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...
Jelly Roll Morton 1890-1941 Jelly Roll Morton brewed a gumbo of musical styles including New Orleans traditional, ragtime, blues, minstrel shows, hymns, spirituals,...
Louie Armstrong 1901 – 1971 Louis Armstrong, known to generations of adoring fans and admirers as “Satchmo,” was among the preeminent jazz...
