Thomas James Ladnier (May 28, 1900 – June 4, 1939) was an American jazz trumpeter. Hugues Panassié – an influential French critic, jazz historian, and renowned exponent of New Orleans jazz – rated Ladnier, sometime on or before 1956, second only to Louis Armstrong.
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Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Buck Washington
American musician and pianist
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Wilson Myers
American musician
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Russell Moore
Pima jazz musician
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Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Pops Foster
American musician
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Wesley Wilson
American blues, jazz, and vaudeville singer and songwriter (1893-1958)
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Buster Bailey
American musician
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Cousin Joe
American blues and jazz singer
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Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Monette Moore
American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)
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Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Kaiser Marshall
American musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Don Byas
American musician
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James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Art Hodes
American musician
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Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Kenyon Hopkins
American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom (1912-1983)
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Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Sidney De Paris
American musician
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James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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Kansas Fields
American musician
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Baby Dodds
American musician
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Joe Jordan
American musician
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Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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Lee Collins
American musician
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Garland Wilson
American musician (1909-1954)
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Ernie Hammes
jazz musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Bud Freeman
American musician