HONOR

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Red Allen	Jazz Musician	7-Jan-1908	17-Apr-1967	Jazz trumpeter
Chet Baker	Jazz Musician	23-Dec-1929	13-May-1988	Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
Count Basie	Pianist	21-Aug-1904	26-Apr-1984	Big band pianist
Bix Beiderbecke	Jazz Musician	10-Mar-1903	6-Aug-1931	Celebrated jazz cornetist
Tony Bennett	Singer	3-Aug-1926		Left his heart in San Francisco
Bunny Berigan	Jazz Musician	2-Nov-1908	2-Jun-1942	Jazz trumpeter great
Eubie Blake	Jazz Musician	7-Feb-1883	12-Feb-1983	Ragtime jazz pianist
Les Brown	Musician	14-Mar-1912	4-Jan-2001	Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Cab Calloway	Jazz Musician	25-Dec-1907	18-Nov-1994	King of Hi-De-Ho
Benny Carter	Jazz Musician	8-Aug-1907	12-Jul-2003	Jazz and big bandleader
Betty Carter	Singer	16-May-1929	26-Sep-1998	Jazz vocalist
Kenny Clarke	Drummer	9-Jan-1914	26-Jan-1985	Droppin' Bombs
Don Cornell	Singer	21-Apr-1919	23-Feb-2004	Big band singer, It Isn't Fair
Roy Eldridge	Jazz Musician	30-Jan-1911	26-Feb-1989	Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Duke Ellington	Jazz Musician	29-Apr-1899	24-May-1974	Jazz composer
Bill Evans	Jazz Musician	16-Aug-1929	15-Sep-1980	Jazz pianist
Ella Fitzgerald	Singer	25-Apr-1917	15-Jun-1996	The First Lady of Jazz
Stan Getz	Jazz Musician	2-Feb-1927	6-Jun-1991	Jazz tenor saxophonist
Dexter Gordon	Jazz Musician	27-Feb-1923	25-Apr-1990	Influential bop saxophonist
W. C. Handy	Composer	16-Nov-1873	29-Mar-1958	Father of the Blues
Woody Herman	Jazz Musician	16-May-1913	29-Oct-1987	1940s Big Band leader and jazz clarinetist
Lena Horne	Singer	30-Jun-1917		Jazz singer, famous for Stormy Weather
Freddie Hubbard	Jazz Musician	7-Apr-1938	29-Dec-2008	Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist
Alberta Hunter	Singer	1-Apr-1895	17-Oct-1984	Downhearted Blues
James P. Johnson	Jazz Musician	01-Feb-1894	17-Nov-1955	The father of stride piano
Stan Kenton	Jazz Musician	19-Feb-1912	25-Aug-1979	Jazz bandleader
Barney Kessel	Guitarist	17-Oct-1923	6-May-2004	Be-bop guitarist
Jimmie Lunceford	Jazz Musician	6-Jun-1902	13-Jul-1947	Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Wes Montgomery	Jazz Musician	6-Mar-1925	15-Jun-1968	Superb jazz guitarist
Jelly Roll Morton	Jazz Musician	20-Oct-1890	10-Jul-1941	Jazz composer, pianist
Gerry Mulligan	Jazz Musician	6-Apr-1927	20-Jan-1996	Greatest jazz baritonist of all time
Oscar Peterson	Pianist	15-Aug-1925	24-Dec-2007	Maharajah of the keyboard
Louis Prima	Singer	7-Dec-1910	24-Aug-1978	King of the Swingers
Artie Shaw	Musician	23-May-1910	30-Dec-2004	Clarinetist, big band leader
Wayne Shorter	Jazz Musician	25-Aug-1933		Influential sax player and jazz composer
Horace Silver	Jazz Musician	2-Sep-1928		Song For My Father
Jack Teagarden	Jazz Musician	20-Aug-1905	15-Jan-1964	Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader
Dinah Washington	Singer	29-Aug-1924	14-Dec-1963	Queen of the Blues
Lawrence Welk	Conductor	11-Mar-1903	17-May-1992	Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Nancy Wilson	Singer	20-Feb-1937		Jazz and pop diva
Lester Young	Jazz Musician	27-Aug-1909	15-Mar-1959	Jazz tenor saxophoneist

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