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  • Louis ArmstrongHot Five / Satchmo
  • Duke EllingtonTake the A Train
  • Miles DavisKind of Blue / fusion
  • John ColtraneA Love Supreme
  • Charlie ParkerBird / bebop
  • Ella FitzgeraldFirst Lady of Song
  • Billie HolidayLady Day / Strange Fruit
  • Thelonious MonkRound Midnight
  • Dizzy GillespieBebop pioneer
  • Sarah VaughanSassy / Divine One
  • Herbie HancockMaiden Voyage / fusion
  • Sonny RollinsSaxophone Colossus
  • Count BasieBasie band / swing
  • Nina SimoneHigh Priestess of Soul
  • Charles MingusMingus Ah Um
  • Art BlakeyJazz Messengers
  • Chick CoreaReturn to Forever
  • Wynton MarsalisJLCO / neo-traditional
  • Pat MethenyBright Size Life
  • Stan GetzGetz/Gilberto / bossa
  • Cannonball AdderleyMercy Mercy Mercy
  • Lester YoungPrez / tenor sax
  • Coleman HawkinsBody and Soul
  • Oscar PetersonNight Train / piano
  • Bill EvansSunday at Village Vanguard
  • Art TatumSolo piano virtuoso
  • Benny GoodmanKing of Swing
  • Glenn MillerIn the Mood / swing
  • Fletcher HendersonBig band pioneer
  • Jelly Roll MortonRed Hot Peppers
  • Sidney BechetSoprano sax pioneer
  • Django ReinhardtHot Club / Gypsy jazz
  • Stephane GrappelliHot Club violin
  • Fats WallerStride piano
  • Earl HinesFather of modern piano
  • Bud PowellBebop piano
  • Max RoachWe Insist! / drums
  • Clifford BrownBrownie / hard bop
  • Lee MorganSidewinder / hard bop
  • Wayne ShorterSpeak No Evil / Weather
  • Freddie HubbardOpen Sesame / trumpet
  • Joe HendersonPage One / tenor
  • Dexter GordonGo! / tenor sax
  • Hank MobleySoul Station
  • Horace SilverSong for My Father
  • Wes MontgomerySmokin' at Half Note
  • Grant GreenIdle Moments / guitar
  • Jim HallConcierto / guitar
  • Ron CarterMost-recorded bassist
  • Paul ChambersBass on Kind of Blue
  • Jimmy SmithHammond B-3 organ
  • Keith JarrettKoln Concert / solo
  • McCoy TynerColtrane Quartet pianist
  • Cecil TaylorFree jazz piano
  • Ornette ColemanFree Jazz / The Shape
  • Eric DolphyOut to Lunch
  • Albert AylerSpiritual Unity / free
  • Pharoah SandersKarma / spiritual jazz
  • Sun RaArkestra / cosmic jazz
  • Anthony BraxtonAvant-garde
  • Dave BrubeckTake Five / Time Out
  • Gerry MulliganBirth of the Cool
  • Chet BakerMy Funny Valentine
  • Stan KentonProgressive big band
  • Woody HermanThe Herd / clarinet
  • Mary Lou WilliamsPianist / arranger
  • Betty CarterVocalist innovator
  • Carmen McRaeVocal stylist
  • Dinah WashingtonQueen of the Blues
  • Cab CallowayMinnie the Moocher
  • Joe PassVirtuoso / solo guitar