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| Adderley, Julian Edwin | "1 33602? Tampa, FL" | "1928(09/15) - 1975(08/08)" |
| Adderley, Nathaniel | "1 33601? Tampa, FL" | "1931(11/25) - 2000(01/02)" |
| Allen, Henry James | "1 70140? Algiers neighborhood, New Orleans, LA" | "1908(01/07) - 1967(04/17)" |
| Armstrong, Louis Daniel | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1901(08/04) - 1971(07/06)" |
| Ayler, Albert | "1 44118? Cleveland Heights, OH" | "1936(07/13) - 1970(11/??)" |
| Bailey, Mildred Rinker | "1 99033 Tekoa, WA" | "1907(02/27) - 1971(12/12)" |
| Baker, Chesney Henry | "1 74085 Yale, OK" | "1929(12/23) - 1988(05/13)" |
| Barretto, Ray | "1 10001? New York, NY" | "1930(04/29) - 2006(02/17)" |
| Basie, William | "1 07701 Red Bank, NJ" | "1904(08/21) - 1984(04/26)" |
| Bechet, Sidney | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1897(05/14) - 1959(05/14)" |
| Beiderbecke, Leon Bix | "1 52802? Davenport, IA" | "1903(03/10) - 1931(08/06)" |
| Benford, Thomas | "1 ? ? ?" | "1905 - 1994" |
| Berigan, Rowland Bernard | "1 54129 Hilbert, WI" | "1908(11/02) - 1942(06/02)" |
| Bigard, Albany Leon | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1906(03/03) - 1980(06/27)" |
| Blackwell, Edward | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1929(10/10) - 1992(10/07)" |
| Blake, James Hubert | "1 21202? 319 Forrest Street, Baltimore, MD" | "1887(02/07) - 1983(02/12)" |
| Blakely, Art | "1 ? ?, ?" | "1919 - 1990" |
| Blanton, Jimmy | "1 37401? Chattanooga, TN" | "1918(10/05) - 1942(07/30)" |
| Bolden, Charles | "1 ? ? ?" | "1877(09/06) - 1931(11/04)" |
| Bowie, Lester | "1 21701? Frederick, MD" | "1941(10/11) - 1999(11/08)" |
| Broonzy, William Lee Conley | "1 39074 Scott County, MS" | "1898(06/26) - 1958(08/15)" |
| Brown, Clarence | "1 70668 Vinton, LA" | "1924(04/18) - 2005(09/10)" |
| Brown, Clifford | "1 19899? Wilmington, DE" | "1930(10/30) - 1956(06/26)" |
| Brown, Raymond Matthews | "1 15233? Pittsburgh, PA" | "1926(10/13) - 2002(07/02)" |
| Burnett, Chester Arthur | "1 39095 White Station, MS" | "1910(06/10) - 1976(01/10)" |
| Byes, Don | "1 ? ? ?" | "1912 - 1972" |
| Byrd, Charlie Lee | "1 23434? Suffolk, VA" | "1925(09/16) - 1999(11/30)" |
| Calloway, Cabell | "1 14692? Rochester, NY" | "1907(12/25) - 1994(11/18)" |
| Carney, Harry Howell | "1 02205? Boston, MA" | "1910 - 1974" |
| Carter, Betty | "1 48501? Flint, MI" | "1929(05/16) - 1998(09/28)" |
| Catlett, Sidney | "1 47708? Evansville, IN" | "1910(01/17) - 1951(03/25)" |
| Cheatham, Adolphus Anthony | "1 37202? Nashville, TN" | "1905(06/13) - 1997(06/02)" |
| Cherry, Don | "1 73125? Oklahoma City, OK" | "1936(11/18) - 1995(10/19)" |
| Christian, Charlie | "1 75418 Bonham, TX" | "1916(07/29) - 1942(03/02)" |
| Clarke, Kenneth | "1 15233? Pittsburgh, PA" | "1914(01/09) - 1985(01/26)" |
| Clayton, Wilbur Dorsey | "1 67357 Parsons, KS" | "1911(11/12) - 1991(12/08)" |
| Cleveland, James | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1931(12/05) - 1991(02/09)" |
| Cohn, Al | "1 ? ? ?" | "1925(11/24) - 1988(02/15)" |
| Cole, Cozy | "1 ? ? ?" | "1909(10/19) - 1981(01/31)" |
| Coltrane, John William | "1 28345 Hamlet, NC" | "1926(09/23) - 1967(07/17)" |
