Slim Gaillard

Slim Gaillard

male, deceased (1991)
musician, African American, Michigan musician, jazz singer, jazz pianist, American…Swing singer, Jivesinger, Vocalese singer
Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1916 - February 26, 1991) was a African-American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his...
Fats Waller

Fats Waller

male, deceased (1943)
Jivesinger, Ain't Misbehavin', death by pneumonia, Vaudeville performer, Swing pianist, Thomas Wright Waller
Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic...
Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

male, deceased (1994)
death by stroke, American jazz bandleader, Vaudeville performer, Swing singer, convert to Anglicanism, Jivesinger…jazz singer, singer
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907-November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat...
Harry Gibson

Harry Gibson

male, deceased (1991)
Jivesinger, stride pianist, dixieland, barrelhouse, boogie woogie, piano…jazz singer, singer
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (June 27, 1915-May 3, 1991) was a jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. Gibson played boogie woogie and smooth jive...
Sun Ra

Sun Ra

male, deceased (1993)
Progressive big band pianist, Experimental big band pianist, poet, Experimental big band bandleader, swing music, Free improvisation pianist…Jivesinger
Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was...