Al Grey

Al Grey

male, deceased (2000)
CountBasieOrchestramember, American jazz trombonist, the color purple, trombone, jazz musician, navy
Al Grey (June 6, 1925 - March 24, 2000) was a Jazz Trombonist who is most remembered for his association with the Count Basie orchestra. Grey is...
Paul Gonsalves

Paul Gonsalves

male, deceased (1974)
CountBasieOrchestramember, Portuguese, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Swing saxophonist…Duke Ellington Orchestra member
Paul Gonsalves (July 12, 1920, Brockton, Massachusetts - May 15, 1974, London, England), an American jazz tenor saxophonist of Cape Verdean (mixed...
Oran Page

Oran Page

male, deceased (1954)
Swing trumpeter, CountBasieOrchestramember, Oklahoma City Blue Devils, American jazz trumpeter, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Lips Page…Artie Shaw's Orchestra
Oran Thaddeus Page (27 January, 1908 - 4 November, 1954) jazz trumpeter, singer, bandleader born in Dallas, Texas, better known as Hot Lips Page by...
Serge Chaloff

Serge Chaloff

male, deceased (1957)
CountBasieOrchestramember, Bebop saxophonist, Jazz baritone saxophonist, jazz, American, baritone saxophone
Serge Chaloff (November 24, 1923-July 16, 1957) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, and the son of noted Boston piano teachers, Margaret...
Tab Smith

Tab Smith

male, deceased (1971)
CountBasieOrchestramember, American, bebop, saxophonist, jazz, bop
Talmadge (Tab) Smith (January 11, 1909-August 17, 1971), was an American swing and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. In the 1930s and 1940s he...

Eddie Davis

male, deceased (1986)
Latin jazz saxophonist, CountBasieOrchestramember, Soul-jazz saxophonist, Swing saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist
Edward Davis (March 2, 1922-November 3, 1986), who performed and recorded as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He...
Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet

male, deceased (2004)
CountBasieOrchestramember, Swing saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, death by myocardial infarction, Flying Home
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922-July 22, 2004) was a jazz tenor saxophonist most famous for his solo on "Flying Home". He is...
Walter Page

Walter Page

male, deceased (1957)
American jazz double-bassist, CountBasieOrchestramember, Bandleader, Swing double-bassist, walking bass, American
Walter Sylvester Page (February 9, 1900-December 20, 1957) was an African American jazz bassist and leader of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils jazz...
Vic Dickenson

Vic Dickenson

male, deceased (1984)
CountBasieOrchestramember, solo, xenia, jazz, soloist, Trombonist
Vic (Victor) Dickenson (August 6, 1906 - November 16, 1984) was an African-American jazz trombonist. Dickenson's career started out in the 1920s...

Emmett Berry

male, deceased (1993)
CountBasieOrchestramember, American jazz trumpeter, Little Jazz Trumpet Ensemble, The Sound of Jazz, A Great Day in Harlem, Jazz trumpeter
Emmett Berry (born July 23, 1915 in Macon, Georgia; died June 22, 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio) was a jazz trumpeter. He began with study of classical...