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Big Band:
LeRoy Neiman's Big Band, painted in 2004-2005, depicts eighteen of the jazz musicians Neiman most admired, as a kind of personal "dream" band. Americans all, these musicians each left an indelible musical legacy.
The Natonal Museum of American History preserves artifacts from many of these musicians, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane.
Louis Armstrong | trumpeter, singer
John Coltrane | saxophonist
Miles Davis | trumpeter
Tommy Dorsey | trombonist
Duke Ellington | pianist, composer
Ella Fitzgerald | singer
Dizzy Gillespie | trumpeter
Benny Goodman | clarinetist
Lionel Hampton | vibraphonist
Billie Holiday | singer
J.J. Johnson | trombonist
Gene Krupa | drummer
Wynton Marsalis | trumpeter, composer
Glenn Miller | trombonist
Charles Mingus | bassist
Gerry Mulligan | saxophonist
Charlie Parker | saxophonist
Lester Young | saxophonist |