This is the list of Bebop artists.



This page provides you the list of Bebop artists. Initially it might be the only the famous ones in this genre but I will make sure to note all of the influential Bebop Artists in Jazz world.

  • Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley, alto sax (Tampa, Florida, US; September 15, 1928 - August 8,1975)
  • Chet Baker, trumpet & flugelhorn (Yale, Oklahoma, US; December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988)
  • Arthur [Art] Blakey, drums (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US; October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990)
  • Clifford Brown "Brownie", trumpet (Wilmington, Delaware, US; October 30, 1930 - June 26, 1956)
  • Ray Brown (Raymond Mathews Brown), bass(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US; October 13, 91926 - July 2, 2002)
  • Kenny Burrell, guitar (Detroit, Michigan, US; July 31 1931)
  • Don Byas, tenor sax
  • Paul Chambers, bass
  • Charlie Christian, guitar
  • Kenny Clarke, drums
  • John Coltrane, tenor sax
  • Tadd Dameron, piano
  • Miles Davis, trumpet
  • Buddy DeFranco, clarinet
  • Kenny Dorham, trumpet
  • Billy Eckstine, singer & bandleader
  • Herb Ellis, guitar
  • Ella Fitzgerald, voice
  • Carl Fontana, trombone
  • Curtis Fuller, trombone
  • Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet
  • Walter Davis, Jr., piano
  • Dexter Gordon, tenor sax
  • Wardell Gray, saxophone
  • Al Haig, piano
  • Sadik Hakim, piano
  • Barry Harris, piano
  • Percy Heath, bass
  • Milt Jackson, vibes
  • J. J. Johnson, trombone
  • Duke Jordan, piano
  • Lee Konitz, alto sax
  • Stan Levey, drums
  • Lou Levy, piano
  • John Lewis, piano
  • Dodo Marmarosa, piano
  • Frank Marocco, accordion
  • Pat Martino, guitar
  • Howard McGhee, trumpet
  • Charles McPherson, alto sax
  • Charles Mingus, bass and piano
  • Blue Mitchell, trumpet
  • Thelonious Monk, piano
  • Wes Montgomery, guitar
  • Fats Navarro, trumpet
  • Charlie Parker, tenor and alto sax
  • Art Pepper, alto sax
  • Joe Pass, guitar
  • Oscar Pettiford, bass
  • Tommy Potter, bass
  • Bud Powell, piano
  • Jimmy Raney, guitar
  • Max Roach, drums
  • Red Rodney, trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins, tenor sax
  • Frank Rosolino, trombone
  • Horace Silver, piano
  • Ronnie Singer, guitar
  • Sonny Stitt, tenor and alto sax
  • Lucky Thompson, tenor sax
  • Lennie Tristano, piano
  • Sarah Vaughan, voice
  • George Wallington, piano
  • Chuck Wayne, guitar
  • Mort Weiss, clarinet

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