Featured Artists
-
Bill Evans (1929–1980)
Bill Evans was one of the most influential pianists in jazz history,...
-
Billy Taylor (1921–2010)
Billy Taylor was one of the most influential figures in American jazz,...
-
Booker Ervin (1930–1970)
Booker Telleferro Ervin Jr. was born on October 31, 1930, in Denison,...
-
Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
Charles Mingus was one of the most towering figures in jazz history...
-
Count Basie (1904–1984)
William James "Count" Basie was born on August 21, 1904, in Red...
-
Dorsey Brothers
Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957) and Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956) were born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania,...
-
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader widely...
-
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)
Ella Fitzgerald, often called the "First Lady of Song," was one of...
-
Eric Dolphy (1928–1964)
Eric Allan Dolphy was born on June 20, 1928, in Los Angeles,...
-
Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996)
Gerry Mulligan was one of the most influential figures in jazz history,...
-
George Russell (1923-2009)
George Allan Russell was born on June 23, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio....
-
Glenn Miller (1904–1944)
Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa....
-
Horace Silver (1928–2014)
Horace Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader widely regarded...
-
Jimmy Smith (1925–2005)
Jimmy Smith was one of the most influential figures in jazz history,...
-
John Coltrane (1926–1967)
John William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926, in Hamlet, North...
-
Lee Morgan (1938–1972)
Lee Morgan was born on July 10, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a...
-
Max Roach (1924-2007)
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was born on January 10, 1924, in Newland, North...
-
The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet — widely known as the MJQ — was...
-
Miles Davis (1926-1991)
Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926, in Alton,...
-
Ornette Coleman (1930–2015)
Ornette Coleman was born on March 19, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas,...
-
Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was born on September 7, 1930, in New...
-
Stan Getz (1927–1991)
Stan Getz was one of the most influential tenor saxophonists in jazz...
-
Ted Curson (1935–2012)
Theodore "Ted" Curson was born on June 3, 1935, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
-
Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount,...
-
Wardell Gray (1921-1955)
Wardell Gray was born on February 13, 1921, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,...
-
Warne Marsh (1927–1987)
Warne Marsh was born on October 26, 1927, in Los Angeles, California,...
