Biréli Lagrène

male, 43 years old
swing music, Jazz fusion guitarist, Swing guitarist, Post-bop guitarist, postbop, electric bassist
Biréli Lagrène is a French guitarist and electric bassist. A "guitar phenomenon", according to John McLaughlin, he came to prominence in the 19...

John D'Earth

male, 59 years old
jazz, trumpeter, American, hard bop, American jazz trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter…postbop
John D'Earth (born March 30, 1950) is an American post bop/hard bop jazz trumpeter born in Holliston, Massachusetts, probably better known for his...
Clark Terry

Clark Terry

male, 89 years old
Swing flugelhornists, American jazz trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, Hard bop trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, Duke Ellington Orchestra member…bop
Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri), nicknamed Mumbles, is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the...

Steve Barta

male, 80 years old
Flautist, postbop, Blue River, Brazilian jazz, American, Brazilian…Post-bop jazz musician
Steve Barta (born december 25, 1953) is an American-based Brazilian jazz and post bop pianist in Colorado, known best for his album "Blue River"...
Johnny Griffin

Johnny Griffin

male, 81 years old
Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, American expatriate in France, Jazz Messengers…bop, hard bop
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928) is an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist. Like many other successful musicians from Chicago, he...
Susanne Abbuehl

Susanne Abbuehl

female
singer, Swiss, jazz singer, baroque music, jazz, harpsichord…postbop, Post-bop singer
Susanne Abbuehl (* July 30 1970 in Bern, canton of Berne, Switzerland) is a Swiss jazz singer who performs in various jazz mediums like Progressive...
Mal Waldron

Mal Waldron

male, deceased (2002)
Modal jazz pianist, Progressive jazz pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Post-bop pianist, rhythm and blues…bop, hard bop
Malcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer. Born in New York City, his jazz work was chiefly in the hard bop,...
Lucky Thompson

Lucky Thompson

male, deceased (2005)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Post-bop saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, American jazz saxophonist, Death from Alzheimer's Disease, Hard-bop saxophonist…bop, hard bop
Eli (Lucky) Thompson (June 16, 1924, Columbia, South Carolina - July 30, 2005, Seattle, Washington) was an African American jazz tenor and soprano...

Valdo Williams

male, 80 years old
pianist, Post-bop jazz musician, postbop, Avant-garde jazz musician, free jazz, American
Valdo Williams was a little-known post bop free jazz pianist best known for his trio work with Reggie Johnson and Stuart Martin, who recorded...
Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

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