Jazz & Traditional Pop

tin pan alley songwriters and composers:

George Gershwin

harry warren

Vincent Youmans

al Sherman

Harold arlen

irving berlin

George m. cohan

Dorothy fields

scott Joplin 

fats waller

broadway musicals/Hollywood show tunes composers:

Irving Berlin

Frederick Loewe

Victor Herbert

Harry Warren

Harold Arlen

Jerome Kern

George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin

Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Oscar Hammerstein

Johnny Mercer

Dorothy Fields

Hoagy Carmichael

Cole Porter

big band jazz/swing:

louie armstrong

duke ellington

fletcher henderson

count basie

benny goodman

glenn miller

lester young

Sidney bechet

coleman Hawkins

cab calloway

jimmy Dorsey

tommy Dorsey

erroll garner

art tatum

woody herman

earl hines

lionel Hampton

artie shaw 

Django Reinhardt

benny carter

buddy rich

vocal jazz:

louis armstrong

mills brothers

the ink sports

the jubilaires

cab calloway

billie holiday

Dinah Washington

ella fitzgerald

sarah Vaughan

nat king cole

Carmen McRae

frank Sinatra

chet baker

nina simone

Billy eckstine

traditional USA/western pop:

louie Armstrong

ella fitzgerald

judy garland

dean martin

Sammy davis jr.

Frank Sinatra

Dinah Shore

Jo Stafford

Perry Como

Peggy Lee

Patti Page

David Whitfield

Bing Crosby

the lennon sisters

tony bennet

bobby darin

andy Williams

Shirley bassey

liza minnelli

Barbra Streisand

Billy Eckstine

The four freshmen

latin jazz:

The Jazz Band Sagua 

Jamie prats and the Cuban jazz band

Armando Romeu

Isidro Pérez

Chico O'Farrill

Germán Lebatard

machito

orquesta riverside

chano Pozzo

carlos vidal bolado

Graciela

Lecuona Cuban Boys (Ernesto Lecuona/Armando Oréfiche)

chano pozo

mongo satamaria

eddie palmieri

papo lucca

juancito torres

joe loco

ray barretto

modern jazz

bebop:

Charlie parker

dizzy Gillespie

bud powell

max roach

Thelonious monk

Charles mingus

dexter Gordon

fats Navarro

Freddie hubbard

Charlie Christian

tadd dameron

Kenny Clarke

miles davis

art Blakey

Clark terry

Roy haynes

hard bop/ modal jazz:

theloneous monk

Charles mingus

the jazz messengers

miles davis

Charles mingus

Thelonious monk

max roach

paul chambers

philly joe jones

ahmad jamal

the modern jazz quartet

Horace silver

Clifford brown

Freddie hubbard

john Coltrane

bill evans

hank mobley

oscar Peterson

cannonball adderley

sonny rollins

chet baker

lee morgan

dave brubeck

mccoy tyner

Donald byrd

stan getz

wes montgomery

Clark terry

Jimmy smith

Jimmy cobb

Milt jackson

late 1950s-1960s jazz/modal jazz/free jazz:

theloneous monk

Charles mingus

miles davis

john Coltrane

Jimmy garrison

bill evans

dave brubeck

ornette coleman

eric Dolphy

sun ra

albert ayler

Cecil taylor

wes Montgomery

wayne shorter

herbie hancock

chic korea

Charlie haden

archie shepp

pharoah sanders

mccoy tyner

don cherry

alice Coltrane

Carla bley

Ron carter

Roland kirk

Evan parker

Hank Bennink

Spontaneous music Ensemble

Company

James blood ulmer

jazz fusion/jazz rock:

miles davis

frank zappa

herbie hancock

soft machine

Colosseum

caravan

The jazz crusaders

tony Williams lifetime

larry Coryell

the corporation

return to forever

mahavishnu orchestra

weather report

nucleus

jeff beck

al di meola

George benson

steely dan

john scofield

Dedalus

isotope

jaco pastorius

joni Mitchell

quiet sun

Gilgamesh

brand x

allan holdsworth

ecm:

keith jarret

dave holland

jan garbarek

pat Metheny

1980s-1990s jazz:

pat metheny

allan holdsworth

gary Thomas

graham haynes

john zorn

jazz warriors

Courtney pine

2000s-2010s jazz:

femi temowo

Soweto kinch

Robert glasper

Avishai cohen (bassist)

Avsihai cohen (trumpeter)

Ambrose akinmusire

kamasi washington

alfa mist

ezra collective

joe armon jones

Roy hargrove

christian mcbride

tigran hamasyan

Joshua redman

Brad mehldau

Mark turner

Walter smith jr.

nubya Garcia

yussef dayes

kmaal Williams

moses boyd

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