Jazz Inspiration

Peggy Lee
PHOTO - Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), jazz trumpeter
Nancy Wilson
Nat King Cole
PHOTO Antônio Carlos Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994) jazz composer, pianist bossa nova
Louis Jordan
PHOTO Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) jazz vibraphonist, pianist
PHOTO Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) jazz cornetist
PHOTO Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) jazz pianist
PHOTO - Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) jazz singer
PHOTO Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) jazz pianist, band leader
PHOTO Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) singer, actress
PHOTO Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr. (July 3, 1930 – August 6, 2016) jazz clarinetist
PHOTO Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
PHOTO Frank Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) singer
PHOTO Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – disappeared December 15, 1944) trombonist, big band leader
PHOTO Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (/ˈkrɒzbi/; May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) jazz singer
PHOTO Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) blues singer
PHOTO Django Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) jazz guitarist
PHOTO Doris Day (April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) singer, actress
PHOTO Jelly Roll Morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), ragtime & jazz pianist
PHOTO - Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976), jazz pianist
PHOTO Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) jazz trombonist