Willie Nelson29 April 1933
Musician
Jimi Hendrix27 November 1942
Singer & Musician
Duke Ellington29 April 1899
Composer, Pianist and Bandleader
Quincy Jones14 March 1933
Musician, Conductor, Producer, Arranger, Composer,
Tom Waits07 December 1949
Singer, Composer, Actor
Miles Davis26 May 1926
Jazz Trumpeter
Louis Armstrong04 August 1901
Musician
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927
Singer
Billie Holiday07 April 1915
Musician
Chaka Khan23 March 1953
Singer
Kenny G05 June 1956
Saxophonist
Carlos Santana20 July 1947
Gary Burghoff24 May 1943
Actor
Chet Baker23 December 1929
Jazz Trumpeter
Gwen Verdon13 January 1925
Actress
Thelonious Monk10 October 1917
Jazz Pianist & Composer
Herb Alpert31 March 1935
Musician
Cindy Vela04 January 1979
Actress
Dizzy Gillespie21 October 1917
Bandleader
Charles Mingus22 April 1922
Jazz Musician
Cannonball Adderley15 September 1928
Jazz alto saxophonist
Buddy Bolden06 September 1877
Musical Artist
Cindy Blackman Santana18 November 1959
Drummer
Don Cherry18 November 1936
trumpeter, composer, jazz musician
Norah Jones30 March 1979
Actor, Street artist, Pianist, Singer-songwriter,
Fiona Apple13 September 1977
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Composer, Pianist,
Don Shirley29 January 1927
Composer
Bobby Darin14 May 1936
Singer, Actor, Jazz musician, Songwriter
Kyle Eastwood19 May 1968
Actor, Composer, Jazz musician, Music arranger,
Buckethead13 May 1969
Guitarist, Composer, Banjoist, Jazz musician, Jazz
Ahmed Best19 August 1973
Actor, Voice actor, Stage actor, Jazz musician,
Eva Cassidy02 February 1963
Singer, Jazz musician
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Herbie Hancock12 April 1940
Singer-songwriter, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz
Montell Jordan03 December 1968
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Record producer
Glenn Miller01 March 1904
Jazz musician, Bandleader, Composer, Music
Jill Scott04 April 1972
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Jazz
Buddy Rich30 September 1917
Musician
Jaco Pastorius01 December 1951
Bassist, Composer, Jazz musician, Bandleader
Julie London26 September 1926
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician,
Peggy Lee26 May 1920
Film actor, Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Jazz
Jeff Porcaro01 April 1954
Drummer, Jazz musician
Tim Buckley14 February 1947
singer-songwriter, singer, banjoist, jazz
Donald Fagen10 January 1948
Singer-songwriter, Singer, Pianist
Danny Carey10 May 1961
Drummer, Jazz musician
Tevin Campbell12 November 1976
Singer
Chet Atkins20 June 1924
Guitarist, Jazz musician, Record producer, Jazz
George Benson22 March 1943
Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Jazz musician,
Mel Tormé13 September 1925
Actor, Singer, Composer, Novelist, Songwriter,
Chick Corea12 June 1941
Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician
Rachael MacFarlane21 March 1976
Voice actor, Unit production manager, Writer,
Walter Becker20 February 1950
Guitarist, Songwriter, Jazz musician, Jazz
Les Paul09 June 1915
Guitarist, Banjoist, Inventor, Jazz musician, Jazz
Michael McCary16 December 1971
Singer
Frank Morgan23 December 1933
Saxophonist
Neal Schon27 February 1954
Guitarist, Jazz musician
Phil Harris24 June 1904
Comedian
John Densmore01 December 1944
Musician
Al Jarreau12 March 1940
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician, Social
Stan Getz02 February 1927
Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Lea DeLaria23 May 1958
Actor, Jazz musician, Singer, Stage actor,
Madlib24 October 1973
Composer, Disc jockey, Jazz musician, Record
Chuck Mangione29 November 1940
Composers
Melody Gardot02 February 1985
Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician, Singer,
Keith Jarrett08 May 1945
Pianist, Composer, Jazz musician, Saxophonist,
Sarah Vaughan27 March 1924
Singer, Jazz musician, Pianist
Dinah Washington29 August 1924
Singer, Jazz musician
Don Nelson20 January 1927
Screenwriter
David Paich25 June 1954
Musician
Tommy Bolin01 August 1951
Guitarist, Jazz musician, Jazz guitarist
Esperanza Spalding18 October 1984
Music educator, Jazz musician, Singer
Doc Severinsen07 July 1927
Musician
Tito Puente20 April 1922
actor, bandleader, conductor, composer, jazz
Ralph Tresvant16 May 1968
Singer
Bobby Troup18 October 1918
Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Actor, Songwriter,
Art Blakey11 October 1919
Drummer
Olu Dara12 January 1941
cornetist
John L. Nelson29 June 1916
Musician
Yehudi Menuhin22 April 1916
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Wendy Carlos14 November 1939
Musician
Robert Glasper05 April 1978
Singer-songwriter
Bobby Caldwell15 August 1951
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Jazz musician
Jelly Roll Morton20 October 1890
Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, Jazz
Ethel Waters31 October 1896
Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor
Frankie Laine30 March 1913
Singer
Tony Levin06 June 1946
Bassist, Blogger, Jazz musician
Omar Rodríguez-López01 September 1975
Composer, Jazz musician, Guitarist
Tommy Dorsey19 November 1905
Trombonist
Steve Gadd09 April 1945
Drummer, Jazz musician
George Duke12 January 1946
Musician
Al Di Meola22 July 1954
Guitarist, Composer, Jazz musician, Jazz guitarist
Art Tatum13 October 1909
Pianist, Jazz musician, Musician
Ornette Coleman09 March 1930
Composer, Trumpeter, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Bill Berry14 September 1930
Jazz trumpeter
Cheryl Miller04 February 1943
Actress
Lee Morgan10 July 1938
Musician
Béla Fleck10 July 1958
Street artist, Singer, Banjoist, Songwriter, Jazz