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Bandleaders / Composers ^{[ A - J ] K - Z}

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Muhal Richard Abrams - comp/piano (b.1930) [P]
Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano (b.1929) [P]

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Manny Albam - comp/arr (1922-2001) [P]
Ray Anthony - trpt (b.1922) [P]
Neil Ardley - comp/piano (1937-2004) [P]
Brian Auger - keys/comp (b.1939) [P]
Lovie Austin - piano (1887-1972) [P]
Eddie Baker - trpt/piano (1930-2001) [P]
Jon Balke - piano (b.1955) [P]
Chris Barber - trmb (1930-2021) [P]
Charlie Barnet - sax (1913-1991) [P]
Mike Barone - trmb (b.1936) [P]
Count Basie - piano (1905-1984) [P]
Ary Barroso - comp (b.1903) [P]
Django Bates -piano/comp (b.1960) [P]
Jon Batiste - piano (b.1986) [P]
Tex Beneke - sax (1914-2000) [P]
Bunny Berigan - trpt (1908-1942) [P]
Irving Berlin - piano (1888-1989) [P]
Bill Berry - trpt (b.1930) [P]
Elmer Bernstein - piano (1922-2004) [P]
David Berger - trpt/piano (b.1949) [P]
Carla Bley - comp/piano (b.1938) [P]
Henry Brant - comp/piano (1913-2008) [P]
Les Brown - sax (1912-2001) [P]
Sonny Burke - piano (1914-1980) [P]
Ralph Burns - piano (1922-2001) [P]
Erskine Butterfield - piano (1913-1961) [P]
Jaki Byard - comp/piano/trpt/sax (1922-1999) [P]
Frank Capp - drums (1931-2017) [P]
Cab Calloway - vcl (1907-1994) [P]
Bobby Carcasses - vcl/trpt/sax/conga (b.1938) [P]
Dick Cary - arr/piano/trpt (1916-1994) [P]
Dori Caymmi - gtr/vcl/comp/arr (b.1943) [P]
Bill Challis - arr/piano/sax (1904-1994) [P]
Judy Chamberlain - vcl (b.1944) [P]
Joan Chamorro - sax/bass (b.1962) [P]
Bill Chase - trpt (1934-1974) [P]
Bob Chester - sax (1908-1975) [P]
John Clayton - bass (b.1952)
Jeff Clayton - sax (b.1954)
Jeff Hamilton - drms (b.1955) [P]
Ryan Cohan - piano (b.1971) [P]
Graham Collier - bass (1937-2011) [P]
Eddie Condon - gtr (1905-173) [P]
Luis Conte - drums/perc (b.1954) [P]
Harry Connick Jr - piano/vcl (b.1967) [P]
Henry Cowell - piano (1897-1965) [P]
Bob Crosby - vcl (1913-1993) [P]
Jorge Dalto - piano (1948-1987) [P]
Anthony Davis - piano/comp (b.1951) [P]
Johnny Scat Davis - trpt/vcl (1910-1983) [P]
Les DeMerle - drums/vcl (b.1946) [P]
Eumir Deodato - piano/arr (b.1942) [P]
Bill Dobbins - piano (b.1947) [P]
Klaus Doldinger - piano/sax (b.1936) [P]
Pierre Dorge - gtr (b.1946) [P]
Jimmy Dorsey - sax (1904-1957) [P]
Tommy Dorsey - trmb (1905-1956) [P]

Mark Dresser - bass (b.1952) [P]
Eddy Duchin - piano (1909-1951) [P]
Larry Dunlap - piano/arr/comp (b.1948) [P]
Jimmy Durante - piano/vcl (1893-1980) [P]
Babe Egan - vln (1897-1966) [P]
Larry Elgart - sax (b.1922) [P]
Les Elgart - trpt (1918-1995) [P]
Duke Ellington - piano/arr/comp (1899-1974) [P]
Mercer Ellington - piano (1922-1998) [P]
Don Ellis - trpt (1934-1978) [P]
Ray Ellis - arr/comp/sax (1923-2008) [P]
Bob Enevoldsen - trmb (1920-2005) [P]
Gil Evans - piano (1912-1988) [P]
Maynard Ferguson - trpt (1928-2006) [P]
Bill Finegan - piano (1917-2008) [P]
Bob Florence - piano (1932-2008) [P]
Troy Floyd - sax (1901-1953) [P]
Frank Foster - sax (1928-2011) [P]
Charlie Gaines - trpt (1900-1986) [P]
Michael Garrick - piano (1933-2011) [P]
Joe Garrison - piano (b.1951) [P]
Russell Garcia - arr/comp (1916-2011) [P]
George Gee - sax (b.1960) [P]
Michael Gibbs - trmb (b.1937) [P]
Dizzy Gillespie - trpt (1917-1993) [P]
Vince Giordano - sax (b.1952) [P]
Jean Goldkette - piano (1893-1962) [P]
Jerry Goldsmith - piano (1929-2004) [P]
Jerry Gonzalez - trpt/perc (b.1949) [P]
Benny Goodman - clnt (1909-1986) [P]
Gordon Goodwin - sax/piano (b.1954] [P]
Paul Grabowsky - piano (b.1958) [P]
John Graas - comp/fr horn (1917-1962) [P]
Max Greger - sax (1926-20015) [P]
George Gruntz - piano/comp (b.1932) [P]
Don Grusin - piano/comp (b.1941) [P]
Barry Guy - bass (b.1947) [P]
Jimmy Hamilton - clnt/sax/arr (1917-1994) [P]
Jan Hammer - piano (b.1948) [P]
W.C. Handy - trpt/comp (1873-1958) [P]
Johnny Hawksworth - bass (1924-2009) [P]
Ted Heath - trmb (1900-1969) [P]
Neal Hefti - trpt (1922-2008) [P]
Fletcher Henderson - piano (1897-1952) [P]
Horace Henderson - piano (1904-1988) [P]
Luther Henderson - arr/comp (1919-2003) [P]
Woody Herman - clnt (1913-197) [P]
Nachito Herrera - piano/comp (b.1966) [P]
Eddie Heywood - piano (1915-1989) [P]
Teddy Hill - sax (1909-1978) [P]
Bill Holman - sax/arr (b.1927) [P]
Johnny Holmes - trpt (1916-1989) [P]
Claude Hopkins - piano (1903-1904) [P]
Elgar Howarth - trpt (b.1935) [P]
Fred Van Hove - piano (b.1937) [P]
Julia Hulsmann - piano (b.1968) [P]
Mark Isaacs - piano (b.1958) [P]
Mark Isham - trpt/piano (b.1951) [P]
Harry James - trpt (1916-1983) [P]
Spike Jones - drms (1911-1965) [P]
Gordon Jenkins (1910-1984) [P]
Isham Jones - sax (1894-1956) [P]
Sean Jones - trpt (b.1978) [P]
Thad Jones - trpt (1923-1986) [P]
Quincy Jones - trpt (b.1933) [P]
Julian Joseph - piano (b.1966) [P]

[Band Leaders K - Z]

"True music...must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
My people are Americans. My time is today" - George Gershwin

Bandleaders / Composers [ A - J ] K - Z

Bandleaders / Composers ^{[ A - J ] K - Z}