Jazz Final

Charlie Parker

Alto saxophonist and bebop pioneer who played with Dizzy Gillespie.

Dizzy Gillespie

Trumpet player and co-founder of bebop, known for Afro-Cuban influence.

Bud Powell

Key bebop pianist known for developing the 'right-hand bebop language'.

Thelonious Monk

Bebop composer famous for the piece '‘Round Midnight'.

Kenny Clarke

Drummer credited with inventing modern jazz drumming techniques.

Sarah Vaughan

Vocalist heavily influenced by bebop music.

Miles Davis (early)

Trumpet player known for Birth of the Cool, a milestone in cool jazz.

Gil Evans

Arranger and orchestrator for Birth of the Cool.

Sonny Rollins

Tenor saxophonist known for his work in hard bop and motivic improvisation.

Horace Silver

Pianist recognized for his funky, gospel-influenced hard bop style.

Clifford Brown

Young trumpet star of hard bop who died prematurely.

Max Roach

• Drums

• Clifford Brown partner; hard bop pioneer

Art Blakey

• Drums

• Hard bop bandleader

• Jazz Messengers

Miles Davis (1950-60’s)

• Trumpet

• First Great Quintet leader

• Kind of Blue (modal jazz)

• Bitches Brew (fusion)

John Coltrane

• Tenor sax

• Played with Miles

• “Giant Steps”

• Classic Quartet leader

Red Garland

• Piano

• Miles’s 1950s group

Paul Chambers

• Bass

• First Great Quintet

“Philly” Joe Jones

• Drums

• Miles’s drummer

Cannonball Adderley

• Alto sax

• With Miles on Kind of Blue

Bill Evans

• Piano

• Bill Evans Trio (LaFaro, Motian)

• Played on Kind of Blue

McCoy Tyner / Elvin Jones / Jimmy Garrison

• Coltrane Classic Quartet

• Piano / Drums / Bass

Miles Davis — Bitches Brew

• First major fusion album

Wayne Shorter

• Tenor/soprano sax

• Played with Miles

• Co-founded Weather Report

Joe Zawinul

• Keyboardist

• Weather Report co-leader

Weather Report

• Fusion band (Shorter + Zawinul)

Herbie Hancock

• Piano/keys

• Fusion pioneer

• Head Hunters

Jaco Pastorius

• Bassist (Weather Report)

• NOT bebop → used in “all EXCEPT” questions

Chano Pozo

• Instrument: Percussion

• Importance: Afro-Cuban percussionist

• Worked with Dizzy Gillespie ("Manteca")

Louis Armstrong

• Importance: First major jazz soloist

• Instrument: Trumpet

• Style: New Orleans jazz

Duke Ellington

• Instrument: Piano / composer

• Style: Swing big band

• Importance: One of America's greatest composers

Billie Holiday

• Instrument: Voice

• Style: Swing era vocalist

Ella Fitzgerald

• Instrument: Voice

• Style: Swing; scat singing