| Condon, Albert Edwin | "1 47948 Goodland, IN" | "1904- 1973" |
| Dameron, Tadley Ewing Peake | "1 44101? Cleveland, OH" | "1917(02/21) - 1965(03/08)" |
| Davis, Edward | "1 ? ? ?" | "1921(03/02) - 1986(11/03)" |
| Davis, Miles Dewey | "1 62002 Alton, IL" | "1926(05/26) - 1991(09/28)" |
| Davison, Bill | "1 43512 Defiance, OH" | "1906(01/05) - 1989(11/14)" |
| Desmond, Paul | "1 ? ? ?" | "1924(11/25) - 1977(05/30)" |
| Dickenson, Victor | "1 45385 Xenia, OH" | "1906(08/06) - 1984(11/16)" |
| Dixon, William James | "1 39180? Vicksburg, MS" | "1915(07/01) - 1992(01/29)" |
| Dodds, Johnny | "1 39576 Waveland, MS" | "1892(04/12) - 1940(08/08)" |
| Dodds, Warren | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1898(12/24) - 1959(02/14)" |
| Dolphy, Eric Allan | "1 90086? Los Angeles, CA" | "1928(06/20) - 1964(06/29)" |
| Dorsey, James | "1 17976 Shenandoah, PA" | "1904(02/29) - 1957(06/12)" |
| Dorsey, Thomas Francis | "1 17976 Shenandoah, PA" | "1905(11/19) - 1956(11/26)" |
| Eckstine, William Clarence | "1 15233? East Liberty neighborhood, Pittsburgh, PA" | "1914(07/08) - 1993(03/08)" |
| Edison, Harry | "1 43216? Columbus, OH" | "1915(10/10) - 1999(07/27)" |
| Eldridge, Roy David | "1 15233? Pittsburgh, PA" | "1911(01/30) - 1989(02/26)" |
| Ellington, Edward Kennedy | "1 20090? 2129 Ward Place NW, Washington, DC" | "1899(04/29) - 1974(05/24)" |
| Evans, Gil | "1CON ? Toronto, ON" | "1912(05/13) - 1988(03/2)" |
| Evans, William John | "1 07060? Plainfield, NJ" | "1929(08/16) - 1980(09/15)" |
| Farmer, Arthur Stewart | "1 51501? Council Bluffs, IA" | "1928(08/21) - 1999(10/04)" |
| Ferguson, Walter Maynard | "1C ? Verdun, Montreal, Quebec" | "1926(05/04) - 2006(08/23)" |
| Fitzgerald, Ella Jane | "1 23607? Newport News, VA" | "1917(04/25) - 1996(06/15)" |
| Flanagan, Tommy Lee | "1 48231? Detroit, MI" | "1930(03/16) - 2001(11/16)" |
| Garland, William | "1 75221? Dallas, TX" | "1923(05/13) - 1984(04/23)" |
| Garner, Erroll Louis | "1 15233? Pittsburgh, PA" | "1921(06/15) - 1977(01/02)" |
| Getz, Stan | "1 19104? Philadelphia, PA" | "1927(02/02) - 1991(06/06)" |
| Gillespie, John Birks | "1 29520 Cheraw, SC" | "1917(10/21) - 1993(01/06)" |
| Goodman, Benny | "1 60607? Maxwell Street, Chicago, IL" | "1909(05/30) - 1986(06/13)" |
| Gordon, Dexter Keith | "1 90086? Los Angeles, CA" | "1923(02/27) - 1990(04/25)" |
| Grappelli, Stéphane | "33 ? Paris, FR" | "1908(01/26) - 1997(12/01)" |
| Grillo, Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez | "? ? Havana, Cuba" | "1912(02/16) - 1984(04/15)" |
| Hackett, Robert Leo | "1 02904? Providence, RI" | "1915(01/31) - 1976(06/07)" |
| Hampton, Lionel Leo | "1 35201? Birmingham, AL or 40252? Louisville, KY" | "1908(04/20) - 2002(08/31)" |
| Hancock, Herbert Jeffrey | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1940(04/12)" |
| Handy, William Christopher | "1 35630? Florence, AL" | "1873(11/16) - 1958(03/28)" |
| Harrison, Jimmy | "1 ? ?, ?" | "1900 - 1931" |
| Hawkins, Coleman Randolph | "1 64501? Saint Joseph, MO" | "1904(11/21) - 1969(05/19)" |
| Heath, Percy | "1 28402? Wilmington, NC" | "1923(04/30) - 2005(04/28)" |
