Frank Foster

Frank Foster

male, 81 years old
Progressive big band bandleader, music arranger, Big band saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Swing saxophonist…CountBasieOrchestramember
Frank Foster (b. 23 September 1928) is an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, arranger, and composer, who is best known for his work in...
Lester Young

Lester Young

male, deceased (1959)
CountBasieOrchestramember, Swing clarinetist, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Vaudeville performer, American jazz saxophonist
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 - March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered...
Jo Jones

Jo Jones

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

Thad Jones

male, deceased (1986)
Mainstream jazz trumpeter, From Copenhagen, American jazz trumpeter, music arranger, From Pontiac, Michigan, American jazz bandleader…CountBasieOrchestramember
Thaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family of ten (an...
Marshall Royal

Marshall Royal

male, deceased (1995)
CountBasieOrchestramember, trumpet, us navy, big band, septet, trumpeter
Marshall Royal (12 May 1912-5 May 1995) was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band...
Clark Terry

Clark Terry

male, 88 years old
Swing flugelhornists, American jazz trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, Hard bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, Duke Ellington Orchestra member…CountBasieOrchestramember
Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri), nicknamed Mumbles, is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the...
Sweets Edison

Sweets Edison

male, deceased (1999)
Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, CountBasieOrchestramember, Mills Blue Rhythm Band, American jazz trumpeter, Jammin' the Blues…Jeter-Pillars Orchestra
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood in Kentucky, where he was...

Joe Newman

male, deceased (1992)
Swing composer, Swing trumpeter, CountBasieOrchestramember, American jazz trumpeter, Alabama State University, trumpeter…Jazz Interaction Orchestra
Joseph Dwight Newman (7 September 1922-4 July 1992) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count...
Freddie Green

Freddie Green

male, deceased (1987)
South Carolina musician, swing music, CountBasieOrchestramember, Swing guitarist, swing, William "Cat" Anderson
Freddie Green (baptized Frederick William Green, March 31 1911-March 1 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his...
Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton

male, deceased (1991)
Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, trumpeter, CountBasieOrchestramember, Chinese popular music, shanghai…Count Basie’s
Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz...