Bob Scobey

Bob Scobey

male, deceased (1963)
west coast, lafayette, cancer death, West coast jazz, Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Dixielandjazzmusician
Bob Scobey (December 9, 1916 to June 12, 1963) was born in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He began his career playing in dance orchestras and nightclubs in...
Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton

male, deceased (1941) (New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)
Dixielandjazzmusician, New Orleans jazz musician, Originator of Jazz, Vaudeville performer, Louisiana Creole, American…Jazz bandleader, Jazz composer, jazz pianist, jazz, musician
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (September 20, 1885 or October 20, 1890-July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader and composer who...
Buddy Bolden

Buddy Bolden

male, deceased (1931)
Dixielandjazzmusician, New Orleans jazz musician, American, Jazz cornetist, jazz, cornet…jazz musician, Musician of New Orleans, musician
Charles "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877-November 4, 1931) was a cornetist and the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence.
Kid Thomas Valentine

Kid Thomas Valentine

male, deceased (1987)
Dixielandjazzmusician, New Orleans jazz musician, slap stick, Kid Thomas, Wendell Brunious, Thomas Valentine…Musician of New Orleans, Jazz trumpeter, jazz, Jazz bandleader, jazz musician
Thomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas (3 February, 1896 - 18 June, 1987) was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Kid Thomas was born in...
Freddie Keppard

Freddie Keppard

male, deceased (1933)
not yet known as "jazz", Origin of the word jazz, Dixielandjazzmusician, Vaudeville performer, Chicago musician, New Orleans jazz musician…Musician of New Orleans, Jazz cornetist, jazz, jazz royalty, jazz musician
Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1890 - July 15, 1933) was an early jazz cornetist. Keppard was born in the...
Eddie Condon

Eddie Condon

male, deceased (1973)
Dixielandjazzmusician, piano, jazz musician, record label, jazz guitarist, from Indiana…Jazz bandleader, jazz, dixieland, Jazz banjoist, musician
Albert Edwin Condon, better known as Eddie Condon, (16 November, 1905-4 August, 1973) was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading...
Muggsy Spanier

Muggsy Spanier

male, deceased (1967)
Dixielandjazzmusician, trumpeter, dixieland, Trumpet player, cornet, American…jazz
Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier was a prominent white cornet player based in Chicago. He was renowned as the best trumpet/cornet in Chicago until Bix...
Zutty Singleton

Zutty Singleton

male, deceased (1975)
buried at Long Island National Cemetery, Dixielandjazzmusician, New Orleans jazz musician, Steve Lewis, jazz drummer, drummer…jazz, Musician of New Orleans, jazz musician, musician
Arthur James Singleton, much better known as Zutty Singleton (14 May, 1898 - 14 July, 1975) was a United States jazz drummer. Singleton was born in...
Kid Ory

Kid Ory

male, deceased (1973)
New Orleans jazz musician, Minor Hall, Albert Nicholas, Dixielandjazzmusician, Darnell Howard, Louisiana Creole…Jazz trombonist, Jazz bandleader, jazz, jazz musician, musician
Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 - January 23, 1973) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Woodland Plantation near LaPlace,...
Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy

male, deceased (2004)
Dixielandjazzmusician, Avant-garde jazz musician, cancer death, Reflections, jazz, dixieland music…newport jazz festival, Jazz soprano saxophonist
Steve Lacy, born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist. Lacy began his career playing dixieland music with much older...