What are some of the best classic jazz artists?

I mean like 1900-1960 who was really good?? I know about miles Davis but whom are some more classic jazz artists so I can increase my jazz knowledge and expand my jazz music listening?|||We start with the 1900s :-





Scott Joplin ( pno ), Maple Leaf Rag.


Jelly Roll Morton: Original Jelly Role Blues.


'Papa' Jack Laine.


Buddy Bolden.


Kid Ory.


Clarence Williams.


Bunk Johnson


New Orleans Rhythm Kings :instrumental group


Original Dixieland Jass Band.





1920's


Louis Armstrong.


Bix Beiderbecke.


Duke Ellington.


Jelly Roll Morton.


King Oliver.


Eddie Condon.


Johnny Dodds.


Bud Freeman.


George Gershwin.


Coleman Hawkins.


Fletcher Henderson.


Jack hylton.


James. P. Johnson.


George Lewis.


Jimmy McPartland.Red nichols.


Ben Pollack.


Don Redman.


Zutty singleton.


Fats Waller.


Paul Whiteman.





1930's





Count Basie.


Charlie Christian.


Roy Eldridge.


Benny Goodman.


Lester Young.


Bunny Berigan.


Chu Berry.


Cab Calloway.


Benny Carter.


Jimmy Dorsey.


Ella Fitzgeraid.


Lional Hampton.


Earl Hines.


Jonny Hodges.


Jo Jones.


Gene Krupa.


Jimmy Lunceford.


Hot Lips Page.


Django reinhardt.


Artie Shaw.


Stuff Smith.


Art Tatum.


Chick Webb.


Teddy Wilson.





1940's





Dizzy gillespie.


Woody Herman.


Billie Holiday.


Charlie Parker.


Charlie Barnet.


Earl Bostic.


Big Sid Catlett.


Kenny Clarke.


Nat 'King' Cole.


Buddy De Franco.


Billy eckstine.


Dexter Gordon.


Wardell Gray.


Harry James.


J.J.Johnson.


Louis Jordon.


Stan Kenton.


Barney Kessel.


Machito.


Glenn Miller.


James Moody.


Fats Navarro.


Buddy Rich.


Max Roach.


Lennie Tristano.


Sarah Vaughan.


Ben Webster.





1950's





Miles Davis.


Bill Evans.


thelonious Monk.


Gerry Mulligan.


Chet Baker.


Gene Ammons.


Art Blakey.


Clifford Brown.


Dave Brubeck.


Gil Evans.


Jimmy Giuffre.


Roy Haynes.


Jimmy Heath.


Milt Jackson.


John Lewis.


Jackie McLean.


Charles Mingus.


Art Pepper.


Oscar Peterson.


Bud Powell.


Sonny Rollins.


Horace Silver.


Zoot Sims.


Jimmy Smith.


Sonny Stitt.





1960's





Ornette Coleman.


John Coltrane.


Freddie Hubbard.


Sun Ra.


Cecil Taylor


Albert Ayler.


Cannonball adderley.


Carla Bley.


Gary Burton.


Ron Carter.


Don Cherry.


Jack De johnette.


Eric Dolphy.


Art Farmer.


Stan Getz.


Charlie Hayden.


Elvin Jones.


Rahsaan Roland Kirk.


Charles Lloyd.


Herbie Mann


Wes Montgomery.


Lee Morgan.


Sunny Murray.


Joe Pass.


Sam Rivers.


Archie Shepp.


Wayne Shorter.


McCoy Tyner.





These are some but not all of the classic artists you asked for,( no blues included), covering the period 1900-60 good luck.|||That's a really simple question with a very complex answer for something as dynamic as jazz history. If youre going as far back as 1900 you're talking roots, so if you're interested in some really old **** then you're looking for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk... The list is pretty damn huge, you're basically specifying the birth of jazz and improvisation.|||Miles, Coltrane...the list goes on.