Jazz in the 1900s

Louis Armstrong 1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971) Bing Crosby 1903–1977 · American singer and actor (1903–1977) Josephine Baker 1906–1975 · American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975) Aaron Copland 1900–1990 · American composer, composition teacher, writer, and… Count Basie 1904–1984 · American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) Benny Goodman 1909–1986 · American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986) Glenn Miller 1904–1944 · American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944) Art Tatum 1909–1956 · American jazz pianist (1909–1956) Stéphane Grappelli 1908–1997 · French jazz violinist (1908–1997) Benny Carter 1907–2003 · American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter… Lionel Hampton 1908–2002 · American jazz musician (1908–2002) Coleman Hawkins 1904–1969 · American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969) Lester Young 1909–1959 · American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959) Cab Calloway 1907–1994 · American jazz singer (1907–1994) Earl Hines 1903–1983 · American jazz pianist (1903–1983) Fats Waller 1904–1943 · American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943) Ben Webster 1909–1973 · American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973) Dick Powell 1904–1963 · American actor (1904-1963) Tommy Dorsey 1905–1956 · American big band leader and musician Louis Jordan 1908–1975 · American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician… Johnny Hodges 1907–1970 · American alto saxophonist (1907–1970) Bix Beiderbecke 1903–1931 · American jazz musician (1903-1931) Gene Krupa 1909–1973 · American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973) Guy Lombardo 1902–1977 · Canadian-American bandleader Jay McShann 1909–2006 · American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and… Jan Werich 1905–1980 · Czech actor, playwright and writer (1905–1980) Jimmy Dorsey 1904–1957 · American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and… Phil Harris 1904–1995 · American actor, singer and comedian (1904–1995) Jack Teagarden 1905–1964 · American jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964) Charles Rogers 1904–1999 · American actor and jazz musician (1904-1999) Lawrence Welk 1903–1992 · American musician, bandleader, and impresario (1903–1992) Raymond Scott 1908–1994 · American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer… Oscar Levant 1906–1972 · American comedian, composer, pianist and actor (1906-1972) Champion Jack Dupree 1909–1992 · American blues pianist (1910–1992) Adelaide Hall 1904–1993 · American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993) Mildred Bailey 1907–1951 · Native American jazz singer Eddie Condon 1905–1973 · US musician (1905–1973) Constant Lambert 1905–1951 · British composer and conductor (1905–1951) Stuff Smith 1909–1967 · American musician (1909-1967) Red Norvo 1908–1999 · American musician (1908–1999) Bud Freeman 1906–1991 · American musician (1906–1991) Albert Ammons 1907–1949 · American jazz pianist, recording artist (1907–1949) Rex Stewart 1907–1967 · American jazz cornetist (1907-1967) Helen Morgan 1900–1941 · American jazz singer and actress (1900–1941) Ray Noble 1903–1978 · English jazz and big band musician (1903–1978) CW Chick Webb 1909–1939 · American musician (1905–1939) Jimmy Rushing 1901–1972 · American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972) Meade Lux Lewis 1905–1964 · American boogie-woogie pianist and composer (1905–1964) Barney Bigard 1906–1980 · American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980) Ray Ventura 1908–1979 · French musician (1908–1979) Jimmie Lunceford 1902–1947 · American musician (1902–1947) Bill Coleman 1904–1981 · American musician (1904-1981) Pete Johnson 1904–1967 · American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (1904–1967) Ozzie Nelson 1906–1975 · actor, band leader, television producer and director… Joe Venuti 1903–1978 · American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist… Claude Thornhill 