| Question | Answer |
| Charlie Parker | bebop
alto sax; composer; band leader |
| Dizzy Gillespie | bebop
trumpet; composer; band leader |
| Thelonious Monk | bebop
piano; composer |
| Tad Dameron | bebop
pianist; composer |
| John Lewis | bebop
composer; co-founded Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Kenny Clarke | bebop
drummer |
| Max Roach | bebop
drummer |
| Charles Mingus | bebop
bass |
| Ray Brown | bebop
bass |
| Oscar Pettiford | bebop
bass |
| Bud Powell | bebop
piano |
| George Shering | bebop
piano |
| Oscar Peterson | bebop
piano |
| Dexter Gordon | bebop
tenor sax |
| Stan Getz | bebop
tenor sax
sideman of Woody Herman's band |
| Sonny Stitt | bebop
tenor sax |
| Fats Navarro | bebop
trumpet |
| JJ Johnson | bebop; hard bop
trombone |
| Woody Herman | bebop
big band leader; Woody Herman's Thundering Herd |
| Miles Davis | Emerged at tail-end of bebop period but advanced into cool |
| Modern jazz quartet | Cool Jazz; Led by John Lewis |
| Lennie Tristano | Cool jazz
Pianist; composer; band leader; blind |
| Lee Konitz | Cool jazz;
Alto sax;
student of Tristano, became band member |
| Gil Evans | Cool jazz;
Composer;
Birth of the Cool with Miles Davis |
| Woody Herman's Thundering Herd | Associated with both bebop and cool jazz |
| Chet Baker | Cool jazz
Trumpet; vocalist
Got start with baritone sax Gerry Mulligan |
| Shorty Rogers | Cool jazz
Trumpet; composer; arranger
Played with both Woody Herman and Stand Kenton |
| Jack Sheldon | Cool jazz
Trumpet; vocalist; actor |
| Art Farmer | Cool jazz
Trumpet; From Iowa, but was part of Cool jazz on west coast;
Lionel Hampton Band |
| Art Pepper | Cool jazz
Alto sax
Started with Stan Kenton |
| Jimmy Giuffre | Cool jazz
Primarily tenor sax; clarinetist; arranger; composer;
Composed "Four Brothers" that was performed by Woody Herman's Thundering Herd; not actual band player |
| Paul Desmond | Cool jazz;
Alto sax;
Composer ("Take Five");
Member of Dave Brubeck Quartet;
"Dry Martini"; |
| Gerry Mulligan | Cool jazz
Baritone sax; composer; arranger;
Had light touch for being baritone;
Pioneered a quartet that was piano-less |
| Chico Hamilton | Cool jazz;
Drummer;
Gerry Mulligan's piano-less quartet; |
| Shelly Manne | Cool jazz;
Drummer;
Played with both Stan Kenton and Woody Herman;
"Shelly Manne's Manhole" club; |
| Jim Hall | Cool jazz;
Guitar;
economy of notes;
soft, shallow sound; |
| Carl Fontana | Cool jazz;
Trombone;
Played in Woody Herman's band;
Second only to JJ Johnson |
| Frank Rosolino | Cool jazz;
Trombone;
Sideman in Stan Kenton's band;
Bop-oriented but played with lots of Cool musicians; |
| Bob Brookmeyer | Cool jazz;
Trombone;
Teacher;
Composer;
Arranger; |
| Dave Brubeck | Cool jazz;
Piano;
Leader of Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Antonia Carlos Jobim | Bassa Nova;
Composer;
piano;
guitar; |
| Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | Hard bop;
Alto sax;
Started quintet with brother, Nat;
This was unusual because quintet usually has tenor - Cannonball was Alto; |
| Horace Silver | Hard bop;
Pianist;
composer;
arranger;
cofounded Jazz Messengers but left for "artistic reasons" - leaving the group to Art Blakey; |
| Tommy Flannigan | Hard bop;
Piano;
Technical proficiency;
Sideman to lots of famous ppl; |
| Ahmed Jamal | Hard bop;
Piano;
One of Miles Davis' favorite pianists |
| Cedar Walton | Hard bop;
Piano; |
| Clifford Brown | Hard bop;
Trumpet;
Was only clean, famous, Jazz musician;
Died in a car accident at 25; |
| Freddy Hubbard | Hard bop;
Trumpet;
From Indianapolis;
Harmonically daring - took chances on notes;
"Maiden Voyage"; |
| Lee Morgan | Hard bop;
Trumpet;
composer;
latin flavor; |
| Art Blakey | Hard bop;
Drummer;
Cofounder of Jazz Messengers;
Later "Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers"; |
| Philly Joe Jones | Hard bop;
Drummer;
Most influential next to Max Roach;
conversation-like phrases; |
| Sonny Rollins | Hard bop;
Tenor sax;
composer;
band leader;
Took break to practice bridge -> creative breakthrough; |
| Gene Ammons | Hard bop;
Tenor sax;
Style somewhere b/w bop and hard bop - leaned towards funkiness of hard bop; |
| Benny Golsan | Hard bop;
Tenor sax;
composer "Whisper Not", "Killer Joe";
arranger;
Started as member of Jazz Messengers;
Co-founded the "Jazztet" with Art Farmer; |
| John Coltrane | Hard bop;
Tenor sax;
composer;
most influential sax player after Charlie Parker; |
| Joe Henderson | Hard bop;
Tenor sax;
composer;
Sideman in Horace Silver's band; |
| Curtis Fuller | hard bop;
trombone;
member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers;
off and on with Benny Golson; |
| Wes Montgomery | hard bop;
guitar;
one of most influential since Charlie Christian (electric guitar);
self taught - didn't start playing music until age 19;
played with thumb not pick; |
| Kenny Burrell | hard bop;
guitar;
recorded 100+ as band leader;
some of first recording experience was with Dizzy;
UCLA Jazz Dept Chair;
"Solero"; |
| Joe Pass | hard bop;
guitar;
lots of bebop influence in his playing;
solo without amplification - archtop acoustic guitar; |
| Grant Green | hard bop;
guitar;
semi-hollow guitar (very thin);
composer; |
| George Benson | hard bop;
guitar; |
| Pat Martino | hard bop;
guitar; |
| Thad Jones | hard bop;
trumpet;
composer;
big band leader |
| Gerald Wilson | hard bop;
trumpet;
composer;
big band leader; |
| Maynard Ferguson | hard bop;
trumpet;
white big band leader; |
| Jimmy Smith | hard bop;
organ player;
most famous;
gospel/soul influence. |
| Jack McDuff | hard bop;
organ player;
funky with tinge of gospel; |
| Jimmy McGriff | hard bop;
organ player; |
