James Reese Europe (February 22, 1881 – May 9, 1919), sometimes known as Jim Europe, was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. He was the leading figure on the African Americans music scene of New York City in the 1910s. Eubie Blake called him the "Martin Luther King of music".
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Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician
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Crickett Smith
American jazz trumpeter
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James Tim Brymn
American musician
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Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
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Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Joe Jordan
American musician
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
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Terry Waldo
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
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Buddy Gilmore
US jazz drummer (deceased)
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Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
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Larry Shields
American jazz musician
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Buster Bailey
American musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Ted Heath
British musician
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Joseph Lamb
American composer of ragtime music
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Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Kerry Mills
American ragtime composer and music publishing executive