Instruments and People Flashcards
Scott Joplin
Instrument: Piano
Greatest Ragtime composer
Jelly Roll Morton
Instrument: Piano
The first Jazz musician to leave New Orleans
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Instrument: Piano
Art Tatum
Instrument: Piano
Don Redman
Instrument: Bandleader, Saxophone
Bennie Moten
Instrument: Pianist
Johnny Hodges
Instrument: Saxophone
Benny Goodman
Instrument: Clarinet
Important band leader in the spring era
Bessie Smith
Instrument: Voice
Nick LaRocca
Instrument: Trumpet, bandleader
Earl Hines
Instrument: Piano
Bix Beiderbecke
Instrument: Cornet, a little piano
Duke Ellington
Instrument: Piano
Count Basie
Instrument: Piano, Bandleader
Known for working with Duke Ellington
Django Reinhardt
Instrument: Guitar
Known for having two fingers that didn’t work
James Reese Europe
Instrument: Bandleader
Paul Whiteman
Instument: Violinist/Conductor
“King of Jazz”
Sidney Bechet
Instrument: Clarinet, Soprano Sax
James P. Johnson
Instrument: Piano
Fletcher Henderson
Instrument: Piano, Bandleader
Coleman Hawkins
Instrument: Tenor Sax
Cab Calloway
Instrument: Voice, Bandleader
Robert Johnson
Instrument: Guitar
Jimmie Lunceford
Instrument: Saxophone, Flute
Glenn Miller
Instrument: Trombone
Charlie Christian
Instrument: Guitar
Valaida Snow
Instrument: Trumpet (and many others)
Artie Shaw
Instrument: Clarinet
Louis Armstrong
Instrument: Trumpet
King Oliver
Instrument: Cornet
Buddy Bolden
Instrument: Cornet
W.C. Handy
Instrument: Composer
Ella Fitzgerald
Instrument: Voice
Billie Holiday
Instrument: Voice
Mary Lou Williams
Instrument: Piano
Lester Young
Instrument: Tenor Saxophone
Fats Waller
Instrument: Piano
Benny Carter
Instrument: Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet