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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

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tenor saxophonist and clarinetist in Count Basie’s band

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Bubber Miley

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trumpet and cornet player with, you guessed it, Duke Ellington

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Billie Holiday

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jazz singer nicknamed Lady Day who often performed with Lester Young

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Ella Fitzgerald

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talented jazz vocalist who sung in the origins of jazz and swing

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Harry Carney

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baritone saxophonist for Duke Ellington

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Ray Nance

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trumpeter/violinist/singer for Duke Ellington

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Oscar Pettiford

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bassist/cellist who played with Woody Herman

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Lee Konitz

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cool jazz alto saxophonist who played with Miles Davis

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Stan Getz

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saxophone player in Woody Herman’s band

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John Coltrane

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saxophonist/composer/bandleader most famous for bebop

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Charlie Parker

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saxophonist and bandleader during the development of bebop

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Dizzy Gillespie

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bebop trumpeter and bandleader

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Miles Davis

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pianist/trumpeter/bandleader associated with cool jazz

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Max Roach

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bebop drummer who collaborated with Gillespie, Parker, Davis, and Monk, but mainly Dizzy Gillespie

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Gil Evans

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cool jazz pianist/composer/bandleader

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Cecil Taylor

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pianist in free jazz

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Gerry Mulligan

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saxophonist/clarinetist for Miles Davis

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Ornette Coleman

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saxophonist and leader in free jazz movement

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Cannonball Adderley

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hard bop alto saxophonist with Miles Davis

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Chick Corea

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pianist with Miles Davis when he switched to fusion

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Eric Dolphy

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free jazz alto saxophonist who collaborated with Mingus and Coltrane

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Sarah Vaughan

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a Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, who sings the Body and Soul song that we have to know

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Bud Powell

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jazz pianist during the origin of bebop who often collaborated with Monk

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Charlie Mingus

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bassist/bandleader during free jazz

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Ron Carter

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bassist with Miles Davis; famous for the massive number of recordings that he has done

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Dave Brubeck

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cool jazz pianist/composer

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Thelonious Monk

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bebop pianist more known for his unique style than for his talent

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Oscar Peterson

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bebop pianist most widely known for his command

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Bill Holman

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arranger/pianist with Stan Kenton in hard bop

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Elvin Jones

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post-bop drummer who was a member of Coltrane’s Classic Quartet

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McCoy Tyner

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jazz pianist in Coltrane’s Classic Quartet

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Wayne Shorter

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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

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jazz keyboardist who collaborated with Miles Davis and co-founded Weather Report

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Sun Ra

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a really weird jazz pianist widely associated with free jazz

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Weather Report

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a jazz fusion band led by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

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The Art Ensemble of Chicago

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one of the most important avant-garde bands

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Don Cherry

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jazz trumpeter associated with Ornette Coleman

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Charlie Haden

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bassist best known for his work with Ornette Coleman

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Bill Evans

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jazz pianist in the Miles Davis band

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Herbie Hancock

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pianist/bandleader in Miles Davis’ Quintet

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Ray Charles

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a blind fusion pianist and singer who fused rhythm and blues and a bandleader

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Blood, Sweat, & Tears

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a famous fusion band

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Chicago

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a jazz-rock fusion (mostly rock) band

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Michael Brecker

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a fusion tenor saxophonist who is possibly the most famous of his time

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Kenny G.

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a smooth jazz saxophonist that became a more popular figure than most other jazz figures

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King Curtis

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saxophonist/bandleader during fusion

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Art Blakey

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bebop drummer; leader of the band “Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers”

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David “Fathead” Newman

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jazz saxophonist and member of the Ray Charles band

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Maria Schneider

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modern composer/bandleader with little musical skill herself

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Wynton Kelly

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jazz pianist with Miles Davis

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