Curtis
saxophonist/bandleader during fusion
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Art Blakey
bebop drummer; leader of the band "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers"
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David "Fathead" Newman
jazz saxophonist and member of the Ray Charles band
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Maria Schneider
modern composer/bandleader with little musical skill herself
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Wynton Kelly
jazz pianist with Miles Davis

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