1908–1965 · American pianist, composer and arranger (1909–1965) Juan Tizol 1900–1984 · Puerto Rican trombonist and composer (1900–1984) Eddie Lang 1902–1933 · American jazz guitarist (1902–1933) Lennie Hayton 1908–1971 · American composer and conductor (1908-1971) Red Allen 1908–1967 · American jazz musician, band leader (1908–1967) Annette Hanshaw 1901–1985 · American singer (1901-1985) Muggsy Spanier 1901–1967 · American musician (1901-1967) Sammy Price 1908–1992 · American pianist (1908-1992) Frankie Trumbauer 1901–1956 · American musician (1901–1956) IA Ivie Anderson 1905–1949 · American jazz singer (1905-1949) Connee Boswell 1907–1976 · American musician (1907–1976) Hot Lips Page 1908–1954 · American jazz musician (1908–1954) Jaroslav Ježek 1906–1942 · Czech conductor, Esperantist, composer and jazz musician… Horace Heidt 1901–1986 · American musician (1901-1986) Danny Barker 1909–1994 · American jazz musician (1909–1994) Leo Arnaud 1904–1991 · French-American arranger and composer of "Bugler's Dream"… Red Nichols 1905–1965 · American jazz musician (1905–1965) Ben Pollack 1903–1971 · American musician (1903-1971) Joe Marsala 1907–1978 · Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter Pee Wee Russell 1906–1969 · American musician (1906–1969) Tiny Bradshaw 1907–1958 · American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer… Chu Berry 1908–1941 · American musician (1908–1941) Phil Napoleon 1901–1990 · American jazz musician (1901–1990) Bubber Miley 1903–1932 · American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer… Lawrence Brown 1907–1988 · jazz trombonist (1907-1988) Russ Columbo 1908–1934 · American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934) Bunny Berigan 1908–1942 · American musician (1908-1942) Herschel Evans 1909–1939 · American musician (1909–1939) Peter DeRose 1900–1953 · American composer of jazz and pop music (1900–1953) Artemi Ayvazyan 1902–1975 · Armenian musician (1902–1975) Art Hodes 1904–1993 · American musician (1904-1993) Jimmy McPartland 1907–1991 · American cornetist (1907–1991) Luis Russell 1902–1963 · American jazz pianist and bandleader (1902–1963) Adrian Rollini 1903–1956 · American jazz musician (1903–1956) Otto Hardwick 1904–1970 · American musician (1904–1970) Tricky Sam Nanton 1904–1946 · American musician (1904–1946) Ann Ronell 1906–1993 · American composer and lyricist (1906–1993) Russ Morgan 1904–1969 · American big band leader and arranger, songwriter… Glen Gray 1906–1963 · American musician (1906–1963) CB Cleo Brown 1909–1995 · American singer (1909–1995) DR Don Redman 1900–1964 · American musician (1900–1964) George Lewis 1900–1968 · American musician (1900–1968) ES Elmer Snowden 1900–1973 · American musician (1900-1973) Boyd Atkins 1900–1965 · American musician ET Erik Tuxen 1902–1957 · Danish musician (1902–1957) BC Blanche Calloway 1902–1978 · American singer, bandleader and composer Valaida Snow 1902–1956 · American musician (1904-1956) Ryōichi Hattori 1907–1993 · Japanese composer (1907-1993) AT Alexander Tsfasman 1906–1971 · Soviet Jazz composer, pianist, arranger and conductor… GS Georgie Stoll 1902–1985 · American musical director and composer (1902–1985) George Brunies 1902–1974 · American musician (1902-1974) Henri René 1906–1993 · American musician (1906–1993) Edmond Hall 1901–1967 · American jazz clarinetist (1901–1967) VD Vic Dickenson 1906–1984 · American jazz trombonist (1906–1984) Ted Fio Rito 1900–1971 · American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist… Albert Nicholas 1900–1973 · American musician (1900-1973) Wingy Manone 1900–1982 · American musician (1900-1982) Tommy Ladnier 1900–1939 · Jazz cornetist/trumpeter (1900-1939) Buster Bailey 1902–1967 · American musician (1902-1967) TH Ted Heath 1902–1969 · British musician (1900–1969) Eddie South 1904–1962 · American musician (1904–1962) Roy Milton 1907–1983 · American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader Alvino Rey 1908–2004 · American swing era musician (1908–2004) Bill Tapia 1908–2011 · American musician (1908–2011) Oscar Alemán 1909–1980 · Argentine jazz musician