Jazz Performers

Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz _____ , pianist, and composer.

Raymond (Ray)Brown was an American jazz _____ known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

Duke Ellington, the great bandleader, was also a great ______?

What instrument does Louis Armstrong ("Satchmo") play?

Bill Chase was an American _____ player and leader of the jazz-rock band Chase.

Fletcher Henderson was an American _____, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in developing big band jazz.

Riley B. King, known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, ______, and record producer.

Artie Shaw was an American _____, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.

Tommy Dorsey was an American jazz _____, composer, conductor & bandleader, known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing"

Patrick Bruce Metheny is an American jazz _____ and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group.

Stanley Clarke is an American _____, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first fusion bands.

Robert Johnson was a traveling _____ who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances.

Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz _____, clarinetist, composer and arranger.

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American jazz _____ who led the band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

An important figure of the fusion era, Jack DeJohnette is one of the most influential jazz ____ of the 20th century.

What instrument did Count Basie play?

Charles Frank Mangione is an American _____ player, voice actor, and composer.

What did Django Reinhardt play?

Wayne Shorter is an American jazz _____ and composer, and co-founder of the group Weather Report.

Paul Desmond was an American jazz _____ player and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Frank Rosolino will be remembered and respected throughout the contemporary jazz world for his mastery of the _____.

Christian McBride is a jazz _____, composer and arranger. He has over 300 recordings, and is a 7 time Grammy winner.

One of the most important figures in modern American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso ____, composer and bandleader.

Chris Potter is an American jazz ______, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden was an American jazz _____ and singer.

Walter Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz _____ and bandleader who came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra.

Russell Malone is an American jazz ____. He has worked with Jimmy Smith, Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall.

Herb Alpert is an American _____ who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. He also founded A&M Records.

Stan Kenton was a highly influential band leader, composer, and _____________.

McCoy Tyner was an American ____ and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane and his long solo career.

Wynton Kelly was a bebop ___________ player who got his big break in Dizzy Gillespie's band.

Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American _____ , composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

George Benson is an American _____, singer, and songwriter. His professional career began at age 19 as a jazz _____

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz _______, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.

Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential _____ of all time.

Jimmy Smith was an American jazz musician whose albums often appeared on Billboard magazine charts. He played the ?

Esperanza Spalding, American jazz _____ beat Justin Beiber and Drake for Best New Artist Grammy in 2011.

Gary Peacock was a versatile _____ who collaborated with some of the 20th century's most notable jazz musicians.

Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz _____ and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".

Sonny Rollins is an American jazz ____ who is recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians.

Clifford Benjamin Brown was an American jazz _____ and composer who died at age 25 in a car accident.

Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of _____ in the arena of jazz and rock.

Melvin Sokoloff, known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz _____, session musician, professor, and author.

Joe "King" Oliver was an American jazz _____ player and bandleader, and mentor to a young Louis Armstrong.

James Morrison is an Australian jazz musician, mostly know for _____, although he is a great player on all instruments.

Bill Evans was a phenomenal jazz ___________ player who joined Miles Davis on the groundbreaking "Kind of Blue" album.

What did Eubie Blake play?

Chick Corea was a pioneer in the electric version of what instrument?

Ron Carter is an American jazz _____. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded sideman.

Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz _______, pianist and composer.

Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest _______________ of all time.

Harry James was an American musician who is best known as a _____-playing leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946.

Brad Mehldau has led his own trio since the early 1990's when he was a ______ student a The New School in NYC.

What did Dave Brubeck play?

Benny Green teaches jazz _______ at the University of Michigan.

Steve Coleman is an American _____, composer, and bandleader. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow.

Dianna Krall is a Canadian jazz singer and also plays the ________.

Charlie Parker was arguably the best ______ player to have ever lived.

What instrument is Cyrus Chestnut known for?

Philip Wells Woods was an American jazz ______, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.

Known as the "King of Ragtime", Scott Joplin played which instrument?

Stan Getz was an American jazz _____ player, known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone.

Lester Willis Young, nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz _______ and occasional clarinetist.

A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, Paul Chambers was a highly influential jazz _______.

Joe Lovano is an American jazz musician mostly known for playing the ______.

Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan was a highly saught after ___________ player in the 1950's through the 1980's.

John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli was an American jazz ____ whose sons, John and Martin have also become well known in jazz.

What does Gary Burton play?

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz _____ of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

John McLaughlin is an English ______, bandleader, composer, and pioneer of jazz fusion.

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian _____________, virtuoso and composer.

Miles Davis was an American _____, bandleader, and composer. He was an influential and acclaimed figure in jazz history.

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was an American jazz _____ and vocalist. Known for major innovations within cool jazz.

Working in bebop and hard bop early in his career, John Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes as a ____ player.

What instrument did Buddy Bolden play?

Charlie Haden was an American jazz ____ player, bandleader, composer & educator whose career spanned more than 50 years.

Lionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz _______, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader.

Sidney Joseph Bechet was an American jazz ____, ______, and composer. One of the first important soloists in jazz.

John Scofield, "Sco", is an American ____ and composer who plays bebop, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul, and rock.

Harold Land was an American hard bop and post-bop _____ player who worked with Clifford Brown.

What did Johnny Hodges play?

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz _____ known for plucking the strings with the side of his thumb.

Freddie Green was a swing jazz _____ who played rhythm _____ with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.

Arthur Blakey was an American jazz _____ and bandleader.

Thelonious Monk was an American jazz _____and composer. He had a unique style and made numerous contributions to jazz.

Jaco Pastorius was perhaps the best ____ player of all time. He played funk, lyrical solos, chords, and new harmonics.

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop ___, a pioneer of the ___in jazz, and a composer and educator.

What did bandleader Woody Herman play?

Nat Adderley was an American jazz _____. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

Eugene (Gene) Krupa was an American jazz ____, bandleader and composer known for his energetic style and showmanship.

Locksley Wellington "Slide" Hampton was an American jazz ______, composer and arranger, known for playing left-handed.

Besides being a singer, which instrument is Harry Connick, Jr. known for?

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz ______, bandleader, and composer.

James Francis (Jimmy) Dorsey, was an American jazz ____, _____, composer and big band leader.

Stéphane Grappelli was a French-Italian jazz _____, known for the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhart.

Arthur (Art) Tatum Jr. was an American jazz _____ player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field.

Coleman Hawkins was one of the early pioneers of the ___________ as a jazz instrument.

Charlie Christian was an American swing and jazz _____ player and was an important early performer on electric _____.

Paul Samuel 'Pops' Whiteman was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and _______.

Vijay Iyer, considered a modern genuis (literally), is a ________ player who teaches music at Harvard.