Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter & vocalist known for his innovations within the cool jazz subgenre.
Eartha Kitt
American singer, actor, activist, author, & songwriter known for hits incl. “Santa Baby” & “I Want to Be Evil”.
Nat Adderley
American jazz trumpeter & composer born in 1931. His composition “Work Song” is a jazz standard & pop hit.
Clifford Brown
American jazz trumpeter & composer born in 1930. Known for songs such as “Sandu” & “Joy Spring”.
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist & second most recorded jazz composer known for his unique improv style.
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist, composer, & one of the most influential jazz artists in history.
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist, composer, subculture icon, & leader in the development of bebop.
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist and composer, born in 1929, who mostly worked as the leader of a trio.
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz cornetist, pianist, & composer born in 1903. One of the most influential 1920s jazz soloists.
Jack Teagarden
American jazz singer & preeminent trombonist before the Bebop era of the 1940s, born in 1905.