Composers — Jazz, popular
1861-1938
James Thornton ♂1862-1946
Carrie Bond ♀1881-1965
Ted Snyder ♂1883-1983
Eubie Blake ♂1887-1964
Albert Willemetz ♂1888-1989
Irving Berlin ♂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
Nat Shilkret ♂1896-1973
Jacques Wolfe ♂1899-1974
Edward K. "Duke" Ellington ♂1899-1981
Hoagy Carmichael ♂1900-1984
Juan Tizol ♂1902-1975
Artemi Ayvazian ♂1904-1944
Glen Miller ♂1906-2001
David Heneker ♂1907-1969
Roberta Martin ♀1907-1983
James "Jimmy" Mundy ♂1907-1995
James Moody ♂1908-1994
Raymond Scott ♂1908-1989
Johnny Waldo Green ♂1908-1987
Spike Hughes ♂1909-1986
Benny Goodman ♂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 ♂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 ♂1917-1996
Maj Sonstevold ♀1917-1982
Thelonious Monk ♂1918-1969
Jacob do Bandolim ♂1918-1996
James Rowles ♂1919-2013
Fred Katz ♂1919-2008
Robert Suter ♂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-
Gershon Kingsley ♂1922-2008
Neal Hefti ♂1923-2009
Ludmila Ulehla ♀1923-1995
Doris Akers ♀1923-
Phil Nimmons ♂1923-2009
George Russell ♂1923-1957
Robert Frederick Graettinger ♂1924-2000
Eric Hughes ♂1924-2007
Max Roach ♂1924-2001
James Louis Johnson ♂1924-
Samuel Nestico ♂1924-1994
Shorty Rogers ♂1924-1994
Henry Mancini ♂1924-2005
Joe Harnell ♂1924-2014
Philippe Gerard ♂1925-2016
Olle Bonniér ♂1925-
Elliot Lawrence ♂1925-2009
Hale Smith ♂1925-2007
Oscar Peterson ♂1925-1999
Charlie Byrd ♂1925-2015
Gunther Schuller ♂1926-1993
Kenneth Gaburo ♂1926-
William O. ♂1927-1994
Antonio Carlos Jobim ♂1927-
Laurie Johnson ♂1927-
Richard Hyman ♂1927-
Martial Solal ♂1927-2010
John Dankworth ♂1927-2018
Norman Gimbel ♂1928-
Charles Strouse ♂1928-
Richard M. Sherman ♂1928-2014
Simon Diaz ♂1928-2012
Clare Fischer ♂1928-2010
Jerry Bock ♂1928-2018
Galt MacDermot ♂1929-2013
Nicos Mamangakis ♂1929-1978
Jacques Brel ♂