对JAZZ音乐最重要的人物(二）

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington(1899----1974)
    pianist, composer, bandleader----America"s most important composer and one of the true geniuses of jazz.

Ella Fitzgerald(1918----1996)
     singer----one of the most talented jazz vocalists whose gift for mimicry allowed her to imitate both other singers and instruments

Dizzy Gillespie(1917----1993)
      trumpeter , composer----one of the greatest innovators of jazz----created and interpereted bebop with Charlie Parker

Billie Holiday(1915----1959)
      singer----one of the most original interpretera and vocalists in jazz

Charles Mingus(1922-----1979)
      bassist, composer-----virtuoso bassist, one of the first to bring the bass out from the background and into the spotlight as a solo instrument

Thelonious Monk(1917----1982)
      pianist, composer----one of the architects of bebop and one of the greatest composers of jazz

Jelly Roll Morton(1890----1941)
      pianist, composer----jazz"s first major composer

Charlie "Bird" Parker(1920----1955)
      alto saxophonist----revolutionized the sound of jazz as a pioneer of bebop and had a tremendous impact on musicians for generations to come

Lester "rez" Young(1909----1959)
       tenor saxophonist----one of the most influential musicians in jazz whose playing style was a primary force in the development of modern jazz