| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Chet Baker |
Jazz Musician |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-May-1988 |
Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Tony Bennett |
Singer |
3-Aug-1926 |
|
Left his heart in San Francisco |
| Bunny Berigan |
Jazz Musician |
2-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-1942 |
Jazz trumpeter great |
| Eubie Blake |
Jazz Musician |
7-Feb-1883 |
12-Feb-1983 |
Ragtime jazz pianist |
| Les Brown |
Musician |
14-Mar-1912 |
4-Jan-2001 |
Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
| Cab Calloway |
Jazz Musician |
25-Dec-1907 |
18-Nov-1994 |
King of Hi-De-Ho |
| Benny Carter |
Jazz Musician |
8-Aug-1907 |
12-Jul-2003 |
Jazz and big bandleader |
| Betty Carter |
Singer |
16-May-1929 |
26-Sep-1998 |
Jazz vocalist |
| Kenny Clarke |
Drummer |
9-Jan-1914 |
26-Jan-1985 |
Droppin' Bombs |
| Don Cornell |
Singer |
21-Apr-1919 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Big band singer, It Isn't Fair |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
Jazz composer |
| Bill Evans |
Jazz Musician |
16-Aug-1929 |
15-Sep-1980 |
Jazz pianist |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Dexter Gordon |
Jazz Musician |
27-Feb-1923 |
25-Apr-1990 |
Influential bop saxophonist |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Woody Herman |
Jazz Musician |
16-May-1913 |
29-Oct-1987 |
1940s Big Band leader and jazz clarinetist |
| Lena Horne |
Singer |
30-Jun-1917 |
|
Jazz singer, famous for Stormy Weather |
| Freddie Hubbard |
Jazz Musician |
7-Apr-1938 |
|
Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist |
| Alberta Hunter |
Singer |
1-Apr-1895 |
17-Oct-1984 |
Downhearted Blues |
| James P. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
01-Feb-1894 |
17-Nov-1955 |
The father of stride piano |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
19-Feb-1912 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Barney Kessel |
Guitarist |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-May-2004 |
Be-bop guitarist |
| Wes Montgomery |
Jazz Musician |
6-Mar-1925 |
15-Jun-1968 |
Superb jazz guitarist |
| Jelly Roll Morton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Oct-1890 |
10-Jul-1941 |
Jazz composer, pianist |
| Gerry Mulligan |
Jazz Musician |
6-Apr-1927 |
20-Jan-1996 |
Greatest jazz baritonist of all time |
| Oscar Peterson |
Pianist |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Wayne Shorter |
Jazz Musician |
25-Aug-1933 |
|
Influential sax player and jazz composer |
| Horace Silver |
Jazz Musician |
2-Sep-1928 |
|
Song For My Father |
| Jack Teagarden |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1905 |
15-Jan-1964 |
Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader |
| Dinah Washington |
Singer |
29-Aug-1924 |
14-Dec-1963 |
Queen of the Blues |
| Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
| Nancy Wilson |
Singer |
20-Feb-1937 |
|
Jazz and pop diva |
| Lester Young |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1909 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Jazz tenor saxophoneist |
