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Jazz Greats

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William Edward Dennis (1921 - 1965)
Willie Dennis was one of the great individualists on the trombone [Bill Harris, Jimmy Knepper and Frank Rosolino also come to mind in this regard]. Brian Priestly, the author of a critical biography ...
Tony Fruscella (1927 - 1969)
A mellow, lyrical cool jazz trumpeter in the vein of Chet Baker, Tony Fruscella unfortunately lived a similarly addictive lifestyle that led to a tragically premature death. Fruscella was born in Orang...
Fats Waller (1904 - 1943)
Not only was Fats Waller one of the greatest pianists jazz has ever known, he was also one of its most exuberantly funny entertainers -- and as so often happens, one facet tends to obscure the other. H...
Pete Fountain (1930 - 2016)
Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016), known professionally as Pete Fountain, was an American clarinetist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played jazz, Dixieland, pop jazz, ho...
Miss Peggy Lee (1920 - 2002)
Peggy Lee (1920 – 2002) was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing w...

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Male

Bix Beiderbecke
Django Reinhardt
Pharoah Sanders
Ron Carter
Sam Rivers
Cab Calloway
Duke Ellington
Rich Rawlings
Jack Teagarden
Charlie Teagarden
Stan Tarington
Shorty Rogers
Louis Armstrong
Cannonball Adderly
Nate Adderly
Wes Montgomery
Art Farmer
Milt Buckner
Cootie Williams
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonius Monk
John Coltrane
Oscar Peterson
Joe Zawinul
Bill Evans
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer) Joe Williams]
Mel Torme
Joe Henderson
Steve Lawrence
Steve Allen
Sil Austin, sax
Ace Cannon, sax
Earl Garner
Lionel Hampton
Count Basie
Louis Lomax
Jerry Mulligan
Gene Krupa, drums
Peter Nero
Ike Turner
Sticks Magee, drum
Nat King Cole
Buckethead
Bill Laswell
Tony Williams
Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHØP)
Earl Hines
Eugene McDaniels (Feb. 12, 1935-July 29, 2011), singer and songwriter.
Frank Foster (1929-July 26, 2011), played with Basie.
Jack McCray, Charleston jazz historian, advocate and author.
Sonny Rollins
Ornette Coleman
Lester Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.
Billy Eckstine (July 8, 1914 – March 8, 1993) was an American singer with a rich, resonant, almost operatic baritone voice and a bandleader of the swing era.
Jackie McLean

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