African-American jazz composers

American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)

American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)

American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)

American jazz musician and educator

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1930)

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)

American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)

American jazz musician

American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger (1915–1967)

American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025)

American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter (1929–1998)

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (1920–2001)

American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1897–1952)

American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)

American pianist and composer (1894–1955)

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)

American musician and singer (b. 1986)

American jazz pianist (1887–1983)

American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)

American jazz musician (1898-1971)

American musician and composer

American musician (1919–1996)

American musician (1930-2017)

American saxophonist

American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher (1893-1965)

American boogie-woogie pianist and composer (1905–1964)

African-American jazz musician (1889–1975)

American musician (1900–1964)

American jazz musician and United States Army officer (1880-1919)

American musician and composer (1928–2023)

American composer and violinist (1932–2007)

American saxophonist (1941–2021)

American musician

American musician (1897–1973)

American pianist

American musician

American jazz pianist (1928–2021)

American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (1916-1996)

American musician (1882–1961)

American singer, bandleader and composer

American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama (1914-1993)

American pianist and composer (1887–1968)

American musician (1920–1985)

American jazz flutist

American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)

American trumpeter, cornetist and composer (1963–2022)

American composer and pianist

American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and author (1931-2016)

American composer and pianist (1919-2003)

American jazz musician, songwriter