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Who Are They

(those in italics will be featured)


Charlie Christian, guitar - died at 23 in 1942                           

Chu Berry, tenor saxophone - died at 31 in 1941

Bix Beiderbecke, cornet - died at 28 in 1931

Charlie Parker, alto saxophone - died at 34 in 1955

Jimmy Blanton, bass - died at 21 in 1942

Bunny Berigan, trumpet - died at 33 in 1942

Clifford Brown, trumpet - died at 25 in 1956

Chick Webb, drums - died at 30 in 1939

Herschel Evans, tenor saxophone - died at 30 in 1939

Fats Waller, piano, vocals - died at 39 in 1943                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Fats Navarro, trumpet - died at 26 in 1950

Sonny Berman, trumpet - died at 22 in 1947

Lee Morgan, trumpet - died at 33 in 1972                                   

Clyde Hart, piano - died at 34 in 1945

Lil Green, vocals - died at 35 in 1954                                         

Eddie Costa, piano, vibes - died at 32 in 1962

Robert Johnson, singer, guitar - died at 27 in 1938

Dick Wilson, tenor saxophone - died at 30 in 1941

Wynton Kelly, piano - died at 39 in 1971

Tommy Ladnier, trumpet - died at 39 in 1939

James "Bubber" Miley, trumpet - died at 29 in 1932

Nat Jaffe, piano - died at 27 in 1945

Frank Teschemacher, clarinet, saxes - died at 25 in 1933

Eddie Lang, guitar - died at 30 in 1933

Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone - died at 34 in 1955

Albert Ayler, tenor saxophone - died at 34 in 1970

Dinah Washington, vocals - died at 39 in 1963

Serge Chaloff, baritone saxophone - died at 33 in 1957

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, piano, vocals - died at 24 in 1929

Eric Dolphy, saxophone - died at 36 in 1964