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Famous African American Jazz Players (1900’s)

Famous African American Jazz Players (1900’s). By: Olivia Yates. Duke Ellington. American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music.

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Famous African American Jazz Players (1900’s)

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  1. Famous African American Jazz Players (1900’s) By: Olivia Yates

  2. Duke Ellington • American composer, pianist, and big band leader. • Duke Ellington became one of the most influential artists in the history of recorded music. • Is largely recognized as one of the greatest figures in the history of jazz.

  3. Mary Lou Williams • American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. • Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records.

  4. Charlie Parker • American jazz saxophonist and composer. • Parker, with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, is often considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians.

  5. Nat King Cole • American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. • He owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres.

  6. Ray Nance • An jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. • Nance was often featured on violin and was the only violin soloist ever featured in Ellington's orchestra. He is also one of the well-known vocalists from the Ellington orchestra.

  7. Dizzy Gillespie • An American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. • He was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.

  8. Miles Davis • Was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. • Widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century.

  9. Louis Armstrong • Was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. • Armstrong was a influence on jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective groups to solo performers.

  10. Chris Smith • Was on of the first black composer. • He is best remembered as the composer of Ballin' the Jack.”Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz: Faces of Jazz”

  11. Bertha "Chippie" Hill • An American blues singer and dancer. • She performed with Ma Rainey and Louis Armstrong.

  12. Reference (APA) • Stokes, W. R. (n.d.). The Faces of Jazz. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wgfaces.html • Spottswood, R. (n.d.). African American Performers on Early Sound Recordings, 1892-1916 . Retrieved from http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200038862/default.html

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