Introduction to jazz history
3rd edition
By Donald D. Megill and Richard S. Demory
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1993 |
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| Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) | cast, composer |
| Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) | bandleader, composer |
| Beiderbecke, Bix [Leon Bismarck] (b. 1903 d. 1931) | cornet, musicisti |
| Braxton, Anthony (b. 1945) | alto saxophone, flute |
| Clapton, Eric (b. 1945) | composer, guitar |
| Coleman, Ornette (b. 1930) | alto saxophone, drums |
| Coltrane, John (William) (b. 1926 d. 1967) | alto sax, soprano sax |
| Corea, Chick (b. 1941) | piano, composer |
| Cray, Robert (b. 1953) | blues guitar, singer |
| Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) | piano, tromba |
| Dolphy, Eric (Allan) (b. 1928 d. 1964) | alto saxophone, flute |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Evans, Bill (b. 1929 d. 1980) | composer, flute |
| Garner, Erroll (Louis) (b. 1921 d. 1977) | musicista, piano |
| Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) | tromba, trumpet |
| Goodman, Benny [Benjamin David] (b. 1909 d. 1986) | alto saxophone, cast |
| Henderson, Fletcher [James Fletcher] (b. 1898 d. 1952) | arranger, bandleader |
| Hines, Fatha [Earl Kenneth] (b. 1903 d. 1983) | piano, bandleader |
| Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959) | musicisti, singer |
| Johnson, James P. [James Price] (b. 1891 d. 1955) | cast, composer |
| Johnson, Robert (b. 1891 d. 1938) | blues singer, blues guitar |
| Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) | composer, librettist |
| King, B.B. (b. 1925) | blues singer, guitar |
| Ledbetter, Huddie (b. 1885 d. 1949) | songster, vocals |
| Lewis, Meade "Lux" (b. 1905 d. 1964) | piano, celeste |
| Mingus, Charles (b. 1922 d. 1979) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Monk, Thelonious (Sphere) (b. 1917 d. 1982) | piano, pianoforte |
| Morton, Jelly Roll (b. 1885 d. 1941) | composer, music based on |
| Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983) | blues singer, vocals |
| Oliver, King [Joseph] (b. 1885 d. 1938) | composer, cornet |
| Parker, Charlie [Charles Christopher] (b. 1920 d. 1955) | alto saxophone |
| Powell, Bud [Earl Rudolf] (b. 1924 d. 1966) | bop pianist, piano |
| Tatum, Art [Arthur, Jr.] (b. 1910 d. 1956) | piano, celeste |
| Taylor, Cecil (Percival) (b. 1933) | piano, composer |
| Waller, Fats [Thomas Wright] (b. 1904 d. 1943) | cast, composer |
| Yancey, Jimmy [James Edward] (b. 1898 d. 1951) | piano, vocals |
| Young, Lester (Willis) (b. 1909 d. 1959) | cornet, guitar |