Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Sun Ra
Read about black American jazz composer and keyboard player, Sun Ra, who led a free jazz big band known for its innovative instrumentation and the theatricality of its performances.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Henry Threadgill
Summarizes the life and career of Henry Threadgill, an African American improviser, composer, and bandleader, an important figure in free jazz in the late 20th century.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Paul Mc Cartney
Interesting biographical information about Paul McCartney, the "most successful musician, and composer in popular music history".
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: William Grant Still
Read about composer William Grant Still in this resource. This brief biography highlights the career of this African American composer.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Lino Gallardo
This page has a brief bibliography of the Venezuelan musician and composer Lino Gallardo.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Vicente Emilio Sojo
This page has a brief bibliography of the Venezuelan musician and composer Vicente Emilio Sojo.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Juan Bautista Plaza
This page has a brief bibliography of the Venezuelan musician and composer Juan Bautista Plaza.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Sonny Rollins
Biographical account of Sonny Rollins, an American jazz musician, a tenor saxophonist who was among the finest improvisers on the instrument to appear since the mid-1950s.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Cootie Williams
Learn about the life of Cootie Williams, an African-American trumpeter whose mastery of mutes and expressive effects made him one of the most distinctive jazz musicians.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Pedro Elias Gutierrez
This page has a brief bibliography of the Venezuelan musician and composer Pedro Elias Gutierrez.
Other
Afrocentric Voices in Classical Music
Visit this website for short biographies of some of the African American singers and composers who have contributed to the world of Classical music.
Other
Hildegard Publishing Company: Francesca Caccini
Provides biographical information about the Rennaisance composer, Francesca Caccini.
Other
Hildegard Publishing Company: Antonio Bembo
A paragraph of biographical information on Antonio Bembo, a female composer of the Early Baroque period.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Duke Ellington
Biography of Duke Ellington, one of the originators of big band jazz, and a noted composer.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Astor Piazzolla
This page has a brief bibliography of Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine tango composer, pianist and bandoneon player.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Johannes Brahms
Brahms used to play piano in dance halls when he was a child in order to help support his family. Use RealAudio and Windows Media Player to listen to some of his work. This site also provides more information about the life and works of...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Horace Silver
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Horace Silver, an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and '60s. The style was an extension of...
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Daniel Alomia Robles
This page has a brief bibliography of the Peruvian composer and folklorist Daniel Alomia Robles.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Reynaldo Hahn
This page has a brief bibliography of the Venezuelan composer, singer and pianist Reynaldo Hahn.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Art Pepper
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Art Pepper, an American jazz musician noted for the beauty of his sound and his improvisations on alto saxophone, and a major figure in the 1950s in West Coast jazz (see cool jazz).
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Ben Webster
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ben Webster, an American jazz musician, considered one of the most distinctive of his generation, noted for the beauty of his tenor saxophone tone and for his melodic inventiveness.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Billy Eckstine
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Billy Eckstine, an American singer and bandleader who achieved great personal success while fostering the careers of a number of younger jazz musicians.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Bunk Johnson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bunk Johnson, a black American jazz trumpeter, one of the first musicians to play jazz and a principal figure of the 1940s traditional jazz revival.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Hank Jones
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Hank Jones, an American jazz musician born July/Aug. 31, 1918, Vicksburg, Miss. .