Rudolph Ganz

Rudolph Ganz

male
Rudolph Ganz (born 24 February 1877 in Zurich, Switzerland, died 2 August 1972 in Chicago, USA) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer. He...
Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton

male, 64 years old
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, and pianist. He has created a large...
Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams

male, 79 years old
Muhal Richard Abrams is a pianist, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), the influential...
Tracy Silverman

Tracy Silverman

male
Tracy Silverman is an American violinist, composer, and producer. Born in New York and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, he attended Beloit Memorial...
Aaron Rosand

Aaron Rosand

male
Aaron Rosand, American violinist. Studied with Leon Sametini at the Chicago Musical College and with Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. at the Curtis Institute...
Eileen Southern

Eileen Southern

female, deceased (2002)
Eileen Jackson Southern (born 1920 in Minneapolis - died October 13, 2002 in Port Charlotte, Florida) was an African American musicologist,...

Christine McIntyre

female, deceased (1984)
Christine Cecilia McIntyre (April 16, 1911 - July 4, 1984) was an actress who appeared in many movies in the 1930s and 1940s but is mainly known as...
Dorothy Donegan

Dorothy Donegan

female, deceased (1998)
Dorothy Donegan (born April 6, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois; died May 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was a classically trained jazz pianist...
Hall Overton

Hall Overton

male, deceased (1972)
Hall Franklin Overton was an American jazz pianist and music teacher. He was born in Bangor, Michigan. He was the first of three sons born to...

William L. Dawson

male, deceased (1990)
William Levi Dawson was an African-American composer, choir director and professor. A graduate of the Horner Institute of Fine Arts with a Bachelor...