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Alphonso Johnson (born 1951) Bill Laswell (born 1955) Marcus Miller (born 1959) Monk Montgomery (1921–1982) Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) John Patitucci (born 1959) Steve Swallow (born 1940) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born 1956)
Ruth Brown (1928–2006) Ane Brun (born 1976) Mari Kvien Brunvoll (born 1984) Joyce Bryant (1928–2022) Beryl Bryden (1920–1998) Michael Bublé (born 1975) Sarah Buechi (born 1981)
Franck Amsallem (born 1961) Chris Anderson (1926–2008) Bill Anschell. Jim Aton (1925–2008) Ivar Antonsen (born 1946) Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898–1971) Dag Arnesen (born 1950) Lynne Arriale (born 1957) Roy Assaf (born 1982)
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first ...
Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet and cornet player, he was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. [5]
Ron Carter, 2008. He is the most-recorded bassist in jazz history, with appearances on over 2,200 albums. [1]This list of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the 1970s, electric bass players.
Chet Baker is portrayed by Ethan Hawke in the 2015 film Born to Be Blue. It is a reimagining of Baker's career in the late 1960s, when he is famous for both his music and his addiction, and he takes part in a movie about his life to boost his career. [50] Steve Wall plays Baker in the 2018 film My Foolish Heart.
The following is a list of notable jazz guitar players, including guitarists from related jazz genres such as Western swing, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. For an article giving a short history, see jazz guitarists .