JAZZ MUSICIANS

This document contains a representative selection of the jazz musicians for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

ADDERLY, Cannonball [Julian Edwin]	(b. Tampa, 1928; d. Gary, Ind., 1975). Jazz alto saxophonist and leader of small groups.
ARMSTRONG, Louis [Pops; Satchmo]	(b. New Orleans, 1901; d. New York, 1971). Jazz trumpeter and singer.
BASIE, Count [William]	(b. Red Bank, N.J., 1904; d. Hollywood, Fla., 1984). Jazz bandleader and pianist.
BLAKEY, Art [Buhaina, Abdullah ibn]	(b. Pittsburgh, 1919; d. New York, 1990). Jazz drummer and bandleader.
BLEY, Carla [née Borg]	(b. Oakland, Calif., 1938). Jazz composer, bandleader, and entrepreneur.
BRUBECK, Dave [David Warren]	(b. Concord, Calif., 1920). Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
CALLOWAY, Cab [Cabell]	(b. Rochester, N.Y., 1907; d. Hockessin, Del., 1994). Jazz singer and bandleader.
CLARKE, Kenny [Kenneth Spearman; Klook]	(b. Pittsburgh, 1914; d. Montreuil-sous-Bois, near Paris, 1985). Jazz drummer and bandleader.
COLEMAN, Ornette	(b. Fort Worth, 1930). Jazz alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
COLTRANE, John (William)	(b. Hamlet, N.C., 1926; d. Huntington, Long Island, 1967). Jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
CONDON, Eddie [Albert Edwin]	(b. Goodland, Ind., 1905; d. New York, 1973). Jazz guitarist, banjoist, bandleader, and entrepreneur.
COREA, Chick [Armando Anthony, Jr.]	(b. Chelsea, Mass., 1941). Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
DAVIS, Miles (Dewey, III)	(b. Alton, Ill., 1926; d. Santa Monica, Calif., 1991). Jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
D'RIVERA, Paquito	(b. Havana, 1948). Jazz alto saxophonist.
ELLINGTON, Duke [Edward Kennedy]	(b. Washington, D.C., 1899; d. New York, 1974). Jazz bandleader, pianist, and composer.
FITZGERALD, Ella	(b. Newport News, Va., 1918). Jazz and popular singer.
GETZ, Stan [Stanley]	(b. Philadelphia, 1927; d. Malibu, Calif., 1991). Jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader.
GILLESPIE, Dizzy [John Birks]	(b. Cheraw, S.C., 1917; d. Englewood, N.J., 1993). Jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader.
GOODMAN, Benny [Benjamin David]	(b. Chicago, 1909; d. New York, 1986). Jazz and classical clarinetist and jazz bandleader.
GRAPPELLI [Grappelly], Stéphane	(b. Paris, 1908). Jazz violinist.
HAMPTON, Lionel	(b. Louisville, Ky., 1909). Jazz vibraphonist, drummer, and bandleader.
HANCOCK, Herbie [Herbert Jeffrey]	(b. Chicago, 1940). Jazz and popular keyboard player, composer, and bandleader.
HOLLIDAY, Billie [Fagan, Eleanora; Lady Day]	(b. Baltimore, 1915; d. New York, 1959). Jazz singer.
HUMES, Helen	(b. Louisville, Ky., 1913; d. Santa Monica, Calif., 1981). Jazz and blues singer.
IBRAHIM, Abdullah [Dollar Brand; Adolph Johannes Brand]	(b. Cape Town, 1934). Jazz pianist and composer.
JONES, Thad(deus Joseph)	(b. Pontiac, Mich., 1923; d. Copenhagen, 1986). Jazz trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhorn player, composer, and bandleader; brother of Elvin and Hank Jones.
KIRK, (Rahsaan) Roland	(b. Columbus, Ohio, 1936; d. Bloomington, Ind., 1977). Jazz saxophonist, flutist, and bandleader.
LYTTELTON, Humphrey	(b. Eton, England, 1921). Jazz bandleader, trumpeter, clarinetist, author, and radio commentator.
MCFERRIN, Bobby	(b. New York, 1950). Jazz and popular singer.
MCRAE, Carmen	(b. New York, 1922; d. Beverly Hills, Calif., 1994). Jazz singer.
MANGELSDORFF, Albert	(b. Frankfurt am Main, 1928). Jazz trombonist and bandleader.
MARSALIS, Branford	(b. Breaux Bridge, La., 1960). Jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
MARSALIS, Wynton	(b. New Orleans, 1961). Jazz and classical trumpeter, jazz bandleader.
MILLER, (Alton) Glenn	(b. Clarinda, Iowa, 1904; d. between London and Paris, 1944). Jazz and popular bandleader, arranger, and trombonist.
MINGUS, Charles (Jr.)	(b. Nogales, Ariz. 1922; d. Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979). Jazz double bass player, composer, and bandleader.
MONK, Thelonius (Sphere) [Thelious Junior]	(b. Rocky Mount, N.C., 1917; d. Weehawken, N.J., 1982). Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.
MOREIRA, Airto (Guimorva)	(b. Itaiópolis, Brazil, 1941). Brazilian jazz percussionist.
MORTON, Jelly Roll [Lemott [La Menthe, La Mothe], Ferdinand Joseph]	(b. New Orleans, 1890; d. Los Angeles, 1941). Jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist.
NANCE, Ray [Willis]	(b. Chicago, 1913; d. New York, 1976). Jazz trumpeter, cornetist, violinist, singer, and dancer.
ØRSTED PEDERSEN, Niels-Henning	(b. Osted, Denmark, 1946). Jazz double bass player.
PARKER, Charlie [Charles, Jr.; Bird; Yardbird]	(b. Kansas City, Kans., 1920; d. New York, 1955). Jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader.
POZO, Chano [Pozo y Gonzales, Luciano]	(b. Havana, 1915; d. New York, 1948). Cuban jazz conga player and singer.
PUENTE, Tito [Ernest Anthony]	(b. New York, 1923). Jazz and salsa percussionist, vibraphonist, and bandleader.
REINHARDT, Django [Jean Baptiste]	(b. Liberchies, near Luttre, Belgium, 1910; d. Fontainebleau, 1935). Jazz guitarist.
ROLLINI, Adrian	(b. New York, 1904; d. Homestead, Fla., 1956). Jazz instrumentalist (bass saxophone, goofus, hot fountain pen, and vibraphone).
RUSSELL, George (Allan)	(b. Cincinnati, 1923). Jazz composer, performer, and theorist.
SIMS, Zoot [John Haley]	(b. Inglewood, Calif., 1925; d. New York, 1985). Jazz tenor saxophonist.
SUN RA [Blount, Herman ("Sonny"); Le Sony'r Ra]	(b. Birmingham, Ala., 1914; d. there, 1993). Jazz bandleader, composer, and keyboard player.
THIELEMANS, Toots [Jean Baptiste]	(b. Brussels, 1922). Jazz harmonica player, guitarist, and whistler.
TRISTANO, Lennie [Leonard Joseph]	(b. Chicago, 1919; d. New York, 1978). Jazz pianist, teacher, and bandleader.
VAUGHAN, Sarah (Lois)	(b. Newark, N.J., 1924; d. Hidden Hills, 1990). Jazz singer.
WALLER, Fats [Thomas Wright]	(b. New York, 1904; d. Kansas City, Mo., 1943). Jazz and popular pianist, organist, singer, bandleader, and composer.
WILLIAMS, Mary Lou [née Scruggs, Mary Elfrieda]	(b. Atlanta, 1910; d. Durham, 1981). Jazz pianist, arranger, and composer.