43 people found
People in Category: African-American jazz composers
![Kenneth Kilgore](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Kenneth Kilgore
American jazz musician
![Emme Kemp](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Emme Kemp
Vocalist, musician, pianist, composer, actress, bandleader
![Jon Batiste](/media/people/thumbs/J/jon-batiste.jpg)
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
![Cee Pee Johnson](/media/people/thumbs/C/cee-pee-johnson.jpg)
Cee Pee Johnson
American bandleader
![Michael White](/media/people/thumbs/M/michael-white-14.jpg)
Michael White
American jazz clarinetist
![Don Redman](/media/people/thumbs/D/don-redman.jpg)
Don Redman
American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer
![Terence Blanchard](/media/people/thumbs/T/terence-blanchard.jpg)
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
![Eddie Barefield](/media/people/thumbs/E/eddie-barefield.jpg)
Eddie Barefield
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger
![Noble Sissle](/media/people/thumbs/N/noble-sissle.jpg)
Noble Sissle
American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright
![James P. Johnson](/media/people/thumbs/J/james-p-johnson.jpg)
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
![Steve Coleman](/media/people/thumbs/S/steve-coleman-2.jpg)
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
![Mercer Ellington](/media/people/thumbs/M/mercer-ellington.jpg)
Mercer Ellington
American jazz musician, composer, and arranger
![Billy Strayhorn](/media/people/thumbs/B/billy-strayhorn.jpg)
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
![Eubie Blake](/media/people/thumbs/E/eubie-blake.jpg)
Eubie Blake
American composer, lyricist, and pianist
![Betty Carter](/media/people/thumbs/B/betty-carter.jpg)
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
![Kermit Ruffins](/media/people/thumbs/K/kermit-ruffins.jpg)
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
![Meade Lux Lewis](/media/people/thumbs/M/meade-lux-lewis.jpg)
Meade Lux Lewis
American pianist and composer
![Muhal Richard Abrams](/media/people/thumbs/M/muhal-richard-abrams.jpg)
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
![Ray Charles](/media/people/thumbs/R/ray-charles.jpg)
Ray Charles
American singer, pianist and songwriter
![Fletcher Henderson](/media/people/thumbs/F/fletcher-henderson.jpg)
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
![Erskine Hawkins](/media/people/thumbs/E/erskine-hawkins.jpg)
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
![John Lewis](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
![Bill Doggett](/media/people/thumbs/B/bill-doggett.jpg)
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
![Sonny Rollins](/media/people/thumbs/S/sonny-rollins.jpg)
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
![Charlie Parker](/media/people/thumbs/C/charlie-parker-2.jpg)
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
![Louis Armstrong](/media/people/thumbs/L/louis-armstrong.jpg)
Louis Armstrong
American blues trumpeter and singer
![Ford Dabney](/media/people/thumbs/F/ford-dabney.jpg)
Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
![Kris Bowers](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Kris Bowers
American composer and pianist
![Nathaniel Clark Smith](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Nathaniel Clark Smith
American composer
![Leroy Jenkins](/media/people/thumbs/L/leroy-jenkins.jpg)
Leroy Jenkins
American composer and violinist
![Ahamefule J. Oluo](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Ahamefule J. Oluo
American musician
![Onzy Matthews](/media/people/thumbs/O/onzy-matthews.jpg)
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician
![Laurdine "Pat" Patrick](/media/people/thumbs/L/laurdine-pat-patrick.jpg)
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
American jazz musician
![John Hicks](/media/people/thumbs/J/john-hicks.jpg)
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
![Wilbur Sweatman](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
![Luther Henderson](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Luther Henderson
American composer and pianist
![David Baker](/media/people/thumbs/D/david-baker.jpg)
David Baker
American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and author
![Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson](/static/images/dummy.jpg)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
American composer
![Alfred Ellis](/media/people/thumbs/A/alfred-ellis.jpg)
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
![Wayne Shorter](/media/people/thumbs/W/wayne-shorter.jpg)
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer