a thing that also made him receive important prizes and nominalizations, including 13 Grammy awards, a Pulitzer prize, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, a NAACP Spingarn Medal and Commemorative U.S. quarter to name a few. Just like Louis Armstrong, he has been an inspiration to fellow musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Tony Bennett or Earl Hines.

Charlie Parker was also known as the “Bird” and was an alto-saxophone player in the young jazz industry, a be-pop musician and also a composer. He was easily remarked because of his incredible talent at song writing, as he seriously influenced the standards of composition by using revolutionary harmonic forms and complex chord progressions in the process of composing his own songs. Also, he contributed to making the positive image of jazzmusicians, making people consider them artists and not just simple entertainers. He was also a huge influence for the jazz musicians at the time, many of them trying to use his techniques in their own songs.

Miles Davis was one of the greatest figures in the world of jazz music in the twentieth century, as he was involved in playing be-bop, hard bop, cool jazz, free jazz, fusion, funk and techno music. He was known for being a very innovative musician and therefore he received numerous prizes throughout his career, including 8 Grammy Awards and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Also, he was a big inspiration to artists like Cannonball Adderley, Keith Jarrett or Bill Evans.

Benny Goodman was a well known leader of a popular jazz