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The list of musicians discussed in African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora includes:

 Albert Ayler                 Albert Ayler.jpg (34632 bytes)       Listen

Lil Hardin Armstrong    Lil Hardin Armstrong.jpg (19910 bytes)            Listen

Louis Armstrong           Louis Armstrong.gif (52257 bytes)           Listen

Benny Bailey               Benny Bailey 2.jpg (23572 bytes)            Listen

Donald Bailey

Josephine Baker                       Listen

Sidney Bechet            Sidney Bechet.jpg (17763 bytes)              Listen

Garvin Bushell                                           Listen

Don Byas                   Don Byas.jpg (10806 bytes)              Listen

Donald Byrd              Donald Byrd.jpg (27314 bytes)               Listen

Benny Carter             Benny Carter.jpg (13145 bytes)               Listen

Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham  Doc Cheatham.jpg (18450 bytes)        Listen

Don Cherry                Don Cherry.jpg (11023 bytes)               Listen

Kenny Clarke              Kenny Clarke.jpg (17371 bytes)               Listen

Buck Clayton              Buck Clayton.jpg (18435 bytes)                Listen

John Coltrane            John Coltrane.jpg (47481 bytes)                 Listen

Will Marion Cook        Will Marion Cook.gif (5699 bytes)               

Tadd Dameron           Tadd Dameron 1.jpg (55772 bytes)                Listen

Miles Davis                Tadd Dameron, piano.jpg (19416 bytes)                Listen

Dr. Nathan Davis       Dr. Nathan Davis.jpg (6465 bytes)                 Listen

Kenny Drew              Kenny Drew.jpg (26878 bytes)                 Listen

Roy Eldridge             Roy Eldridge.jpg (28564 bytes)                  Listen

Duke Ellington           Oscar Pettiford & Duke.jpg (36682 bytes)                 Listen

James Reese Europe  James Reese Europe.jpg (17894 bytes)                 Listen

Art Farmer                Art Farmer.jpg (8105 bytes)                 Listen

Bobby Few               Bobby Few.jpg (27102 bytes)                  Listen

Dexter Gordon          Dexter Gordon.jpg (27829 bytes)                 Listen

Johnny Griffin           Johnny Griffin.jpg (12309 bytes)                  Listen

GiGi Gryce               Gigi Gryce 1.jpg (14610 bytes)                  Listen

Lionel Hampton        Lionel Hampton.jpg (23397 bytes)                   Listen

"Slide" Hampton        Slide Hampton.jpg (22514 bytes)                  Listen

Coleman Hawkins     Coleman Hawkins.jpg (19041 bytes)                   Listen

J.C., Albert, and Jimmy Heath                         Listen

Elvin Jones              Elvin Jones.jpg (17381 bytes)                    Listen

"Philly" Joe Jones      Philly Joe Jones.jpg (15940 bytes)                   Listen

Thad Jones              Thad Jones.jpg (24706 bytes)                    Listen

Clifford Jordan        Clifford Jordan.jpg (5787 bytes)                     Listen

Branford Marsalis     Branford Marsalis.jpg (28072 bytes)                    Listen

Wynton Marsalis      Wynton Marsalis.jpg (18355 bytes)                     Listen

Hank Mobley           Hank Mobley.jpg (36657 bytes)                     Listen

James Moody          James Moody 1.jpg (38983 bytes)                     Listen

Albert Nicholas        Albert Nicholas.jpg (6932 bytes)                     Listen

Charlie Parker        Charlie Parker 2.jpg (13009 bytes)                     Listen

Oscar Pettiford      Oscar Pettiford 2.jpg (33626 bytes)                       Listen

Bud Powell            Bud Powell.jpg (17492 bytes)                       Listen

Sonny Rollins         sonny-rollins.jpg (27647 bytes)                       Listen

Sahib Shihab        Sahib Shihab.jpg (9563 bytes)                        Listen

Noble Sissle          Noble Sissle.jpg (86938 bytes)                        

"Stuff" Smith         Stuff Smith.jpg (26250 bytes)                        Listen

Idrees Sulliman     Idrees Sulliman.jpg (22290 bytes)                        Listen

Art Taylor            Art Taylor.jpg (44789 bytes)                         Listen

Dr. Billy Taylor     Dr. Billy Taylor.jpg (17984 bytes)                         Listen

Cecil Taylor         Cecil Taylor.jpg (17637 bytes)                         Listen

Ed Thigpen          Ed Thigpen 1.jpg (38509 bytes)                          Listen

Lucky Thompson   Lucky Thompson.jpg (19892 bytes)                         Listen

Dickie Wells         Dickie_Wells.jpg (24214 bytes)                         Listen

Randy Weston       Randy Weston 2.jpg (23416 bytes)                        Listen

Sam Wooding        Sam Wooding.jpg (68535 bytes)                      

Dr. Larry Ross, February 2003.jpg (112671 bytes) Dr. Larry Ross, Author of African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora on piano

 

  Contact Information: please send an e-mail message to drlarryross@gmail.com 

 

African American Jazz Musicians in the Diaspora  is published by The Edwin Mellen Press

 

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