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Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (Gil Evans)
Piano player, Arrannger -
Sun Ra, Le Sony'r Ra
Outer Space Visual Communicator -
Thelonious Sphere Monk
Piano player -
John "Dizzy" Gillespie
Trumpet player -
Arthur Blakey
Drums, Percussion playerr -
Charlie Parker
Alto Saxophone Player. -
Dave Warren Brubeck
Piano player -
Charles Mingus Jr.
Bass, Piano, Cello player -
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell
Piano player -
James Oscar Smith
Hammond B-3 Organ -
Miles Dewey Davis III
Trumpet player -
John William Coltrane
Tenor, Soprano, and Alto Sax player -
Gerald Joseph (Gerry)
Bari Sax player, Arranger -
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver
Piano player -
Cecil Percival Taylor
Piano player -
William John Evans
Piano player -
Chesney Henry "Chet" Naker Jr
Pumpet player, Voice, Flugel Horn -
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman
Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Violin, and Trumpet player -
Walter Theodore Rollins
Tenor Sax player -
Wayne Shorter
Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax -
Period: to
Bebop
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WWII
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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock
Piano, Keyboard, Synths -
Armando Anthony Corea
Piano, Keyboards -
John McLaughlin
Guitar player -
D-Day, Allied Invasion on Normandy
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Establishment of United Nations
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Keith Jarret
Piano, Harpsichord -
Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima
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Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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Period: to
Cool Jazz
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US Troops in Vietnam
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22nd Amendment
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The Modern Jazz Quartet
Milt Jackson (Vibes), John Lewis (Piano), Percy Heath (Bass), Connie Kay (Drums) -
Period: to
Hard Bop
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Period: to
Modal Jazz
-
Period: to
Avant Garde/Free Jazz
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Alaska becomes 49th State
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Castro comes to Power in Cuba
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Hawaii becomes 50th state
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Branford Iweanya Marsalis
Saxophones (all of them) -
Maria Lynn Schneider
Arranger -
Wynton Learson Marsalls
Trumpet player -
Martin Luther King "I have a Dream" Speech
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President Kennedy is Assinated
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25th Amendment Ratified
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Period: to
Fusion
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Martin Luther King is Assassinated
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Joshua Redman
Sopranos (Tenor, Alto, and Soprano) -
26th Amendment ratified
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Bradford Alexander Mehldau
Piano player -
Jason Moran
Piano player -
Iran-Iraq War
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Period: to
Post-Bop
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Esperanza Emily Spalding
Bass (electric and acoustic) Vocals -
Persian Gulf War
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Period: to
Contemporary Jazz
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Twin Tower Attack
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Barack Obama becomes First Black President
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Boston Massacre