| Henderson, Fletcher Hamilton | "1 39840 Cuthbert, GA" | "1898(12/18) - 1952(12/28)" |
| Herman, Woodrow Charles | "1 53201? Milwaukee, WI" | "1913(05/16) - 1987(10/29)" |
| Higgenbotham, Jay C. | "1 ? ? ?" | "1906 - 1973" |
| Hines, Earl Kenneth | "1 15110 Duquesne, PA" | "1903(12/28) - 1983(03/22)" |
| Hinton, Milton John | "1 39180? Vicksburg, MS" | "1910(06/23) - 2000(12/19)" |
| Hirt, Alois Maxwell | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1922(11/07) - 1999(04/27)" |
| Hodges, John Cornelius | "1 02139? Cambridge, MA" | "1906(07/25) - 1970(05/11)" |
| Holiday, Billie | "1 19104? Philadelphia, PA" | "1915(04/07) - 1959(07/17)" |
| Hooker, John Lee | "1 38614? Clarksdale, MS" | "1917(08/22) - 2001(06/21)" |
| Hopkins, Sam | "1 75833 Centerville, TX" | "1912(03/15) - 1982(01/30)" |
| Horn, Shirley Valerie | "1 20090? Washington, DC" | "1934(05/01) - 2005(10/20)" |
| Hunter, Alberta | "1 38101? Memphis, TN" | "1895(04/01) - 1984(10/17)" |
| Jackson, Mahalia | "1 70140? Black Pearl, Carrollton, Uptown, New Orleans, LA" | "1911(10/26) - 1972(01/27)" |
| Jackson, Milton | "1 48231? Detroit, MI" | "1923(01/01) - 1999(10/09)" |
| James, Elmore | "1 39218 Richland, Holmes County, MS" | "1918(01/27) - 1963(05/24)" |
| Jefferson, Lemon | "1 7? Couchman, TX" | "1893(09/??) - 1929(12/??)" |
| Johnson, James Louis | "1 46206? Indianapolis, IN" | "1924(01/22) - 2001(02/04)" |
| Johnson, James Price | "1 08901? New Brunswick, NJ" | "1894(02/01) - 1955(11/17)" |
| Johnson, Robert Leroy | "1 39083 Hazlehurst, MS" | "1911(05/08) - 1932(08/16)" |
| Johnson, Willie Gary | "1 ? ? ?" | "1879 - 1949(07/49)" |
| Jones, Elvin Ray | "1 48343? Pontiac, MI" | "1927(09/09) - 2004(05/18)" |
| Jones, Jonathan | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1911(10/11) - 1985(09/03)" |
| Jones, Joseph Rudolph | "1 19104? Philadelphia, PA" | "1923(07/15) - 1985(08/30)" |
| Jones, Thaddeus Joseph | "1 48343? Pontiac, MI" | "1923(03/28) - 1986(08/21)" |
| Joplin, Scott | "1 75563 Linden, TX" | "1868(01/??) - 1917(04/01)" |
| Jordan, Louis | "1 72021 Brinkley, AR" | "1908(07/08) - 1975(02/04)" |
| Kenton, Stanley Newcomb | "1 67209? Wichita, KS" | "1911(12/15) - 1979(08/25)" |
| Kessel, Barney | "1 74401? Muskogee, OK" | "1923(10/17) - 2004(05/06)" |
| King, Albert | "1 38751 Indianola, MS" | "1923(04/25) - 1992(12/21)" |
| Kirby, John | "1 22601? Winchester, VA" | "1908(12/31) - 1952(06/14)" |
| Kirk, Ronald Theodore | "1 43216? Columbus, OH" | "1936(08/07) - 1977(12/05)" |
| Krupa, Gene | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1909(01/15) - 1973(10/16)" |
| LaFaro, Rocco Scott | "1 07102? Newark, NJ" | "1936(04/03) - 1961(07/06)" |
| Ledbetter, Huddie William | "1 71060 Mooringsport, LA" | "1888(01/23) - 1949(12/06)" |
| Lewis, John Aaron | "1 60525 LaGrange, IL" | "1920(05/03) - 2001(03/29)" |
| Lewis, Mel | "1 14205? Buffalo, NY" | "1929(05/10) - 1990(02/02)" |
| Lunceford, James Melvin | "1 38843 Fulton, MS" | "1902(06/06) - 1947(07/12)" |
| Manne, Sheldon | "1 10001? New York, NY" | "1920(06/11) - 1984(09/26)" |
| McLean, John Lenwood | "1 10001? New York, NY" | "1931(05/17) - 2006(03/31)" |
| McPartland, Jimmy | "1 ? ? ?" | "1907 - 1991" |
