Jazz Vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Nancy Wilson, Chet Baker, Tony Bennett, Shirley Horn, Bobby McFerrin, Cab Calloway
Jazz Combo
Jazz Instrumentalists You Should Know
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Saxophone/Woodwinds: Soprano:Sidney Bechet, David Liebman, Branford Marsalis Alto:Charlie Parker,Cannonball Adderly,Johnny Hodges (soprano), Ornette Coleman, Paul Desmond, Lee Konitz, Eric Dolphy (flute & clarinet), Lou Donaldson, Benny Carter (clarinet, trumpet) Tenor:John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Wayne Shorter,Sonny Stitt, Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Stan Getz, Jan Garbarek, Joe Lovano, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Benny Golson, Hank Mobley, Lester Young Baritone: Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams, Other: Hubert Laws (flute), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Yusef Lateef (tenor, flute, oboe, bassoon), Anat Cohen (clarinet), Oran Etkin (bass clarinet)
Trumpet:Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Chet Baker, Roy Hargrove, Lee Morgan, Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Arturo Sandoval, Maynard Ferguson, Roy Eldridge, Fats Navaro, Don Cherry, Randy Brecker, Christian Scott, Terence Blanchard, Bix Beiderbecke, Avishai Cohen
Trombone: Trombone Shorty, Wycliffe Gordon, Curtis Fuller, J.J Johnson, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Brookmeyer, Glen Miller
Guitar: Freddie Green, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, George Benson, Pat Metheney, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Django Reinhardt, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Lionel Loueke
Piano:Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Teddy Wilson, Nat King Cole, Wynton Kelly, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Harry Connick Jr., Tommy Flanagan, Lionel Hampton (vibes), Ahmad Jamal, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Scott Joplin, Stan Kenton, Diana Krall, Terry Pollard, Hazel Scott, Horace Silver, Nina Simone, Billy Strayhorn, Cecil Taylor, Cedar Walton,
Drums: Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette Bass: Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius
Band Leaders/Big Band Composers/Arrangers: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thad Jones, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Rob McConnell, Maria Schneider, John Hollenbeck, Darcy James Argue, Mel Lewis, Quincy Jones, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, Woody Herman, Tommey Dorsey, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Shaw, Bob Curnow, Frank Foster, Sammy Nestico