Presents profiles of forty-nine musicians who have had a significant influence on the development of jazz; grouped in six categories according to musical style, each with an introductory essay on the history of the era. Includes discographies and references.
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Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Albert Ammons, Fats Waller, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Carrlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Anthony Braxton, David Murray, Michael Brecker, Jan Garbarek, Wynton Marsalis, Geri Allen, Joshua Redman.