Jazz: Bebop to Contemporary

By Aleah McLendon
  • Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (Gil Evans)

    Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (Gil Evans)

    Piano player, Arrannger
  • Sun Ra, Le Sony'r Ra

    Sun Ra, Le Sony'r Ra

    Outer Space Visual Communicator
  • Thelonious Sphere Monk

    Thelonious Sphere Monk

    Piano player
  • John "Dizzy" Gillespie

    John "Dizzy" Gillespie

    Trumpet player
  • Arthur Blakey

    Arthur Blakey

    Drums, Percussion playerr
  • Charlie Parker

    Charlie Parker

    Alto Saxophone Player.
  • Dave Warren Brubeck

    Dave Warren Brubeck

    Piano player
  • Charles Mingus Jr.

    Charles Mingus Jr.

    Bass, Piano, Cello player
  • Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell

    Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell

    Piano player
  • James Oscar Smith

    James Oscar Smith

    Hammond B-3 Organ
  • Miles Dewey Davis III

    Miles Dewey Davis III

    Trumpet player
  • John William Coltrane

    John William Coltrane

    Tenor, Soprano, and Alto Sax player
  • Gerald Joseph (Gerry)

    Gerald Joseph (Gerry)

    Bari Sax player, Arranger
  • Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver

    Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver

    Piano player
  • Cecil Percival Taylor

    Cecil Percival Taylor

    Piano player
  • William John Evans

    William John Evans

    Piano player
  • Chesney Henry "Chet" Naker Jr

    Chesney Henry "Chet" Naker Jr

    Pumpet player, Voice, Flugel Horn
  • Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman

    Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman

    Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Violin, and Trumpet player
  • Walter Theodore Rollins

    Walter Theodore Rollins

    Tenor Sax player
  • Wayne Shorter

    Wayne Shorter

    Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax
  • Period: to

    Bebop

  • WWII

  • Herbert Jeffrey Hancock

    Herbert Jeffrey Hancock

    Piano, Keyboard, Synths
  • Armando Anthony Corea

    Armando Anthony Corea

    Piano, Keyboards
  • John McLaughlin

    John McLaughlin

    Guitar player

  • D-Day, Allied Invasion on Normandy

  • Establishment of United Nations

  • Keith Jarret

    Keith Jarret

    Piano, Harpsichord

  • Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima

  • Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

  • Period: to

    Cool Jazz

  • US Troops in Vietnam

  • 22nd Amendment

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet

    The Modern Jazz Quartet

    Milt Jackson (Vibes), John Lewis (Piano), Percy Heath (Bass), Connie Kay (Drums)
  • Period: to

    Hard Bop

  • Period: to

    Modal Jazz

  • Period: to

    Avant Garde/Free Jazz

  • Alaska becomes 49th State

  • Castro comes to Power in Cuba

  • Hawaii becomes 50th state

  • Branford Iweanya Marsalis

    Branford Iweanya Marsalis

    Saxophones (all of them)
  • Maria Lynn Schneider

    Maria Lynn Schneider

    Arranger
  • Wynton Learson Marsalls

    Wynton Learson Marsalls

    Trumpet player

  • Martin Luther King "I have a Dream" Speech

  • President Kennedy is Assinated

  • 25th Amendment Ratified

  • Period: to

    Fusion

  • Martin Luther King is Assassinated

  • Joshua Redman

    Joshua Redman

    Sopranos (Tenor, Alto, and Soprano)

  • 26th Amendment ratified

  • Bradford Alexander Mehldau

    Bradford Alexander Mehldau

    Piano player
  • Jason Moran

    Jason Moran

    Piano player

  • Iran-Iraq War

  • Period: to

    Post-Bop

  • Esperanza Emily Spalding

    Esperanza Emily Spalding

    Bass (electric and acoustic) Vocals

  • Persian Gulf War

  • Period: to

    Contemporary Jazz

  • Twin Tower Attack

  • Barack Obama becomes First Black President

  • Boston Massacre