Jazz Giants
p. 92 In:
Fordham, John
London: A Dorling Kindersley Book, 1993, 216 p.
Jazz
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  Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) |   cast, composer |
  Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) |   bandleader, composer |
  Bechet, Sidney (Joseph) (b. 1897 d. 1959) |   clarinet, saxophone |
  Beiderbecke, Bix [Leon Bismarck] (b. 1903 d. 1931) |   cornet, musicisti |
  Blakey, Art (b. 1919 d. 1990) |   drummer, drums |
  Coleman, Ornette (b. 1930) |   alto saxophone, drums |
  Coltrane, John (William) (b. 1926 d. 1967) |   alto sax, soprano sax |
  Davis, Miles (Dewey) (b. 1926 d. 1991) |   piano, tromba |
  Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) |   composer, direttore d'orchestra |
  Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) |   tromba, trumpet |
  Hawkins, Coleman (Randolph) (b. 1904 d. 1969) |   clarinet, tenor sax |
  Holiday, Billie (b. 1915 d. 1959) |   musicisti, singer |
  Jarrett, Keith Daniel (b. 1945) |   piano, pianoforte |
  Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) |   composer, librettist |
  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 |
  Parker, Charlie [Charles Christopher] (b. 1920 d. 1955) |   alto saxophone |
  Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) |   tenor saxophone |
  Young, Lester (Willis) (b. 1909 d. 1959) |   cornet, guitar |