Jazz Story - The US Jazz Family Tree
The genealogy of US Jazz is presented here with 170 photographs, 920 artist/band entries, and 83 reproductions of artist signatures - all in one poster. Now in the 8th edition, this remarkable poster is both entertaining and educational, beginning at the bottom with the roots of Jazz and working up through the evolution of Jazz: Archaic Jazz, New Orleans, Swing, Bebop, Cool and on to Fusion and Free Jazz, with branches leading to the Blues, Soul, Funk and more.

This quality poster is printed on a heavy paper suitable for framing.
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The artists featured in the poster include: W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Jay McShann, Bob Zurke, Willie Smith, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Bix Beiderbecke, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa, Bunny Berigan, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Stan Kenton, Lennie Tristano, Cannonball Adderlry, Joe Henderson, George Adams, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Archie Shepp, Buck Clayton, Mike Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Casandra Wilson, Pat Metheny, and many, many more.

See also in the same series: Masters of Classic Music

See also:
Art Kane's Jazz Portrait
Harlem Renaissance Poster
Harlem Renaissance Map