Musicians-Jazz
Nicole Mitchell (1967-)
Award-winning flutist, composer, conductor, and the first woman president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Nicole Mitchell...
Clarence Acox Jr. (1947- )
Clarence Acox, Jr. is an award-winning American jazz drummer and band director. Born in October 1947, he is a native...
Henri Salvador (1917-2008)
Henri Salvador was a popular 20th Century French entertainer, pop singer, and humorist. His most popular and emblematic song was...
Herbert “Herb” Jeffries (1913-2014)
Herb Jeffries, baritone jazz balladeer and first black singing cowboy in the movies, was born Umberto Alexander Valentino on September...
Yusef Abdel Lateef (1920-2013)
For over six decades Dr. Yusef A. Lateef was a major developer in the international improvisational musical field. A saxophone...
James Tim Brymn (1881-1946)
Often referred to as “Mr. Jazz Himself,” Lieutenant James Tim Brymn was a conductor, a musical director of several George...
Lionel Charles Ferbos (1911-2014)
New Orleans, Louisiana, trumpeter Lionel Charles Ferbos was born in the city’s Creole 7th Ward on July 17, 1911. His...
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
Mary Lou Williams was an African American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and...
Ina Ray, née Odessa Cowan Hutton (1916-1984)
Ina Ray Hutton led the Melodears, one of the first all-female swing bands to be recorded and filmed. She passed...
