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A comprehensive list of jazz musicians by instrument, based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Find names, dates, and sources of famous early jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Jelly Roll Morton.
An alphabetical list of notable jazz vocalists from various countries and eras. Includes singers such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and more.
Learn about the musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. The list includes songs written in the 1920s by jazz artists, Broadway composers and others, with historical and cultural context.
Peggy Lee (1920-2002) was a singer, songwriter, and actress who recorded more than 1,100 masters and co-wrote over 270 songs. She sang with Benny Goodman's big band, created a sophisticated persona, and starred in films such as Pete Kelly's Blues and Lady and the Tramp.
Learn about the jazz age, a period of popular music in America from the end of World War I to the start of the Depression. Discover the major jazz orchestras, musicians, songs and dances of the 1920s, such as the Charleston, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and "Stardust".
Learn about the musical compositions that are widely known and performed as part of the jazz genre's repertoire. The list includes songs from various influences, such as blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley and gospel, and their earliest recordings.
Many 1930s standards were popularized by jazz singer Billie Holiday's recordings, including "These Foolish Things", "Embraceable You" and "Yesterdays". " Begin the Beguine " is a show tune from Cole Porter's Broadway musical Jubilee , first recorded by Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra and popularized by Artie Shaw's recording in 1938.
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.