Jazz Musicians by State of Birth

A week or so ago, I produced a list of poets by state of birth. Then over on facebook, William J. Harris mentioned jazz musicians by state in passing, so I wanted to take a look by organizing a fairly short list of 50 or so musicians.   

Alabama
• Sun Ra (1914 - 1993)

Arizona
• Charles Mingus (1922 - 1979)

Arkansas
• Pharaoh Sanders (b. 1940)

California
• Dexter Gordon (1923-90)
• Eric Dolphy (1928 - 1964)
• David Murray (b. 1955)
• Joshua Redman (b. 1969)

Delaware
• Clifford Brown (1930 – 1956)

Florida
• Cannonball Adderley (1928 - 1975)
• Jimy Garrison (1934 - 1976)
• Archie Shepp (b. 1937)

Illinois
• Miles Davis (1926 – 1991)
• Abbey Lincoln (1930 -2010)
• Herbie Hancock (b. 1940)
• Papa Jo Jones (1911 - 1985)

Indiana
• Freddie Hubbard (1938 - 2008)

Kansas
• Charlie Parker (1920 - 1955)

Louisiana
• Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971)
• Wynton Marsalis (b. 1961)
• Brian Blade (b. 1970)

Massachusetts
• Johnny Hodges (1906 – 1970)
• Sonny Stitt (1924 - 1982)
• Roy Haynes (b. 1925)

Michigan
• Elvin Jones (1927 - 2004)
• Betty Carter (1929 - 1998)

Mississippi
• Lester Young (1909–59)

Missouri
• Coleman Hawkins (1904–69)
• Clark Terry (b. 1920)
• John Gilmore (1931–1995)

New Jersey
• Count Basie (1904 – 1984)
• Sarah Vaughan (1924 - 1990)
• Wayne Shorter (b. 1933)

New York
• Bud Powell (1924 - 1966)
• Cecil Taylor (b. 1929)
• Sonny Rollins (b. 1930)
• Andrew Cyrille (b. 1939)

North Carolina
• Thelonious Monk (1917 - 1982)
• Mary Lou Williams (1910 - 1981)
• Max Roach (1924 - 2007)
• John Coltrane (1926 – 1967)
• Percy Heath (1923 - 2005)

Ohio
• Albert Ayler (1936 - 1970)

Pennsylvania
• Art Blakey  (1919 – 1990)
• Philly Joe Jones (1923 - 1985)
• Rashied Ali (1933 - 2009)
• Reggie Workman (b. 1937)
• McCoy Tyner (b. 1938)

South Carolina
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917 - 1993)

Texas
• Ornette Coleman (b. 1930)

Virginia
• Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

Washington D.C.
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• Jimmy Cob (b. 1929)