Ray Brown

male, deceased (2002)
From Pittsburgh, double bass, trombone, john lewis, 52nd street, jazz…jazz musician, Jazz double-bassist, Jazz bassist, Modern Jazz Quartet, JazzatthePhilharmonic
Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13 1926-July 2 2002) was an American jazz double bassist. Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had...
Herb Ellis

Herb Ellis

male, 88 years old
West Coast jazz guitarist, Bebop guitarist, Cool jazz guitarist, Mainstream jazz guitarist, Swing guitarist, the Great Guitars…JazzatthePhilharmonic, jazz, jazz guitarist
Mitchell Herbert (Herb) Ellis (born August 4, 1921) is an American jazz guitarist. He became prominent after performing with the Oscar Peterson...
Flip Phillips

Flip Phillips

male, deceased (2001)
swing music, East Coast blues musician, Jump blues musician, bebop, mainstream jazz, Swing saxophonist…American jazz clarinetist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, jazz
Flip Phillips (February 26, 1915-August 17, 2001) was a jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player. He is best remembered for his work with Jazz at...
Jo Jones

Jo Jones

male, deceased (1985)
Swing drummer, American jazz drummer, Count Basie Orchestra member, JazzatthePhilharmonic, Military, blue devils…Jammin' the Blues, jazz drummer, jazz musician
Jo Jones (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer, one of the most influential in the history of jazz.
Sweets Edison

Sweets Edison

male, deceased (1999)
Swing trumpeter, Mainstream jazz trumpeter, Count Basie Orchestra member, Mills Blue Rhythm Band, American jazz trumpeter, Jammin' the Blues…JazzatthePhilharmonic, Jazz trumpeter, Lady Sings the Blues, Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, jazz musician
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 - July 27, 1999), was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood in Kentucky, where he was...
Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers

male, deceased (1971)
American jazz trumpeter, Charlie James Shavers, Midge Willliams and Her Jazz Jesters, Jimmy Noone, John Kirby, JazzatthePhilharmonic…Jazz trumpeter, jazz
Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1920 to July 8, 1971) was a swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie,...

Willie Smith

male, deceased (1967)
Duke Ellington Orchestra member, Alto Saxophonist, Fisk University alumni, From Charleston, South Carolina, alto saxophone, Jazz alto saxophonist…JazzatthePhilharmonic
William McLeish Smith (25 November, 1910 in Charleston, South Carolina-7 March, 1967 in Los Angeles) was one of the major alto saxophone players of...
Don Byas

Don Byas

male, deceased (1972)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Swing saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Lung cancer death, bop…Jazz tenor saxophonist, JazzatthePhilharmonic
Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912-August 24, 1972) was an African American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United...
J. C. Heard

J. C. Heard

male, deceased (1988)
Bebop drummer, Swing drummer, American jazz drummer, bop, bebop, Jazz bandleader…jazz drummer, JazzatthePhilharmonic, jazz musician
J. C. Heard (1917 - 1988) was a United States swing, bop, and blues drummer. He obtained his first important professional job with Teddy Wilson in...
Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson

male, deceased (1967)
Boogie-Woogie pianist, stride pianist, concept album, jazz pianist, cafe society, jazz…JazzatthePhilharmonic, jazz musician
Peter (Pete) Johnson (25 March 1904 - 23 March 1967) was an American jazz pianist, best known as a leading boogie-woogie pianist.