Pioneer
Buddy Bolden (formed first band in 1895)
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Early New Orleans "Kings"
| Freddie Keppard | Manuel Perez |
| Buddy Petit | Chris Kelly |
| King Oliver | |
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1920-25
| Nick LaRocca | Paul Mares |
| Phil Napoleon | Johnny Dunn |
| Joe Smith | |
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Biggest Influence and Most Important Innovator
Louis Armstrong
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1926-30
| Bix Beiderbecke | Red Nicholas |
| Tommy Ladnier | George Mitchell |
| Jabbo Smith | Bob Shoffner |
| Leonard Davis | Lee Collins |
| Bobby Stark | Ed Allen |
| Red Allen | Natty Dominique |
| Reuben "River" Reeves | |
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The Ellington Trumpet Tradition
| Bubber Miley | Louis Metcalf |
| Arthur Whetsol | Freddie Jenkins |
| Cootie Williams | Rex Stewart |
| Ray Nance | Cat Anderson |
| Taft Jordan | Al Killian |
| Shorty Baker | Clark Terry |
| Willie Cook | Bill Berry |
| Barry Lee Hall | |
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Swing Era
| Roy Eldrige | Bunny Berigan |
| Charlie Shavers | Hot Lips Page |
| Buck Clayton | Shad Collins |
| Emmett Berry | Harry James |
| Ziggy Elman | Erskine Hawkins |
| Dud Bascomb | Bill Coleman |
| Valaida Snow | Nat Gonella |
| Phillippe Brun | Herman Autrey |
| Benny Carter | Jonah Jones |
| Frankie Newton | Sy Oliver |
| Snooky Young | Harry "Sweets" Edison |
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Bebop Innovator
Dizzy Gillespie
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Bop Era
| Joe Guy | Freddie Webster |
| Sonny Berman | Howard McGhee |
| Fats Navarro | |
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Innovator in Cool, Hard Bop, Modal, Avantgarde and Fusion
Miles Davis
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