jazz musicians

Original Dixieland Jass Band

1920s jazz band

Sidney Bechet

clarinetist and soprano saxophonis.

King Oliver

cornet player and bandleader of Creole Jazz Band.

Louis Armstrong

trumpeter and vocalist,

Jack Teagarden

trombonist and bandleader

Jelly Roll Morton

A pianist and composer

Benny Goodman

A clarinetist and bandleader

Ella Fitzgerald

vocalist

Charlie Parker

alto saxophonist, Bebop

Dizzy Gillespie

trumpeter bebop

Max Roach

drummer

Lee Konitz

alto saxophonist , Cool Jazz

Thelonious Monk

A unique and innovative pianist and composer Bebop.

Miles Davis

A key figure in the transition from Bebop to Cool Jazz.

Chet Baker

A trumpeter and vocalist

Paul Chambers

A prominent jazz double bassist , Miles Davis Quintet.

Fletcher Henderson

A bandleader and arranger, big band

Gene Krupa

drummer, big band

Buddy Rich

drummer

Tommy Dorsey

A trombonist and bandleader