Giants of Jazz
By Birthdate
Instrumentalists
- Scott Joplin (1868–1917)
- Charles “Buddy” Bolden (1877–1931)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Earl Hines (1903–83)
- Fats Waller (1904–43)
- Count Basie (1904–84)
- Benny Goodman (1909–86)
- Art Tatum (1909–56)
- Sun Ra (1914–93)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–82)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–93)
- Clark Terry (born 1920)
- Charlie Parker (1920–55)
- Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
- Charles Mingus (1922–79)
- Oscar Peterson (1925–2007)
- Miles Davis (1926–91)
- John Coltrane (1926–67)
- Chet Baker (1929–88)
- Ornette Coleman (born 1930)
Vocalists
- Louis Armstrong (1901–71)
- Billie Holiday (1915–59)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917–96)
- Dinah Washington (1924-63)
- Sarah Vaughan (1924–90)
- Nina Simone (1933-2003)
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