Fletcher Henderson
Arranger – 100s of recordings
Benny Goodman
Clarinet
John Hammond
Entrepreneur – Found Count Basie
Artie Shaw
Clarinet – cooler style than goodman
Jimmie Lunceford
alto sax
Glenn Miller
Trombone
Cab Calloway
Black Singer
Pete Johnson
Piano
Big Joe Turner
Vocals
Count Basie
Piano
Duke Ellington
Piano, composer
Billy Strayhorn
co composer w/ Ellington
Coleman Hawkins “Bean”
Tenor Sax
Lestor Young “Prez”
Tenor Sax
Django Reinhart
Guitar
Billie Holiday
Vocals – singer with limited range
Ella Fitzgerald
Vocals – singer with no truncated range
Mary Lou Williams
Piano and Composer/Arranger
Fats Waller
Piano, Canny Vocals, Songwriter
Art Tatum
Piano – change harmonies and rhythms at will
Jimmy Blanton
String Bass (w/ Ellington)
Charlie Christian
Guitar (w/ Goodman)
Charlie Parker “Bird”
Alto Sax
Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet
Bud Powell
Piano – Bebop
Dexter Gordon
Tenor Saxophone
Miles Davis
Trumpet
Gil Evans
Arranger
Gerry Mulligan
Baritone Sax (only bari to be a major jazz star)
Dave Brubeck
Piano ?
Lenny Tristano
Blind pianist
Art Blakey
Drummer
Horace Silver
Piano (w/ Blakey)
Clifford Brown
Trumpet
Sonny Rollins
Tenor Sax
Wes Montgomery
Guitar
Thelonius Monk
Piano
Charles Mingus
String Bass (played over many decades and styles)