| Name |
Original chapter |
Notability |
Reference |
| Julian "Cannonball" Adderley |
Gamma Theta (1960^) Xi Omega (1970^) |
Saxophonist & band leader. |
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| Jamey Aebersold |
Gamma Omega (1976^) |
Saxophonist & music educator. Best known for his Jazz Improvisation education. |
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| Count Basie |
Mu Nu (1970^) |
Pianist, band leader. Kennedy Center Honoree, 1981. Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. |
|
| Alvin Batiste |
Mu Psi (1973^) |
Avant garde clarinetist |
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| Louie Bellson |
Xi Omega (1994^) |
Drummer, inventor of the double bass drum at 15 |
|
| Henry Butler |
Mu Psi (1969) |
Blind pianist |
|
| Bill Cunliffe |
Omicron Pi (2010^) |
Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer. |
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| Duke Ellington |
Rho Upsilon (1969^) Gamma Delta (1969^) Alpha Alpha |
Pianist and band leader. Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966. |
|
| Bill Evans |
Delta Omega (1949) |
Pianist and composer. Posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. |
|
| Maynard Ferguson |
Xi Chi (1976^) |
Trumpeter and band leader. Recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 2006. |
|
| Donald Harrison Jr. |
Mu Psi (1979) |
Saxophonist and orchestral composer. |
|
| Stan Kenton |
Gamma Epsilon (1961^) |
Pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader. |
|
| Chuck Mangione |
Alpha Nu (1971^) |
Flugelhornist and band leader. |
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| Tom "Bones" Malone |
Gamma Theta (2001^) |
Known for being a member of The Blues Brothers band, a member of the CBS Orchestra - the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman - and a former arranger for Saturday Night Live. |
|
| Shelly Manne |
Omicron Pi (1969^) |
Drummer, frequently associated with West coast jazz. |
|
| Branford Marsalis |
Mu Psi (1979) |
Saxophonist. Former bandleader for The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
|
| Mike Metheny |
Upsilon Phi (1974) |
Flugelhornist and music journalist |
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| Doc Severinsen |
Eta Lambda (1965^) |
Trumpeter. Former bandleader for the NBC Orchestra (now The Tonight Show Band) on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. |
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| Clark Terry |
Beta Zeta (1968^) |
Trumpeter. Recipient of the Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award in 1985 and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. |
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| George Wein |
Delta Omicron (1954) |
Jazz promoter and producer. Founder of the Newport Jazz Festival. |
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| Kirk Whalum |
Kappa Delta (1978) |
Saxophonist and songwriter. Won a Grammy Award in 2011 for Best Gospel Song. |
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