Composers — Jazz, popular
1838-1917
Liliuokalani ♀1861-1915
Florence Everilda Goodeve ♀1861-1938
James Thornton ♂1862-1938
May Irwin ♀1862-1946
Carrie Bond ♀1862-1932
Mary Earl ♂1867-1947
John W. Bratton ♂1869-1927
Leo Friedman ♂1870-1950
Harry Lauder ♂1873-1958
William Christopher Handy ♂1878-1943
Neil Moret ♂1881-1934
Philip Braham ♂1881-1965
Ted Snyder ♂1883-1983
Eubie Blake ♂1886-1941
Gus Kahn ♂1887-1964
Albert Willemetz ♂1887-1924
Louis Achille Hirsch ♂1888-1989
Irving Berlin ♂1888-1972
May Frances Aufderheide ♀1888-1987
Melville Morris ♂1890-1935
Carlos Gardel ♂1891-1964
Cole Porter ♂1893-1954
Raoul Moretti ♂1893-1981
Harry Warren ♂1894-1987
Joseph Meyer ♂1895-1982
Nathaniel Shilkret ♂1896-1973
Jacques Wolfe ♂1899-1974
Duke Ellington ♂1899-1956
Victor Young ♂1899-1981
Hoagy Carmichael ♂1900-1984
Juan Tizol ♂1900-1964
Don Redman ♂1900-1970
Agustin Lara ♂1900-1971
Ted Fiorito ♂1902-1974
Manning Sherwin ♂1902-1971
Delia Murphy ♀1902-1975
Artemi Ayvazian ♂1902-1979
Richard Rodgers ♂1903-1969
Vernon Duke ♂1903-1978
Ray Noble ♂1904-1944
Glen Miller ♂1906-2001
David Heneker ♂1906-1970
Johnny Hodges ♂1907-1969
Roberta Martin ♀1907-1983
James Mundy ♂1907-1995
James Moody ♂1908-1994
Raymond Scott ♂1908-1989
Johnny Waldo Green ♂1908-1987
Spike Hughes ♂1909-1965
George Melachrino ♂1909-1986
Benny Goodman ♂1909-1976
Johnny Mercer ♂1910-1982
Reginald Porter-Brown ♂1910-1981
Mary Lou Williams ♀1910-1984
Gordon Jenkins ♂1910-1968
Red Foley ♂1910-1969
Frank Loesser ♂1910-1978
Louis Prima ♂1911-1975
Alberto Dominguez ♂1913-1990
Jimmy Van Heusen ♂1914-1997
George Bassman ♂1914-2001
Larry Adler ♂1914-1980
Sonny Burke ♂1914-1993
Sun Ra ♂1915-1996
Irving Gordon ♂1916-1996
James Woodie Alexander ♂1916-1983
Harry Haag James ♂1916-1991
Louiguy ♂1916-1988
Jean Carignan ♂1917-1965
Tadd Dameron ♂1917-1995
Laurindo Almeida ♂1917-1996
Maj Sonstevold ♀1917-1982
Thelonious Monk ♂1917-1992
Dizzy Gillespie ♂1917-2021
Julien François Zbinden ♂1918-1969
Jacob do Bandolim ♂1918-1996
James Rowles ♂1919-2019
Sid Ramin ♂1919-2013
Fred Katz ♂1919-2008
Robert Suter ♂1919-1996
Mercer Ellington ♂1920-1972
Mackay Davashe ♂1920-1972
Hall Overton ♂1920-2001
John Lewis ♂1920-2011
George Shearing ♂1920-1955
Charlie Parker ♂1920-1998
Norman Symonds ♂1921-2011
André Hodeir ♂1921-2008
Jimmy Giuffre ♂1921-1998
Bob Merrill ♂1921-1977
Erroll Garner ♂1921-1960
Fred Buscaglione ♂1922-2017
Robert de Cormier ♂1922-1979
Charles Mingus ♂1922-2011
Georg Kreisler ♂1922-2001
Luiz Floriano Bonfa ♂1922-2001
Luiz Bonfá ♂1922-2019
Gershon Kingsley ♂1922-2008
Neal Hefti ♂1923-2009
Ludmila Ulehla ♀