Clifford Brown

Clifford Brown

male, deceased (1956)
Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 - June 26, 1956) was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. Despite an abbreviated recording...
Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano

male, 56 years old
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born 29 December 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since...
J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson

male, deceased (2001)
J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist,...
Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes

male, 83 years old
Roy Owen Haynes, born on March 13 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American jazz drummer who began his full time professional career in 1945....
Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

male, deceased (1987)
John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987) was a bassist and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of...
Frank Wess

Frank Wess

male, 87 years old
Frank Foster-saxophonist and musical director of the Count Basie orchestra-is an interviewer's dream. Candid and articulate, he doesn't even need...
Kurt Elling

Kurt Elling

male, 42 years old
In the words of the legendary clarinetist/bandleader/composer Artie Shaw, "Kurt Elling is arguably the most interesting and innovative jazz singer...
Dr. Lonnie Smith

Dr. Lonnie Smith

male
Dr. Lonnie Smith is a renowned jazz organist performing in a variety of jazz mediums. A dominant talent and pace-setting proponent of the Hammond...
Wallace Roney

Wallace Roney

male, 49 years old
Wallace Roney (born May 25, 1960) is an American hard bop and post-bop trumpeter. He was born in Philadelphia and attended Howard University and...
Jimmy Raney

Jimmy Raney

male, deceased (1995)
Jimmy Raney (20 August 1927-10 May 1995) was an American jazz guitarist born in Louisville, Kentucky most notable for his work from 1951-1952 and...