Category
page 1Jazz musicians from Alabama
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924-1963)

Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

Lionel Hampton
American jazz musician (1908–2002)

W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer (1911–1985)
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer (1880-1919)
Cootie Williams
American jazz trumpeter (1911–1985)
Take 6
American a cappella gospel music group
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist (1926–2018)
Bill Lee
American musician and composer (1928–2023)
Howard Johnson
American musician (1941–2021)
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist (1935–2022)
Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama (1914-1993)
Joyce Bryant
American actress and singer (b. 1928)

Johnny Smith
American jazz guitarist (1922–2013)
Hal Kemp
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (1904–1940)
Billy Bang
American musician (1947–2011)
Ward Swingle
American jazz singer (1927–2015)
Grover Mitchell
American trombonist (1930–2003)
Arthur Doyle
American musician (1944-2014)
Sonny Phillips
American musician

Avery Parrish
American musician (1917-1959)
John Collins
American jazz guitarist (1913-2001)
Miles Copeland, Jr.
American spy (1916–1991)
Mervyn Warren
American songwriter
Willie Ruff
American musician (1931–2023)
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
Nelson Williams
American musician (1917–1973)

Paul Bascomb
American jazz tenor saxophonist (1912–1986)
Sterling Bose
American musician (1906-1958)