W.C Handy

Blues, Father of the Blues, Made money off of music printing

Bessie Smith

Blues (Empress of the Blues) Singer

Scot Jopline

Ragtime (Composer) Viewed himself as a classical composer.

Lenard Bernstien

Musical Theater/Film (Composer and Conductor)

Louis Armstrong

New Orleans Jazz (Trumpet Player, Scat, Band Leader)

King Oliver

New Orleans Jazz (Band Leader, Mutes in Jazz)

Duke Ellington

Big Band (Composer, Very talented Band)

John Philip Sousa

Military Band (The March King)

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Spirituals (Early Recorded group)

Gershwin

Tin Pan Alley (Used elements of many styles, including that of jazz and the blues)