Focus on jazz
Photography by Peter Symes
Text by Peter Gamble
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| Adams, George [Rufus] (b. 1940) | tenor saxophone, flute |
| Bang, Billy (b. 1947) | violin, composer |
| Blackwell, Ed [Edward Joseph] (b. 1929) | drummer |
| Blakey, Art (b. 1919 d. 1990) | drummer, drums |
| Bluiett, Hamiet (b. 1940) | baritone sax, alto clarinet |
| Blythe, Arthur (Murray) [Black Arthur] (b. 1940) | alto sax, soprano sax |
| Bowie, Lester (b. 1941) | trumpet |
| Brand, Adolf Johannes (b. 1934) | baritone sax, jazz piano |
| Brookmeyer, Bob [Robert] (b. 1929) | valve trombone, piano |
| Carter, Benny (b. 1907) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Charles, Dennis (b. 1933) | drummer, drums |
| Cheatham, Doc [Adolphus Anthony] (b. 1905) | trumpet, vocals |
| Cherry, Don [Donald Eugene].) (b. 1936 a. 1950) | trumpeter, bandleader |
| Cohn, Al (b. 1925 d. 1988) | orchestrator, saxophone |
| Coxhill, Lol [Lowen] (b. 1932) | saxophone |
| Curson, Ted [Theodore] (b. 1935) | trumpet |
| Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) | piano, tromba |
| Davis, Nathan Tate (b. 1937) | tenor sax, music educator |
| Dyani, Johnny (Mbizo) (b. 1945 d. 1986) | double bass |
| Edison, Sweets (b. 1915) | drums, trumpet |
| Evans, Gil (b. 1912 d. 1988) | arranger, piano |
| Favors, Malachi (b. 1937) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Freeman, Chico [Earl Lavon jr.] (b. 1949) | tenor saxophone, leader |
| Gaillard, Slim [Bulee] (b. 1916 d. 1991) | guitar, singer |
| Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) | tromba, trumpet |
| Green, Freddie (b. 1911 d. 1987) | guitar |
| Grey, Al [Albert Thornton] (b. 1925) | trombone |
| Griffin, Johnny (b. 1928) | alto saxophone, guitar |
| Haden, Charlie [Charles Edward] (b. 1937) | string bass |
| Hall, Adelaide (Louise) (b. 1895) | cast, jazz singer |
| Hall, Jim [James Stanley] (b. 1930) | jazz guitar |
| Hampton, Lionel (b. 1913) | drums, musicista |
| Hardman, Bill [William Franklin Jr.] (b. 1933) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Harris, Beaver (b. 1936 d. 1991) | clarinet, drummer |
| Haurand, Ali [Alfred Antonius Josef] (b. 1943) | double bass, percussion |
| Hemphill, Julius (b. 1938) | alto sax, tenor sax |
| Henderson, Joe [Joseph A.] (b. 1937) | orchestra, piano |
| Higgins, Billy (b. 1936) | cast, director |
| Holland, Dave [David] (b. 1946) | bass, double bass |
| Hubbard, Freddie [Frederick Dewayne] (b. 1938) | trumpet, flugel horn |
| Hutcherson, Bobby [Robert] (b. 1941) | vibraphone, marimba |
| Jacquet, Illinois [Jean Baptiste] (b. 1922 a. 1941) | tenor saxophone |
| Johnson, Budd (b. 1910 d. 1984) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Jones, Elvin (Ray) (b. 1927) | drummer, drums |
| Jordan, Stanley (b. 1959) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| King, Peter (b. 1940) | alto saxophone |
| Korner, Alexis (b. 1928 d. 1984) | electric guitar, piano |
| Laine, Cleo (b. 1927) | cast, singer |
| Lake, Oliver (Eugene) (b. 1942) | alto saxophone, composer |
| Lincoln, Abbey (b. 1930) | singer, vocals |
| Lyttelton, Humphrey (b. 1921) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Mangelsdorff, Albert (b. 1928) | trombone, leader |
| Manne, Shelley [Sheldon] (b. 1920 d. 1984) | director, drummer |
| Marsalis, Branford (b. 1960) | sax, soprano sax |
| Maxwell, Jimmy [James Kendrick] (b. 1917 a. 1935) | trumpet |
| McGregor, Chris (b. 1936 d. 1990) | piano, bandleader |
| Moholo, Louis (T.) (b. 1940) | drummer |
| Moncur, Grachan (b. 1937) | trombone, composer |
| Moody, James (b. 1925) | alto saxophone, flute |
| Moss, Danny [Dennis] (b. 1927) | tenor saxophone, clarinet |
| Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983) | blues singer, vocals |
| Murray, David (b. 1955) | tenor saxophone |
| Newman, Joe [Joseph Dwight] (b. 1922 d. 1992) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Nistico, Sal [Salvatore] (b. 1940 d. 1991) | tenor saxophone |
| Norvo, Red (b. 1908) | cast, piano |
| Osborne, Mike [Michael Evans] [Ossie] (b. 1941) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Parker, Evan (b. 1944) | Komposition, saxophone |
| Pepper, Art [Arthur Edward] (b. 1925 d. 1982) | alto saxophone |
| Person, Houston (b. 1934) | tenor saxophone |
| Pine, Courtney (b. 1964) | sax, tenor sax |
| Rivers, Sam [Samuel Carthorne] (b. 1930) | saxophone, piano |
| Roach, Max [Maxwell Lemuel] (b. 1925) | bass, drfl~ |
| Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) | tenor saxophone |
| Rutherford, Paul (William) (b. 1940) | trombone |
| Scofield, John (b. 1951) | electric guitar, guitar |
| Scott, Tony (b. 1921) | clarinet |
| Shaw, Woody [Herman] (b. 1944 d. 1989) | trumpet, flugel horn |
| Shepp, Archie (Vernon) (b. 1937) | sax, tenor sax |
| Shorter, Wayne (b. 1933) | tenor sax, soprano sax |
| Sims, Zoot (b. 1925 d. 1985) | soprano sax, tenor sax |
| Singer, Hal [Harold (b. 1919) | tenor saxophone |
| Skidmore, Alan (Richard James) (b. 1942) | soprano sax, tenor sax |
| Stewart, Bob (b. 1945) | tuba |
| Stewart, Slam [Leroy Elliot] (b. 1914 d. 1987) | baritone sax, bass (instrument) |
| Stitt, Sonny [Edward] (b. 1924 d. 1982) | alto sax, baritone sax |
| Sun Ra (b. 1914) | composer, piano |
| Surman, John (Douglas) (b. 1944 a. 1848) | baritone sax, Buchhandler |
| Swallow, Steve [Stephen W.] (b. 1940) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Tate, Buddy [George Holmes] (b. 1915) | tenor saxophone |
| Taylor, Cecil (Percival) (b. 1933) | piano, composer |
| Tracey, Stan [Stanley William] (b. 1926) | piano, pianoforte |
| Ward, Carlos (Nathaniel) (b. 1940) | saxophone |
| Weller, Don (b. 1947) | sax, tenor sax |
| Wellins, Bobby [Robert Coull] (b. 1936) | sax, tenor sax |
| Westbrook, Kate (a. 1974) | voice, wind instrument |
| Westbrook, Mike [Michael John David] (b. 1936) | jazz composer, piano |
| Wheeler, Ken [Kenneth Vincent] (b. 1930) | trumpeter, flugel horn |
| Whittle, Tommy [Thomas] (b. 1926) | sax, tenor sax |
| Williams, Joe (b. 1918) | banjo, bass (instrument) |
| Woode, Jimmy [James Bryant] (b. 1928) | bass (instrument), bass |