HONOR

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Count Basie	Pianist	21-Aug-1904	26-Apr-1984	Big band pianist
Tony Bennett	Singer	3-Aug-1926		Left his heart in San Francisco
Art Blakey	Drummer	11-Oct-1919	16-Oct-1990	Principal bebop instigator and drummer
Dave Brubeck	Jazz Musician	6-Dec-1920		Take Five
Benny Carter	Jazz Musician	8-Aug-1907	12-Jul-2003	Jazz and big bandleader
Kenny Clarke	Drummer	9-Jan-1914	26-Jan-1985	Droppin' Bombs
Ornette Coleman	Jazz Musician	19-Mar-1930		Free Jazz innovator
Chick Corea	Jazz Musician	12-Jun-1941		Jazz keyboardist
Miles Davis	Jazz Musician	26-May-1926	28-Sep-1991	Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Roy Eldridge	Jazz Musician	30-Jan-1911	26-Feb-1989	Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Gil Evans	Jazz Musician	13-May-1912	20-Mar-1988	Jazz pianist and arranger
Ella Fitzgerald	Singer	25-Apr-1917	15-Jun-1996	The First Lady of Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie	Jazz Musician	21-Oct-1917	7-Jan-1993	Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Lionel Hampton	Jazz Musician	20-Apr-1908	31-Aug-2002	Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader
Herbie Hancock	Jazz Musician	12-Apr-1940		Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist
Nat Hentoff	Critic	10-Jun-1925		The Jazz Life
Billy Higgins	Jazz Musician	11-Oct-1936	3-May-2001	Leading free-jazz and bop drummer
Shirley Horn	Musician	1-May-1934	20-Oct-2005	Here's To Life
Freddie Hubbard	Jazz Musician	7-Apr-1938	29-Dec-2008	Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist
Elvin Jones	Drummer	9-Sep-1927	18-May-2004	Different Drummer
Hank Jones	Jazz Musician	31-Jul-1918	16-May-2010	Jazz Piano Luminary
Ramsey Lewis	Jazz Musician	27-May-1935		Ramsey Lewis Trio
Carmen McRae	Singer	8-Apr-1922	10-Nov-1994	Jazz vocalist
Anita O'Day	Singer/Songwriter	18-Oct-1919	23-Nov-2006	Feminine master of scat
Sun Ra	Jazz Musician	22-May-1914	30-May-1993	Jazz musician from Saturn
Max Roach	Jazz Musician	10-Jan-1924	16-Aug-2007	Enduring jazz drummer
Sonny Rollins	Jazz Musician	7-Sep-1930		Tenor sax master
Artie Shaw	Musician	23-May-1910	30-Dec-2004	Clarinetist, big band leader
Horace Silver	Jazz Musician	2-Sep-1928		Song For My Father
Jimmy Smith	Jazz Musician	8-Dec-1925	8-Feb-2005	Master of the Hammond B3 organ
Billy Taylor	Jazz Musician	24-Jul-1921	28-Dec-2010	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Cecil Taylor	Jazz Musician	15-Mar-1929		Avant-garde jazz pianist
Sarah Vaughan	Singer	28-Mar-1924	3-Apr-1990	The Divine One
Joe Williams	Singer	12-Dec-1918	29-Mar-1999	Baritone jazz vocalist
Nancy Wilson	Singer	20-Feb-1937		Jazz and pop diva

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