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Encyclopedia > Jazz musician

A jazz musician is someone who plays or sings jazz music. Jazz musicians must be good improvisers and have a thorough knowledge of musical scales.

Contents
1 Some of the most famous jazz musicians
2 Noted jazz figures by period

2.1 Early jazz musicians
2.2 Middle period
2.3 Modern innovators

3 Noted jazz figures by instrument

3.1 Bass
3.2 Cello
3.3 Clarinet
3.4 Drums
3.5 Flute
3.6 Guitar
3.7 Piano
3.8 Saxophone
3.9 Trombone
3.10 Trumpet
3.11 Vibraphone
3.12 Violin
3.13 Vocal
3.14 Multi-instrumentalists
3.15 Organ

Some of the most famous jazz musicians

Noted jazz figures by period

Early jazz musicians

Middle period

Modern innovators

Noted jazz figures by instrument

Bass

See also: Jazz Bassists

Cello

  • Fred Katz, (born 1919)
  • Ernst Reijseger, (born 1954)
  • Erik Friedlander, (born 1960)
  • Mark Summer

Clarinet

See Jazz Clarinetists

Drums

See Jazz Drummers

Flute

Guitar

See Jazz Guitarists

Piano

See also: Jazz pianists

Saxophone

Trombone

See Jazz Trombonists

Trumpet

See also Jazz Trumpeters

Vibraphone

Violin

Vocal

Multi-instrumentalists

  • Sidney Bechet, (1897-1959), (clarinet, soprano sax, trumpet, bass, drums)
  • Jaki Byard (alto sax, piano)
  • Benny Carter, (1907-2003), (alto sax, trumpet)
  • Eric Dolphy, (1928-1964), (bass clarinet, clarinet, flute, alto sax)
  • Yusef Lateef (tenor sax, flute, oboe, many other woodwinds)
  • Mark Ledford
  • David Moss (vocals, drums, electronics)
  • Ray Nance (trumpet, violin)
  • Sun Ra, (died 1993)
  • Ira Sullivan (various reeds and brass)
  • John Surman (saxes, clarinets, piano, synthesizer)

Organ


  Results from FactBites:
 
Jazz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5660 words)
Jazz has roots in the cultural and musical expression of West Africa and the western Sahel, and in African American music traditions, including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music.
At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions, that evolved as fl musicians migrated to the cities.
Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band and dance band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century.
The Red Hot Jazz Archive (506 words)
Jazz represented a break from Western musical traditions, where the composer wrote a piece of music on paper and the musicians then tried their best to play exactly what was in the score.
Many of these virtuoso musicians were not good sight readers and some could not read music at all, never the less their playing thrilled audiences and the spontaneous music they created captured a joy and sense of adventure that was an exciting and radical departure from the music of that time.
The second wave of New Orleans Jazz musicians like Joe "King" Oliver, Kid Ory, and Jelly Roll Morton fromed small bands, that took the music of these older men and increased the complexity and dynamic of their music, as well as gaining greater commercial success.
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