Miles Davis

Miles Davis

male, deceased (1991)
cool jazz, trumpet, bebop, Jazz fusion, Bebop musician, Trumpet player…Birth of the Cool, Jazz trumpeter, Jazz trumpet player, Jazz composer, kind of blue
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered one of the most influential of the 20th...
Sid Catlett

Sid Catlett

male, deceased (1951)
swing music, American jazz drummer, drummer, jazz, Swinging, From Evansville, Indiana…BigBandandJazzHallofFame, jazz drummer
Sidney Catlett (born January 17, 1910 in Evansville, Indiana and died March 25, 1951 Chicago, Illinois) was a swinging jazz drummer often referred...
Sammy Kaye

Sammy Kaye

male, deceased (1987)
musician, saxophone, Serenade Of The Bells, Harbor Lights, Room full of roses, Billy Williams…Hollywood Walk of Fame, big band, BigBandandJazzHallofFame, Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra
Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr. on March 13, 1910 in Lakewood, Ohio -- died on June 2, 1987 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) was a famous U.S....
Johnny Hartman

Johnny Hartman

male, deceased (1983)
singer, director, film director, The Bridges of Madison County, jazz, John Maurice "Johnny" Hartman…Grammy Hall of Fame, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, BigBandandJazzHallofFame, jazz singer
John Maurice "Johnny" Hartman (1923-1983), a jazz singer who is remembered for his smooth performances of jazz ballads, is best known for his work...

Eddie Sauter

male, deceased (1981)
music arranger, American, Columbia University, Night Gallery, Television composer, Edward Ernest Sauter…BigBandandJazzHallofFame, Jazz music arranger
Edward Ernest Sauter (born December 2, 1914 in Brooklyn; died April 21, 1981 in New York City) was a composer and jazz arranger who achieved renown...
Yank Lawson

Yank Lawson

male, deceased (1995)
swing music, Swing trumpeter, Dixieland trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, BigBandandJazzHallofFame, Timeline of trends in music…Jazz trumpeter, World's Greatest Jazz Band
John Rhea Lawson(born May 3, 1911 in Trenton, Missouri; died 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and also some...
Art Hodes

Art Hodes

male, deceased (1993)
jazz musician, bebop, Russian, bop, jazz pianist, Chicago musician…jazz record, BigBandandJazzHallofFame
Arthur W. Hodes (November 14, 1904 in the Ukraine; died March 4, 1993 in Harvey, Illinois) is an American jazz pianist born in Ukraine. His family...

Maxine Sullivan

female, deceased (1987)
musician, Classic female blues singer, From Pittsburgh, from Pennsylvania, American, singer…BigBandandJazzHallofFame
Maxine Sullivan (b. Marietta Williams, May 13 1911, Homestead, Pennsylvania - d. April 7 1987, New York City) was an American vocalist and singer....
Chubby Jackson

Chubby Jackson

male, deceased (2003)
American jazz double-bassist, Bebop double-bassist, Swing double-bassist, double-bassist, American, big…Band Leader, jazz, BigBandandJazzHallofFame, big band, jazz musician
Greig Stewart 'Chubby' Jackson (October 25 1918 - October 1 2003) was an American jazz double-bassist and band leader. Born in New York City,...
Dave Tough

Dave Tough

male, deceased (1948)
Davey Tough, Dixieland jazz musician, American jazz drummer, American, swing, davie…BigBandandJazzHallofFame, jazz drummer
Dave Tough (26 April, 1907 - 9 December, 1948, sometimes known as Davie or Davey Tough) was an American jazz drummer associated with both Dixieland...