Ragtime Composers

Scott Joplin
Joseph Lamb
James Scott
Tom Turpin


Pioneers

W.C. Handy
Jelly Roll Morton
James P. Johnson
Elmer Schoebel
Clarence Williams
Spencer Williams
Don Redman


Classic Songwriters of teh 1920s and 30s

Duke EllingtonIrving Berlin
George GershwinJerome Kern
Harold ArlenCole Porter
Hoagy CarmichaelRichard Rodgers
Fats WallerEdgar Sampson
Benny Carter


Major Contributors to Jazz's Modern Repertoire

Billy StrayhornCharlie Parker
Dizzy GillespieThelonious Monk
Tadd DameronGil Evans
Lennie TristanoGerry Mulligan
Shorty RogersSonny Rollins
Horace SilverBenny Golson
Kenny DorhamRandy Weston
John LewisThad Jones
Bobby TimmonsJohnny Mandel
Wayne ShorterTony Williams
Wynton MarsalisTerence Blanchard
Pat MethenyAntonio Carlos Jobim


Avantgarde

Charles MingusHerbie Nichols
George RussellOrnette Coleman
Carla BleyMuhal Richard Abrams
Anthony BraxtonJulius Hemphill
Henry ThreadgillMaria Schneider
Bob Moses


Fusion

Joe ZawinulJaco Pastorius
Chick CoreaHerbie Hancock