Music Period: 20th Century & beyond Location: America Claim to Fame: One of the most prominent jazz pianists of the time, later building a reputation as a jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader. When one thinks of trumpeters and jazz, the name that...
Music Period: 20th Century & beyond Location: America Claim to Fame: the first women trombonist to play in big bands, and later became a prominent composer and arranger. Melba Liston was born on 13th January 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. As a child, she often...