Jazz Musicians Surfacing Before WWII

  1. Albert Ammons (1907-1949)
  2. Big Joe Turner (1911-1985)
  3. Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
  4. Champion Jack Dupree (c. 1909-1992)
  5. Ivory Joe Hunter (1914-1974)
  6. Jay McShann (1916-2006)
  7. Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
  8. Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972)
  9. Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
  10. Kansas Joe McCoy (1905-1950)
  11. Leroy Carr (1905-1935)
  12. Little Brother Montgomery (c. 1906-1985)
  13. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
  14. Meade Lux Lewis (1905-1964)
  15. Papa Charlie McCoy (1909-1950)
  16. Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983)
  17. Roy Milton (1907-1983)
  18. Sam Taylor (born 1916)
  19. Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
  20. St. Louis Jimmy Oden (1903-1977)
  21. T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
  22. Walter Davis (1912-1963)