Jazz composers, arrangers and performers.

Coltrane, John William, 1926-1967

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John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension. He remain...

Baker, Chet

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Epithet: jazz trumpeter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x0001a3 ...

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...

Comstock, Frank

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Clooney, Rosemary

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Herman, Woody, 1913-1987

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Brown, Les, 1912-2001

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Les (Lester Raymond) Brown (b. March 14, 1912, Reinerton, PA - d. January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, CA) was a 1936 graduate of Duke University. There he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown and His Band of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably Sentimental Journey (1944) and I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (1946). He performed exte...

Pepper, Art, 1925-1982

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Kenton, Stan, 1911-1979

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Stanley Newcomb Kenton was born on December 15, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas. His family lived in California and Colorado before permanently settling in Bell, California, in the Los Angeles area. Kenton's musical career began in his teens, and made his first recordings with Gus Arnheim in 1937, joining Vido Musso's band in 1938, and organizing a rehearsal band which evolved into his own orchestra. From the 1940s onward, the Kenton band was the site of intersection between jazz, popular music, and ex...

Fischer, Clare

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Singers Unlimited.

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Johnson, Plas

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Riley, Herman 1940-....

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Bishop, Keith

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Puerling, Gene, 1929-2008

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Eugene Thomas Puerling was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 31, 1929. Puerling worked as a disc jockey in Milwaukee before moving to Los Angeles, where he worked for Les Baxter and Gordon Jenkins. He was a founding member of the innovative jazz vocal group the Hi-Lo's, which got their first break from Jerry Fielding, who signed the group with Trend Records; they later moved on to Starlite Records, and the group was also briefly associated with Mitch Miller of Columbia Records. Puerling a...

Foster, Gary A. M.

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Rogers, Shorty, 1924-1994

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Hi-Lo's.

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Sanborn, David

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Guter, Gerhard K.

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Day, Doris, 1924-

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Akiyoshi, Toshiko, 1929-

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Perkins, Bill, 1924-2003

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