| McRae, Carmen | "1 10001? Harlem, New York, NY" | "1920(04/08) - 1994(11/10)" |
| Miller, Aleck | "1 38938 Sara Jones Plantation, Glendora, MS" | "1899(12/05) - 1965(05/25)" |
| Miller, Anton Glenn | "1 51632 Clarinda, IA" | "1904(03/01) - 1944(12/15)" |
| Mingus, Charles | "1 85621? Nogales, AZ" | "1922(04/22) - 1979(01/05)" |
| Monk, Thelonious Sphere | "1 27801? Rocky Mount, NC" | "1917(10/10) - 1982(02/17)" |
| Montgomery, John Leslie | "1 46206? Indianapolis, IN" | "1925(03/25) - 1968(06/15)" |
| Morton, Ferdinand | "1 70140? Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans, LA" | "1885 - 1941(07/10)" |
| Moten, Bennie | "1 ? ? ?" | "1894 - 1935" |
| Mulligan, Gerald Joseph | "1 10001? Queens Village, Queens, NY" | "1927(04/06) - 1996(01/20)" |
| Murphy, Melvin Edward Alton | "1 95968 Palermo, CA" | "1915(12/16) - 1987" |
| Navarro, Theodore | "1 33040? Key West, FL" | "1923(09/24) - 1950(07/06)" |
| Nichols, Ernest Loring | "1 84401? Ogden, UT" | "1905(05/08) - 1965(06/28)" |
| Norvo, Red | "1 62618 Beardstown, IL" | "1908(03/31) - 1999(04/06)" |
| O'Farrill, Arturo | "? ? Havana, Cuba" | "1921(10/28) - 2001(06/27)" |
| Oliver, Joseph | "1 7? Abend, LA" | "1885(12/19) - 1938(04/08)" |
| Oliver, Melvin | "1 49016? Battle Creek, MI" | "1910(12/17) - 1988(05/28)" |
| Ory, Edward | "1 70068? Woodland Plantation, LaPlace, LA" | "1886(12/25) - 1973(01/23)" |
| Page, Oran Thaddeus | "1 75221? Dallas, TX" | "1908(01/27) - 1954(11/04)" |
| Parker, Charles | "1 66102? Kansas City, KS" | "1920(08/29) - 1955(03/12)" |
| Pass, Joe | "1 08901? New Brunswick, NJ" | "1929(01/13) - 1994(05/23)" |
| Pepper, Arthur Edward | "1 90731? San Pedro, CA" | "1925(09/01) - 1982(06/15)" |
| Pettiford, Oscar | "1 74447 Okmulgee, OK" | "1922(09/30) - 1960(09/08)" |
| Powell, Earl Rudolph | "1 ? ? ?" | "1924(09/27) - 1966(07/31)" |
| Pozo, Luciano | "? ? Havana, Cuba" | "1915(01/07) - 1948(12/02)" |
| Prima, Louis | "1 70140? New Orleans, LA" | "1910(12/07) - 1978(08/24)" |
| Puente, Ernesto Antonio | "1 10001? Spanish Harlem, New York, NY" | "1923(04/20) - 2000(05/31)" |
| Pullen, Don | "1 ? ? ?" | "1941(12/25) - 1995(04/22)" |
| Ra, Sun | "1 35203? Birmingham, AL" | "1914(04/22) - 1993(05/30)" |
| Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett | "1 3? ? AL" | "1882(09/??) - 1939(12/22)" |
| Rawls, Louis Allen | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1933(12/01) - 2006(01/06)" |
| Redman, Donald Matthew | "1 26750 Piedmont, WV" | "1900(07/29) - 1964(11/30)" |
| Redman, Walter | "1 76161? Fort Worth, TX" | "1931(05/17) - 2006(09/02)" |
| Reinhardt, Jean Baptiste | "32 ? Liberchies, Pont-`-Celles, Belgium" | "1910(01/23) - 1953(05/16)" |
| Rich, Bernard | "1 10001? Brooklyn, NY" | "1917(09/30) - 1987(04/02)" |
| Rodney, Red | "1 19104? Philadelphia, PA" | "1927(09/27) - 1994(05/27)" |
| Rosollino, Frank | "1 ? ? ?" | "1926 - 1978" |
| Rowles, Jimmy | "1 99120? Spokane, WA" | "1918(08/19) - 1996(05/28)" |
| Ruiz, Hilton | "1 ? ?, ?" | "1952(05/29) - 2006(06/06)" |
| Rushing, James Andrew | "1 73125? Oklahoma City, OK" | "1903(08/26) - 1972(06/08)" |
| Russell, Charles Ellsworth | "1 63143 Maplewood, MO" | "1906(03/27) - 1969(02/15)" |
