Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Notable Jazz Musicians
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Biographies by Category
- Arlen, Harold, jazz and popular composer
- Armstrong, Louis, jazz musician
- Baker, Chet, singer, jazz trumpeter
- Baker, Josephine, singer, dancer
- Basie, Count, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Bechet, Sidney, jazz musician
- Beiderbecke, Bix, jazz cornetist
- Bennett, Tony, jazz singer
- Bishop, Walter, Jr., musician
- Blake, Eubie, pianist and composer
- Blake, Eubie, pianist and composer
- Brubeck, Dave, pianist and composer
- Byrd, Charlie, jazz guitarist
- Calloway, Cab, jazz singer and band leader
- Carmichael, Hoagy, songwriter
- Carter, Betty, jazz and blues singer
- Cheatham, Doc, musician
- Christian, Charlie, jazz guitarist
- Coleman, Ornette, saxophonist and composer
- Coltrane, John, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Connick, Harry, Jr., jazz musician, actor
- Davis, Miles, trumpeter
- Dorsey, Jimmy, jazz musicians and bandleaders
- Ellington, Duke, jazz musician, composer, bandleader, pianist
- Ellis, Don, jazz musician, trumpeter
- Evans, Bill, pianist, composer, jazz musician
- Fitzgerald, Ella, jazz singer
- Frisell, Bill, guitarist, composer
- Garner, Erroll, pianist, composer, jazz musician
- Getz, Stan, jazz tenor saxophonist
- Gillespie, Dizzy, trumpeter, composer
- Goodman, Benny, clarinetist
- Gordon, Dexter, saxophonist, jazz musician
- Grappelli, Stéphane, jazz violinist
- Guaraldi, Vince, pianist, jazz musician, composer
- Hampton, Lionel, jazz musician
- Hancock, Herbie, jazz musician
- Hawkins, Coleman, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Henderson, Fletcher, jazz composer
- Hines, Earl, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Holiday, Billie, jazz singer
- Horne, Lena, singer, actor
- Jamal, Ahmad, jazz pianist
- Johnson, J. J., jazz trombonist
- Jones, Norah, singer
- Jones, Quincy, composer, music producer, business personality
- Joplin, Scott, ragtime pianist and composer
- Krall, Diana, jazz musician
- Mangione, Chuck, jazz musician
- Marsalis, Branford, jazz musician
- Marsalis, Wynton, jazz musician
- Masekela, Hugh, singer
- McCorkle, Susannah, jazz singer
- Miller, Glenn, bandleader, trombonist
- Mingus, Charles, jazz musician
- Monk, Thelonius, jazz pianist
- Morton, Jelly Roll, jazz musician
- Oliver, King, jazz musician
- Parker, Charlie, saxophonist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Paul, Les, guitarist and inventor
- Peer, Beverly, jazz bass player
- Peterson, Oscar, pianist, jazz musician
- Reinhardt, Django, guitarist, jazz musician
- Rollins, Sonny, jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
- Sete, Bola, guitarist, jazz musician
- Severinsen, Doc, trumpeter, bandleader, jazz musician
- Shaw, Artie, clarinetist and bandleader
- Smith, Bessie, singer
- Strayhorn, Billy, jazz composer, pianist, jazz musician
- Tatum, Art, jazz pianist
- Teagarden, Jack, jazz trombonist and singer
- Vaughan, Sarah, jazz singer,
- Waller, Fats, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
- Washington, Dinah, singer
- Williams, Tony, musician
- Wilson, Cassandra, singer
- Young, Lester, jazz musician
- Zippers, Squirrel Nut, popular swing band
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