Juan Tizol

Juan Tizol

male, deceased (1984)
DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Swing trombonist, caravan, Jazz trombonist, From San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican
Juan Tizol (31 December 1900 - 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and moved to the...
Lawrence Brown

Lawrence Brown

male, deceased (1988)
DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, solo, bill harris, CBS
Lawrence Brown (1907-September 5, 1988) was a jazz trombonist from Kansas. He began his career with Charlie Echols and Paul Howard. In 1932 he...
Russell Procope

Russell Procope

male, deceased (1981)
Swing clarinetist, DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Swing saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist, Jazz alto saxophonist
Russell Procope (11 August 1908-21 January 1981), an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist, was known best for his long tenure in the reed...
Otto Hardwick

Otto Hardwick

male, deceased (1970)
Swing clarinetist, saxophonist, Clarinetist, DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Swing saxophonist, American jazz clarinetist
Otto Hardwick (May 31 1904 - August 5 1970) was a saxophone player. He got his start with Duke Ellington in 1919.

Louis Metcalf

male, deceased (1981)
jazz musician, American, DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, jazz, from St. Louis County, Missouri, bebop
Louis Metcalf (February 28, 1905 - October 27, 1981) was a jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He played for a short time with Duke Ellington for which...
Barney Bigard

Barney Bigard

male, deceased (1980)
New Orleans jazz musician, Albany Leon Bigard, Mood Indigo, American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, Big band bandleader…DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, With Louis And The Duke
Albany Leon Bigard (March 3, 1906 - June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, though primarily known for the clarinet....
Ray Nance

Ray Nance

deceased (1976)
Take The A Train, It Don't Mean a Thing, Swing cornetist, Swing violinist, Swing trumpeter, DukeEllingtonOrchestramember
Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913 Chicago - January 28 1976 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. Nance, who played...
Paul Gonsalves

Paul Gonsalves

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

Britt Woodman

male, deceased (2000)
DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Black, Brown, and Beige, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook
Britt Woodman (born June 4, 1920 in Los Angeles; died October 13, 2000 in Hawthorne, California) was a jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known...

Harold Ashby

male, 84 years old
DukeEllingtonOrchestramember, Kansas City, From Kansas City, Jazz tenor saxophonist
Harold Ashby (born March 21, 1925 in Kansas City) was a jazz tenor saxophonist. He is perhaps known for his work with Duke Ellington's band and...