America's black musical heritage
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| Anderson, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1928) | composer |
| Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) | cast, composer |
| Bares, Basile (b. 1845 d. 1902) | composer |
| Berry, Chuck (b. 1926) | composer, lyricist |
| Bland, James Allen (b. 1854 d. 1911) | minstrel show musician, professor |
| Bridgetower, George (Augustus) Polgreen (b. 1779 d. 1860) | violin |
| Carter, John (b. 1937) | piano, composer |
| Christian, Charlie (b. 1916 d. 1942) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Coleman, Ornette (b. 1930) | alto saxophone, drums |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912) | composer |
| Coltrane, John (William) (b. 1926 d. 1967) | alto sax, soprano sax |
| Cook, Will Marion (b. 1869 d. 1944) | composer, director |
| Cunningham, Arthur H. (b. 1928) | composer |
| Dameron, Tadd [Tadley Ewing Peake] (b. 1917 d. 1965) | arranger, composer |
| Davis, Gussie Lord (b. 1863 d. 1899) | songwriter |
| Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) | piano, tromba |
| Dawson, William Levi (b. 1899 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Dede, Edmund (b. 1827 d. 1903 a. 1862) | violin, clarinet |
| Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943) | composer, teacher |
| Dixon, Dean [Charles Dean] (b. 1915 d. 1976) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Dorsey, Thomas A. [Thomas Andrew] (b. 1899 d. 1993) | blues singer, piano |
| Eldridge, Roy [David Roy] (b. 1911 d. 1989) | tromba, trumpet |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Europe, James Reese (b. 1881 d. 1919) | bandmaster, composer |
| Fischer, William Samuel (b. 1935) | arranger, composer |
| Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) | tromba, trumpet |
| Hakim, Talib Rasul (b. 1940 d. 1988) | composer |
| Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) | additional Music, cast |
| Hart, Clyde (b. 1910 d. 1945) | bass, piano |
| Jackson, Isaiah (Allen) (b. 1945) | conductor |
| Johnson, J. Rosamond [John Rosamund] (b. 1873 d. 1954) | composer, singer |
| Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) | composer, librettist |
| Kay, Ulysses (Simpson) (b. 1917 d. 1995) | composer |
| Lambert, Richard (a. 1830s) | cast, piano |
| Lambert, Sidney | composer |
| Lee, Everett (b. 1920) | orchestra and opera conductor |
| Lewis, John (Aaron) (b. 1920) | arranger, composer |
| Little Richard (b. 1935) | composer, lyricist |
| Logan, Wendell (Morris) (b. 1940) | composer, music educator |
| Morton, Jelly Roll (b. 1885 d. 1941) | composer, music based on |
| Moten, Bennie [Benjamin] (b. 1894 d. 1935) | piano, trombone |
| Parker, Charlie [Charles Christopher] (b. 1920 d. 1955) | alto saxophone |
| Perry, Julia (Amanda) (b. 1924 d. 1979) | composer, conductor |
| Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) | tenor saxophone |
| Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne (b. 1739 d. 1799) | composer, violin |
| Smith, Hale (b. 1925) | composer, arranger |
| Snaer, Samuel (b. 1832 d. 1896) | composer |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Swanson, Howard (b. 1907 d. 1978) | composer |
| Tillis, Frederick Charles (b. 1930) | composer, administrator |
| Walker, George Theophilius (b. 1922) | banjo, composer |
| White, Clarence Cameron (b. 1880 d. 1960) | composer, violin |
| Wilson, Olly (Woodrow) (b. 1937) | composer, trombone |