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Jazz Recording Artists
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Albums: Forever Ella, The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books, The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 in Newport News, VA – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was one of the most influential jazz singers of the 20th Century, the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Art presented by President Ronald Reagan and...
- Miles Davis
Albums: Kind of Blue, Birth of the Cool, Bitches Brew
Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, Alton, Illinois, May 25, 1926 – Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, bandleader and composer, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in music after World War II.
- Billie Holiday
Albums: Billie Holiday, Lady In Satin, All or Nothing at All
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan, New York City, April 7, 1915 ? New York City, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing.
- Louis Armstrong
Albums: Greatest Hits, The Ultimate Collection, All Time Greatest Hits
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a trumpet player, singer, bandleader, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans, a culturally diverse town with a unique musical mix of creole, ragtime, marching bands and...
- John Coltrane
Albums: Blue Train, The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (disc 2), Afro Blue Impressions
John William Coltrane (Hamlet, North Carolina, September 23, 1926 – Huntington, New York, July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.
- Duke Ellington
Albums: Duke the Complete Works 1924-1947, Money Jungle, The Duke: The Essential Collection (1927-1962)
Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy Ellington, Washington, D.C., 29 April, 1899 - New York City, 24 May, 1974), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. Through the ranks of Duke Ellington's Orchestra passed some of the biggest names in jazz, including Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams...
- Dizzy Gillespie
Albums: The Jazz Masters Series-Groovin' High, The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.
- Herbie Hancock
Albums: Head Hunters, Maiden Voyage, The Egg
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.
- Charlie Parker
Albums: Bird of Paradise, Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite (disc 2)
Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American bebop saxophonist and composer. Early in his career Parker was dubbed Yardbird; this was later shortened to 'Bird' (or sometimes 'Yard') and remained Parker's nickname for the rest of his life and...
- Nina Simone
Albums: Ne Me Quitte Pas, The 60's Vol.1 - Nina Simone, Little Girl Blue
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is most associated with jazz music.
- Thelonious Monk
Albums: The Columbia Years (1962-1968) (disc 2), Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1, Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. He was known for his unique improvisational style and many contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including his classic work 'Round Midnight'. While Monk is often regarded as a founder of bebop, his playing style evolved...
- Count Basie
Albums: Story, The Complete Atomic Basie, Gold
William "Count" Basie (21 August 1904–26 April 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader. As a pianist, he had a distinctive and influential style (the song title "Splanky" is an onomatopoetic reference to the sound of his playing), equally at home in the barrelhouse and the...
- Diana Krall
Albums: The Look of Love, The Girl in the Other Room, When I Look in Your Eyes
Diana Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (on November 16, 1964). She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. At the age of fifteen, she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants.
- Dave Brubeck
Albums: Time Out, Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits, Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California) is an American jazz pianist who has written a number of jazz standards, including In Your Own Sweet Way and The Duke. He is probably best known for Take Five, written by Paul Desmond, who was the saxophonist in The Dave Brubeck...
- Charles Mingus
Albums: Mingus Ah Um, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 Disc 3
Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979), was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice. Mingus' legacy is notable: he is ranked among the finest composers and performers in jazz, and recorded...
- Chet Baker
Albums: The Best Of Chet Baker Sings, My Funny Valentine, The Very Best Of (Romantic Moments)
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988) was born in Yale, Oklahoma. A trumpet player, Baker was an important part of the West coast "cool" jazz school of the 1950s. He first came to prominence in the jazz world as part of the pianoless Gerry Mulligan Quartet -- Mulligan...
- Fats Waller
Albums: The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, CD A, Welcome To Jazz, 20.3003-HI (1of2) - Believe in Miracles
Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an African-American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. He was born Thomas Wright Waller in New York City to a Baptist minister father. The Waller family migrated to Harlem from Virginia.
- Django Reinhardt
Albums: Crazy Rhythm, Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli, Paris & London: D Paris 1939 -1940
Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt, Liberchies, Belgium, January 23, 1910 - Fontainebleau, France, May, 16, 1953) was a Gypsy jazz guitarist. He was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible...
- Oscar Peterson
Albums: Night Train, The Oscar Peterson Trio Live at Zardi's (disc 2), Soul Español
Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Born in Montreal, Canada, Peterson began learning trumpet and piano from his father at the age of five, but by the age of seven, after a bout of tuberculosis, he concentrated on the piano.
- Bill Evans
Albums: Autumn Leaves, Sunday At The Village Vanguard, You're Gonna Hear From Me
There are at least three artists with this name: a jazz pianist, a saxophonist, and a banjoist. Bill Evans (jazz pianist) Bill Evans (1929 - 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the 20th century. Along with McCoy Tyner and Oscar Peterson, he was the force behind the biggest evolution...
- Dexter Gordon
Albums: Classic Blue Note (1961-1965) (disc 1), Go, Live At The Amsterdam Paradiso
Dexter Keith Gordon (February 27th, 1923 - April 25th, 1990) a Los Angeles native tenor saxophonist, was one of the first bebop tenor players to carve out a distinctive style. He matured into one of the major tenor voices in post-war jazz -- an exciting and original player who was perhaps the...
- Gerry Mulligan
Albums: The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Deep In A Dream, Night Lights
The most famous and probably greatest jazz baritone saxophonist of all time, Gerry Mulligan was a giant. A flexible soloist who was always ready to jam with anyone from Dixielanders to the most advanced boppers, Mulligan brought a somewhat revolutionary light sound to his potentially awkward and...
- Johnny Hartman
Albums: I Just Dropped By to Say Hello, Unforgettable, The Voice That Is!
Johnny Hartman was the quintessential romantic balladeer. The only singer to record with John Coltrane, Hartman was mostly known only to true jazz lovers during his lifetime. It took a movie soundtrack -- released 12 years after his death -- that took Hartman to the top of the jazz charts.
- Jimmy Scott
Albums: Mood Indigo, Over the Rainbow, All Over Again
"Little" Jimmy Scott (July 17, 1925 in Cleveland) is an American jazz vocalist. Scott has Kallmann's syndrome, a genetic condition which stunted his growth at five feet and prevented him reaching puberty, leaving him with a high, boy-like voice. However it was his phrasing and romantic feeling...
