Charlie Parker
Louis Armstrong
Pharoah Sanders
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Theloneous Monk
Oscar Peterson
Art Blakey
Ornette Coleman
Sun Ra
Dizzy Gillespie
Bud Powell
Max Roach
Coleman Hawkins
John Coltrane
Dexter Gordon
Sarah Vaughn
Mary Lou Williams
Cecil Taylor
Joe Jennings
Tony WIlliams
Tia Fuller
George Benson
Grover Washington Jr.
Marcus Miller
Esperanza Spaulding
Freddie Hubbard
Lenny White
Sonny Rollins
Lee Morgan
Branford Marsalis
Freddie Hubbard
Wes Montgomery
Donald Byrd
Jimmy Smith
Elvin Jones
McCoy Tyner
Ron Carter
The Jazz Messengers
Cannonball Adderly
Charles Mingus
Herbie Hancock
Al Jarreau
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Ella Fitzgerald
Horace Silver
Alice Coltrane
Wayne Shorter
Keith Jarrett
Charlie Parker
Louis Armstrong
Pharoah Sanders
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Theloneous Monk
Oscar Peterson
Art Blakey
Ornette Coleman
Sun Ra
Dizzy Gillespie
Bud Powell
Max Roach
Coleman Hawkins
John Coltrane
Dexter Gordon
Sarah Vaughn
Mary Lou Williams
Cecil Taylor
Joe Jennings
Tony WIlliams
Tia Fuller
George Benson
Grover Washington Jr.
Marcus Miller
Esperanza Spaulding
Freddie Hubbard
Lenny White
Sonny Rollins
Lee Morgan
Branford Marsalis
Freddie Hubbard
Wes Montgomery
Donald Byrd
Jimmy Smith
Elvin Jones
McCoy Tyner
Ron Carter
The Jazz Messengers
Cannonball Adderly
Charles Mingus
Herbie Hancock
Al Jarreau
Wynton Marsalis
Miles Davis
Ella Fitzgerald
Horace Silver
Alice Coltrane
Wayne Shorter
Keith Jarrett
All About Sarah Vaughan Growing up with a father who played both the piano and guitar and a mother who sang in the church choir,
Biography Ms. Alice McLeod was born on August 27, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan. Ms. McLeod was born into a musically inclined family in which her
Ornette Coleman Ralph Denard Ornette Coleman was born on March 19, 1930 in Fort Worth, TX. Coleman married poet and activist, Jayne
Art Blakey’s Jazz Message It is impossible to talk about influential jazz musicians without talking about Art Blakey. Blakey was one of the most important
Introduction Like all other American music genres, Jazz was born to African Americans, originating in New Orleans. Just like the vast amount of cultures of
The Queen of Jazz By: Whitney Holmes “Music is the universal language… it brings people closer together.”– Ella Fitzgerald Background Information on Jazz Music Ella
