Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

male, 69 years old
jazz, Buddhist, soul, soul music, post-bop, rhythm section…American funk musician, Dance musician, jazz pianist, Chicago musician, Jazz fusion musician
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer....
Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson

male, 56 years old
Post-bop jazzmusician, post-bop, Jazz composer, 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty, Jazz Messengers…Jazz alto saxophonist, Kansas musician, jazz, Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician
Bobby Watson is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. He trained...
Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson

male, deceased (2001)
Post-bop jazzmusician, Jazz composer, African American, jazz musician, Grammy Award winner, saxophone…musician, jazz, Jazz tenor saxophonist
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State...
Jimmy Garrison

Jimmy Garrison

male, deceased (1976)
My Favorite Things, john mclaughlin, Matthew Garrison, American jazz double-bassist, Pennsylvania musician, Post-bop jazzmusician…Jazz bassist, jazz, jazz musician
Jimmy Garrison (March 3, 1933 - April 7, 1976) was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long association with John Coltrane from 1961...
Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

male, deceased (1987)
bassist, fretless bass, John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III, murdered, weather report, multi-instrumentalist…Post-bop jazzmusician, Jazz fusion musician, Jazz bass guitarist, musician, jazz musician
John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987) was a bassist and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of...
Charlie Haden

Charlie Haden

male, 72 years old
Hard-bop musician, Post-bop jazzmusician, Avant-garde jazz musician, Charles Edward Haden, Jazz bassist, double bass…jazz, jazz musician
Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman....
Irvin Mayfield

Irvin Mayfield

male, 32 years old
Bandleader, Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, Post-bop jazzmusician, New Orleans jazz musician…American jazz bandleader, American jazz trumpeter, Musician of New Orleans, jazz
Irvin Mayfield, Jr. (born) is an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He has been serving as Cultural Ambassador of the City of New Orleans...
Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano

male, 56 years old
down beat, Post-bop jazzmusician, post bop, Joseph Salvatore Lovano, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Sicilian-American…jazz, jazz musician
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since...
Geri Allen

Geri Allen

female, 52 years old
Nathan Davis, Post-bop jazzmusician, post bop, Women in jazz, Howard University alumni, Cass technical High School…musician, jazz musician, jazz pianist, jazz piano
Geri Allen (born June 12 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan) is a post bop jazz pianist and music educator from Detroit, Michigan, who has worked with many...
Klaus Doldinger

Klaus Doldinger

male, 73 years old
Jazz fusion musician, Post-bop jazzmusician, u-boat, the neverending story, passport, dixieland…jazz, jazz musician, musician
Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was born in Berlin, and entered a...