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Jazz Listening

The best way to learn Jazz, is to listen to Jazz!
PROMINENT JAZZ ARTISTS BY INSTRUMENT:
BIG BANDS:
​Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd
Buddy Rich Big Band
Bob Mentzer Big Band
Count Basie Jazz Band
Charles Mingus Big Band
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Stan Kenton Band
Mel Lewis and Thad Jones Jazz Orchestra
Don Menza Big Band
Louie Bellson Big Band
Maynard Ferguson Jazz Band
Sammy Nestico Big Band
Airmen of Note
​University of North Texas Lab Bands
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Bill Watrous Big Band
Dominic Spera Big Band
Duke Ellington Jazz Orchestra 
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
Booker T. & The M.G.'s

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CLARINET
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw



FLUTE
James Moody
Hubert Laws


French Horn
Julius Watkins
Giovanni Hoffer
​ALTO SAX
Charlie Parker
Ornette Coleman
Cannonball Adderly
Sonny Stitt
Phil Woods
Paul Desmond
Art Pepper
Lee Konitz
Bennie Carter
Johnny Hodges

TENOR SAX
John Coltrane,
Sonny Rollins,
Joe Lovano,
Stanley Turrentine,
Dexter Gordon,
Coleman Hawkins,
Lester Young,
Stan Getz

BARITONE SAX
Gerry Mulligan,
Nick Brignola,
Pepper Adams,
David Schumacher,
Glenn Wilson,
Leo Parker,
Lars Gullin,
Fred Ho,
Cecil Payne,
Serge Chaloff,

TRUMPET
Miles Davis,
Dizzie Gillespie,
Clifford Brown,
Freddie Hubbard,
Arturo Sandoval,
Clark Terry,
Fats Navarro,
Bobby Shew,
Bill Chase,
Maynard Ferguson,
Don Cherry,
Thad Jones,
Lee Morgan,
Harry James,
Wynton Marsallis,
Louis Prima

TROMBONE
JJ Johnson,
Bill Watrous,
Malcolm Earle Smith,
Dan Barrett,
Wycliffe Gordon,
Jimmy Knepper,
Jack Teagarden,
Ray Anderson,
Tommy Dorsey,
Curtis Fuller

PIANO
Thelonius Monk,
Oscar Peterson,
Bill Evans,
Dave Brubeck,
Earl “Fatha” Hines,
Art Tatum,
Count Basie,
Ahmad Jamal,
Chick Corea,
Diana Krall,
Teddy Wilson

BASS
Charles Mingus,
Ray Brown,
Bob Haggart,
William Parker,
Arvel Shaw,
Pete Washington,
Curley Russell,
George Morrow,
Tommy Potter,
Nelson Boyd

GUITAR
Wes Montgomery,
Larry Coryell,
Charlie Clinton,
Herb Ellis,
Pat Metheny,
Charlie Christian,
Barney Kessel,
Eddie Condon,
Joe Pass,
Charlie Byrd

DRUMS
Art Blakey,
Buddy Rich,
Louis Bellson,
Max Roach,
Elvin Jones,
Papa Jo Jones,
Gene Krupa,
Shelly Manne,
Charlie Parsip,
Stan Levy,
Jimmy Cobb,
Billy Higgins
Tony Williams
Joe Morello
Roy Haynes
Philly Joe Jones

VOCALS
Ella Fitzgerald,
Billie Holiday,
Louis Armstrong,
Nancy Wilson,
Johnny Mercer,
Dianna Krall,
Bobby McFerrin,
Chet Baker,
Tony Bennet,
Ray Charles,
Diane Shuur,
Bessie Smith,
Sarah Vaughn,
Josephine Baker,
Shirley Horn ​