162 people found
People in Category: African-American jazz musicians
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
Matthew Shipp
American jazz pianist and composer
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
Jonah Jones
American jazz trumpeter and musician
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
Freddie Hubbard
American jazz trumpeter
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
Marcus Miller
American musician, composer and producer
Sidney Bechet
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
Jacky Terrasson
American jazz pianist and musician
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
Pete Brown
American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader
Karl Denson
American musician
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
Billy Banks
American singer
Jimmy Scott
American jazz singer
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
Eugene Wright
American jazz bassist, musician
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
Milt Jackson
American jazz vibraphonist
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
John Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American jazz singer
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
Allan C. Barnes
American jazz musician
Sam Lazar
American musician
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
Julian Dash
American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist
Roy Palmer
American musician
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist