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Jazz Musicians
Jazz Musicians and Instrumentation
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Undergraduate 2
11/01/2010
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Fletcher Henderson
 Definition
Arranger - 100s of recordings
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Benny Goodman
 Definition
Clarinet
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John Hammond
 Definition
Entrepreneur - Found Count Basie
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Artie Shaw
 Definition
Clarinet - cooler style than goodman
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Jimmie Lunceford
 Definition
alto sax
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Glenn Miller
 Definition
Trombone
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Cab Calloway
 Definition
Black Singer
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Pete Johnson
 Definition
Piano
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Big Joe Turner
 Definition
Vocals
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Count Basie
 Definition
Piano
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Duke Ellington
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Piano, composer
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Billy Strayhorn
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co composer w/ Ellington
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Coleman Hawkins "Bean"
 Definition
Tenor Sax
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Lestor Young "Prez"
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Tenor Sax
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Django Reinhart
 Definition
Guitar
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Billie Holiday
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Vocals - singer with limited range
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Vocals - singer with no truncated range
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Mary Lou Williams
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Piano and Composer/Arranger
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Fats Waller
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Piano, Canny Vocals, Songwriter
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Art Tatum
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Piano - change harmonies and rhythms at will
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Jimmy Blanton
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String Bass (w/ Ellington)
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Charlie Christian
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Guitar (w/ Goodman)
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Charlie Parker "Bird"
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Alto Sax
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Trumpet
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Bud Powell
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Piano - Bebop
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Dexter Gordon
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Tenor Saxophone
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Miles Davis
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Trumpet
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Gil Evans
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Arranger
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Gerry Mulligan
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Baritone Sax (only bari to be a major jazz star)
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Dave Brubeck
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Piano ?
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Lenny Tristano
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Blind pianist
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Art Blakey
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Drummer
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Horace Silver
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Piano (w/ Blakey)
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Clifford Brown
 Definition
Trumpet
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Sonny Rollins
 Definition
Tenor Sax
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Wes Montgomery
 Definition
Guitar
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Thelonius Monk
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Piano
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Charles Mingus
 Definition
String Bass (played over many decades and styles)
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