| Shaw, Artie | "1 10001? New York, NY" | "1910(05/23) - 2004(12/30)" |
| Sims, John Haley | "1 90301? Inglewood, CA" | "1925(10/29) - 1985(03/23)" |
| Singleton, Arthur James | "1 71322 Bunkie, LA" | "1898(05/14) - 1975(07/14)" |
| Smith, Bessie | "1 37401? Chattanooga, TN" | "1892(07/??) - 1937(09/26)" |
| Smith, Clarence | "1 36081 Troy, AL" | "1904(06/11) - 1929(03/15)" |
| Smith, William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff | "1 10924 Goshen, NY" | "1897(11/25) - 1973(04/18)" |
| Spanier, Francis Joseph Julian | "1 ? ? ?" | "1906 - 1967" |
| Stitt, Edward | "1 02205? Boston, MA" | "1924(02/02) - 1982(07/22)" |
| Strayhorn, William Thomas | "1 45401? Dayton, OH" | "1915(11/29) - 1967(05/31)" |
| Tatum, Arthur | "1 43601? Toledo, OH" | "1910(10/13) - 1956(11/05)" |
| Taylor, Arthur S. | "1 ? ? ?" | "1929(04/06) - 1995(02/06)" |
| Teagarden, Weldon Leo | "1 76384? Vernon, TX" | "1905(08/20) - 1964(01/15)" |
| Tormé, Melvin Howard | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1925(09/13) - 1999(06/05)" |
| Tough, Dave | "1 ? ? ?" | "1908(04/26) - 1948(12/09)" |
| Tristano, Leonard Joseph | "1 ? ? ?" | "1919 - 1978" |
| Turner, Joseph Veron | "1 64108? Kansas City, MO" | "1911(05/18) - 1985(11/24)" |
| Vaughan, Sarah Lois | "1 07102? Newark, NJ" | "1924(03/27) - 1990(04/03)" |
| Vaughan, Stephen Ray | "1 75221? Oak Cliff neighborhood, Dallas, TX" | "1954(10/03) - 1990(08/27)" |
| Venuti, Joe | "1 ? ? ?" | "1904 - 1978" |
| Walker, Aaron Thibeaux | "1 75563 Linden, TX" | "1910(05/28) - 1975(03/16)" |
| Waller, Thomas Wright | "1 07055 Passaic, NJ" | "1904(05/21) - 1943(12/15)" |
| Washington, Dinah | "1 35401? Tuscaloosa, AL" | "1924(08/29) - 1963(12/14)" |
| Washington, Grover | "1 14240? Buffalo, NY" | "1943(12/12) - 1999(12/17)" |
| Waters, Ethel | "1 19013? Chester, PA" | "1896(10/31) - 1977(09/01)" |
| Waters, Muddy | "1 39113 Issaquena County, MS" | "1913(04/04) - 1983(04/30)" |
| Watkins, Julius | "1 48231? Detroit, MI" | "1921(10/10) - 1977(04/04)" |
| Webb, William Henry | "1 21203? Baltimore, MD" | "1905(02/10) - 1939(06/16)" |
| Webster, Benjamin Francis | "1 64108? Kansas City, MO" | "1909(03/27) - 1973(09/30)" |
| Wells, Junior | "1 38101? Memphis, TN" | "1934(12/09) - 1998(01/15)" |
| Whiteman, Paul | "1 80202? Denver, CO" | "1890(03/28) - 1967(12/29)" |
| Williams, Anthony Tillmon | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1945(12/12) - 1997(02/23)" |
| Williams, Charles Melvin | "1 36601? Mobile, AL" | "1910(07/24) - 1985(09/15)" |
| Williams, Joe | "1 31015? Cordele, GA" | "1918(12/12) - 1999(03/29)" |
| Williams, Mary Lou | "1 30301? Atlanta, GA" | "1910(05/08) - 1981(05/28)" |
| Williamson, John Lee Curtis | "1 38301? Jackson, TN" | "1914(03/30) - 1948(06/01)" |
| Wilson, Theodore Shaw | "1 78767? Austin, TX" | "1912(11/24) - 1986(07/31)" |
| Winding, Kai Chresten | "45 ? Aarhus, Denmark" | "1922(05/18) - 1983(05/06)" |
| Yancey, James Edwards | "1 60607? Chicago, IL" | "1898(02/20) - 1951(09/17)" |
| Young, Lester Willis | "1 39669 Woodville, MS" | "1909(08/27) - 1959(03/15)" |
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