THE A to Z LIST from JAZZ ALPHABET
The full list as featured in the books, “Jazz Alphabet,” and '“Jazz Alphabet Two,” by Neil Shapiro.
Jazz Alphabet (Original) | Jazz Alphabet Two (The Flip Side) |
A - Louis Armstrong | A - Gene Ammons |
B - Count Basie | B - Dave Brubeck |
C - John Coltrane | C - Clarinet |
D - Miles Davis | D - Blossom Dearie |
E - Duke Ellington | E - Bill Evans |
F - Ella Fitzgerald | F - Tommy Flanagan |
G - Dexter Gordon | G - Dizzy Gillespie |
H - Billie Holiday | H - Lionel Hampton |
I - Chuck Israels | I - Abdullah Ibrahim |
J - Illinois Jacquet | J - Ahmad Jamal |
K - Gene Krupa | K - Lee Konitz |
L - Yusef Lateef | L - Ramsey Lewis |
M - Thelonious Monk | M - Wynton Marsalis |
N - Red Norvo | N - Ken Nordine |
O- Anita O’Day | M - Mary Osborne |
P - Charlie Parker | P - Joe Pass |
Q - Ike Quebec | Q - Modern Jazz Quartet |
R - Django Reinhardt | R - Sonny Rollins |
S - Billy Strayhorn | S - Esperanza Spalding |
T - Jack Teagarden | T - Trombone |
U - Michal Urbaniak | U - Phil Urso |
V - Sarah Vaughan | V - Joe Venuti |
W - Mary Lou Williams | W - Cedar Walton |
X - Ed Xiques | X - Xylophone |
Y - Lester Young | Y - Nikki Yanofsky |
Z - Joe Zawinul | Z - Denny Zeitlin |