| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Charlie Parker | alto sax; bebop; "Bird" |
| Dizzy Gillespie | trumpet; bebop; puffed out cheeks |
| Theolonius Monk | piano; bebop; very dissonant sounds |
| Tadd Dameron | composer & pianist; bebop |
| John Lewis | composer; "Modern Jazz Quartet" (cool jazz); bebop |
| Kenny Clarke | drums; bebop |
| Max Roach | drums; bebop (also in hard bop) |
| Charles Mingus | bass; later band leader; bebop (also in avant garde) |
| Ray Brown | bass; helped younger musicians; bebop |
| Oscar Pettiford | bass; also played cello; bebop |
| Bud Powell | piano; considered master bebop pianist |
| Al Haig | piano; bebop |
| George Shearing | piano; bebop (also associated with cool jazz) |
| Oscar Peterson | piano; as if he had 3 hands; bebop |
| Dexter Gordon | tenor sax; from LA; bebop |
| Sonny Stitt | tenor sax (a bit of alto sax); bebop |
| Stan Getz | tenor sax; one of "Four Brothers"; bebop (also popular in cool jazz with bossa nova) |
| J. J. Johnson | trombone; bebop (only regarded trombonist of the time) |
| Fats Novarro | trumpet; bebop |
| Woody Herman | big band leader; bebop; "Thundering Herd" |
| Lennie Tristano | piano; composer; band leader; credited as one of creators of cool jazz; used "locked hands" and made it smoother |
| Lee Konitz | alto sax; still alive and playing; preferred higher register; cool jazz |
| Dave Brubeck | piano; "Jazz Goes to College" very popular with younger; "Take Five" with different meter; cool jazz |
| Paul Desmond | alto sax; "Dry Martinis"; cool jazz |
| Chet Baker | trumpet (also vocalist); cool jazz |
| Shorty Rogers | trumpet; cool jazz; "Conjuction Junction" |
| Art Pepper | alto sax (primarily); based in LA; cool jazz |
| Paul Desmond | sax; cool jazz |
| Gerry Mulligan | baritone sax; also composer; cool jazz |
| Chico Hamilton | drums; cool jazz |
| Shelly Manne | drums; highly demanded in studio; cool jazz |
| Jim Hall | guitar; cool jazz |
| Carl Fontana | trombone; sounds a bit more like bop from west coast; cool jazz |
| Bob Brookmeyer | trombone; also composer and arranger; cool jazz |
| Frank Rosolino | trombone; sounds like bop as well but from west coast; cool jazz |
| Tommy Flanagan | piano; "flowing solos"; hard bop |
| Horace Silver | piano (&composer/bandleader); "Jazz Messengers"; hard bop |
| Clifford Brown | trumpet; died in car accident; hard bop |
| Freddie Hubbard | trumpet; played in double time with manipulated tone; hard bop |
| Lee Morgan | trumpet; "fatter" sound; hard bop |
| Art Blakey | drums; highly imitated; hard bop |
| "Philly" Joe Jones | drums; call & response; hard bop |
| Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | alto sax; most influential after Bird; hard bop |
| Sonny Rollins | tenor sax; hard bop |
| Joe Henderson | tenor sax; pieced together short fragments; hard bop |
| Curtis Fuller | trombone; hard bop |
| Wes Montgomery | guitar; self taught; played with thumb; hard bop |
| Kenny Burrell | guitar; heavy blues influence; UCLA jazz; hard bop |
| Grant Green | guitar; "dead" tone; hard bop |
| Gerald Wilson | big band; harmonic complexity; hard bop |
| Maynard Ferguson | big band; high note trumpet player as well; hard bop |
| Thad Jones & Mel Lewis | big band; TJ trumpet/composer; ML drummer; hard bop |
| Miles Davis | trumpet (often with Harmon mute); cool & fusion & modal jazz |
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