The Simon and Schuster listener's guides
| Books | TheMusicSack | People |
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| 1980 |
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| The above item has biographical information on: |
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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 |
| Carter, Ron [Ronald Levin] (b. 1937) | bass (instrument), bass |
| 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 |
| Dodds, Johnny [John M.] (b. 1892 d. 1940) | clarinet, alto saxophone |
| Eldridge, Roy [David Roy] (b. 1911 d. 1989) | tromba, trumpet |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Fitzgerald, Ella (b. 1920 a. 1936) | composer, interprete |
| Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) | tromba, trumpet |
| Goodman, Benny [Benjamin David] (b. 1909 d. 1986) | alto saxophone, cast |
| Hawkins, Coleman (Randolph) (b. 1904 d. 1969) | clarinet, tenor sax |
| 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 |
| Jarrett, Keith Daniel (b. 1945) | piano, pianoforte |
| Jefferson, Eddie [Edgar] (b. 1918 d. 1979) | singer, vocals |
| Johnson, James P. [James Price] (b. 1891 d. 1955) | cast, composer |
| McLaughlin, John (b. 1942) | jazz guitar, rock guitar |
| Mingus, Charles (b. 1922 d. 1979) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Monk, Thelonious (Sphere) (b. 1917 d. 1982) | piano, pianoforte |
| Moten, Bennie [Benjamin] (b. 1894 d. 1935) | piano, trombone |
| 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 |
| Reinhardt, Django (b. 1910 d. 1953) | guitar, jazz guitar |
| Rollins, Sonny (b. 1930) | tenor saxophone |
| Smith, Bessie (b. 1894 d. 1937) | blues singer |
| Solal, Martial (b. 1927) | jazz piano, piano |
| Sun Ra (b. 1914) | composer, piano |
| Surman, John (Douglas) (b. 1944 a. 1848) | baritone sax, Buchhandler |
| Tatum, Art [Arthur, Jr.] (b. 1910 d. 1956) | piano, celeste |
| Taylor, Cecil (Percival) (b. 1933) | piano, composer |
| Tristano, Lennie [Leonard Joseph] (b. 1919 d. 1978) | piano, teacher |
| Vaughan, Sarah (Lois) [Sassy] (b. 1924 d. 1990) | interprete, singer |
| Young, Lester (Willis) (b. 1909 d. 1959) | cornet, guitar |