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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
21st-century jazz composers (123 P) J. Jazz-influenced classical composers (46 P) L. LGBT jazz composers (6 P) S. Jazz songwriters (1 C, 13 P)
Bill Anschell. Kobi Arad. Lil Hardin Armstrong. Louis Armstrong. Bruce Arnold (jazz) Kenneth Ascher. Dorothy Ashby. Gil Askey. Clarice Assad.
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians and vocalists. A. Curtis Amy : 97, 105 ... Herb Geller: 95, 105 (woodwinds, composer, arranger)
Jazz fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius was known for his expressive fretless electric bass playing. In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus (1922–1979) and free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden (1937–2014).
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. ... Eivin One Pedersen (1956–2012 ...
Jazz standards are musical compositions that are widely known, performed and recorded by jazz artists as part of the genre's musical repertoire. This list includes compositions written in the 1920s that are considered standards by at least one major book publication or reference work. Some of the tunes listed were already well-known standards ...