David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from the dominant style of jazz trumpet innovator Louis Armstrong, and his strong impact on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most influential musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop.
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Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Budd Johnson
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Joe Guy
American musician
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Stuff Smith
American musician
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Russell Procope
American musician
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Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
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Nat Pierce
American musician
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Don Byas
American musician
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Tommy Bryant
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Bill Graham
American musician
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Pete Brown
American musician
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Al McKibbon
American musician
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Chu Berry
American musician
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Henry Coker
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Gus Johnson
American musician
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Reunald Jones
American musician
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Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Bill Coleman
American musician
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
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Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddie Jones
American musician
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Willie Smith
American musician
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Eddie Locke
American musician
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John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Emmett Berry
American musician
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Marshal Royal
American musician
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Shad Collins
American musician
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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A. K. Salim
American musician
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Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist