Coleman Hawkins 1904-1969 Coleman Hawkins was perhaps the most influential saxophone player of all time and was responsible for the instrument’s importance...
Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996 Ella Fitzgerald bebopped with Dizzy Gillespie and scatted with Louis Armstrong during a nearly 60-year-long career in which she...
John W. Coltrane 1926 – 1967 John Coltrane, widely known as “Trane,” was the finest tenor saxophonist of his era, a superb composer,...
Louie Armstrong 1901 – 1971 Louis Armstrong, known to generations of adoring fans and admirers as “Satchmo,” was among the preeminent jazz...
Thelonious Sphere Monk 1917 – 1982 Thelonious Monk was a giant of the American jazz scene. His angular playing, odd compositions, use of...
