Instruments and People Flashcards by Nicholas Hernandez | Brainscape

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Scott Joplin

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Instrument: Piano

Greatest Ragtime composer

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Jelly Roll Morton

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Instrument: Piano

The first Jazz musician to leave New Orleans

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Lil Hardin Armstrong

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Instrument: Piano

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Art Tatum

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Instrument: Piano

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Don Redman

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Instrument: Bandleader, Saxophone

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Bennie Moten

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Instrument: Pianist

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Johnny Hodges

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Instrument: Saxophone

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Benny Goodman

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Instrument: Clarinet

Important band leader in the spring era

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Bessie Smith

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Instrument: Voice

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Nick LaRocca

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Instrument: Trumpet, bandleader

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Earl Hines

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Instrument: Piano

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Bix Beiderbecke

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Instrument: Cornet, a little piano

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Duke Ellington

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Instrument: Piano

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Count Basie

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Instrument: Piano, Bandleader

Known for working with Duke Ellington

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Django Reinhardt

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Instrument: Guitar

Known for having two fingers that didn’t work

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James Reese Europe

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Instrument: Bandleader

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Paul Whiteman

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Instument: Violinist/Conductor

“King of Jazz”

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Sidney Bechet

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Instrument: Clarinet, Soprano Sax

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James P. Johnson

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Instrument: Piano

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Fletcher Henderson

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Instrument: Piano, Bandleader

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Coleman Hawkins

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Instrument: Tenor Sax

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Cab Calloway

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Instrument: Voice, Bandleader

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Robert Johnson

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Instrument: Guitar

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Jimmie Lunceford

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Instrument: Saxophone, Flute

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Glenn Miller

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Instrument: Trombone

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Charlie Christian

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Instrument: Guitar

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Valaida Snow

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Instrument: Trumpet (and many others)

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Artie Shaw

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Instrument: Clarinet

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Louis Armstrong

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Instrument: Trumpet

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King Oliver

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Instrument: Cornet

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Buddy Bolden

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Instrument: Cornet

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W.C. Handy

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Instrument: Composer

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Ella Fitzgerald

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Instrument: Voice

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Billie Holiday

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Instrument: Voice

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Mary Lou Williams

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Instrument: Piano

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Lester Young

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Instrument: Tenor Saxophone

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Fats Waller

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Instrument: Piano

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Benny Carter

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Instrument: Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet