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Ron Affif – jazz guitarist; Ron Anthony – jazz guitarist, teacher; Sinatra's guitarist for 10 years; Bob Babbitt – bass player for Motown house band the Funk Brothers; Sheryl Bailey – jazz guitarist [3] George Benson – jazz guitarist, singer; Harold Betters – jazz trombonist; Art Blakey – jazz drummer, bandleader; Ray Brown ...
Valaida Snow (June 2, 1904 [1] – May 30, 1956) [2] was an American jazz musician and entertainer who performed internationally. She was also known as "Little Louis" and "Queen of the Trumpet," a nickname given to her by W. C. Handy. [3]
Jazz musicians from Pittsburgh (61 P) S. Singers from Pittsburgh (60 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Pittsburgh" The following 172 pages are in this category ...
June Smith (jazz singer) (1930–2016) Kate Smith (1907–1986) Keely Smith (1928–2017) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944–2016) Phoebe Snow (1952–2011) Jeri Southern (1926–1991) Luciana Souza (born 1966) Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) Dusty Springfield (1939–1999) Dorothy Squires (1915–1998) Jo Stafford (1917 ...
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981 [1]) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, and LP versions). [2]
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King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman; King of the Jazz Guitar: Django Reinhardt; King of the Jukebox: Louis Jordan; King of Swing: Benny Goodman a.k.a. "the Patriarch of the Clarinet", "the Professor", "Swing's Senior Statesman" Klook-Mop or Klook: Kenny Clarke; Knife (The): Pepper Adams