Jo Jones

Jo Jones

male, deceased (1985)
Swing drummer, American jazz drummer, Count Basie Orchestra member, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Military, blue devils…CountBasieOrchestra
Jo Jones (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz.
Grover Mitchell

Grover Mitchell

male, deceased (2003)
Grammy Award winner, memorial sloan-kettering cancer center, Jazz trombonist, United States Marine, Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, CountBasieOrchestra
Grover Curry Mitchell (born March 17, 1930 in Whatley, Alabama; died August 6, 2003 in New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) was...
Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner

male, deceased (1985)
Jump blues musician, Kansas City, Swing singer, jazz singer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, African American…CountBasieOrchestra, His Orchestra, Hal Singer Orchestra, backed by Van 'Piano Man' Walls and His Orchestra
Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 - November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri.

Jeff Hamilton

male
Indiana University, Lake Street, L.A. Four, CountBasieOrchestra, American jazz drummer, Mons
Jeff Hamilton is an American jazz drummer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, attended Indiana University in 1974, and played with the Tommy Dorsey...

Herschel Evans

male, deceased (1939)
Count Basie Orchestra member, tenor saxophonist, tenor saxophone, CountBasieOrchestra, Jazz saxophonist
Herschel Evans (born March 9, 1909 in Denton, Texas; died February 9, 1939 in New York City) was a tenor saxophonist who worked in the Count Basie...
Dennis Rowland

Dennis Rowland

male
Real Gone Cat, "Jimmy Baker", American film director, CountBasieOrchestra, Rhythm and blues singer, American
Dennis Rowland is a Jazz vocalist born and raised in Detroit, MI. Having grown up in a household of Jazz enthusiasts, Rowland developed an...
Cleveland Eaton

Cleveland Eaton

male, 70 years old
Double Bassist, musician, Larry Novak, Playboy Jazz Poll, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, CountBasieOrchestra
Cleveland Eaton is an American jazz double bassist from Fairfield, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. His most famous accomplishments are...

Al Aarons

male, 77 years old
Albert "Al" Aarons, Jazz fusion, School Days, trumpeter, sideman, jazz…CountBasieOrchestra
Albert "Al" Aarons (born March 23, 1932) is a jazz trumpeter. Aarons was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Wayne State...
Mary Stallings

Mary Stallings

female
Traditional pop music singer, Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings, Bebop singer, Vocal jazz musician, Fantasy Records, CountBasieOrchestra
Mary Stallings is a jazz vocalist born in San Francisco, California, perhaps best known for her 1961 collaboration with Cal Tjader on the album...
Lynn Seaton

Lynn Seaton

male, 52 years old
swing music, Nirvana, From Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jazz bassist, Bassman's Basement, swing…CountBasieOrchestra
Lynn was born in Tulsa , Oklahoma , July 18, 1957. He began studying classical guitar at age seven, switching to string bass at age nine. While...