In this video Jaco Pastorius; the greatest bass player in the world. Enjoy it.

Miles Davis. Probabily the Greatest. He was the only musician protagonist in every period of jazz. From Be-Bop to fusion he was there.

Bill Evans.

One of the greatest in Jazz History. His way to play the piano was new and inspired lot of young musicians.

Gene Krupa.

He`s consither the father of the Drumset, because he wrote the first drumset Method.

Sonny Rollins; one of the greatest Saxophon player. He plays the Tenor Sax.

in this picture Milt Jackson

The Vibraphone (or Vibes) is one of the most interesting instruments of jazz. It`s considered part of the percussion, but it`s anyway a melodic instrument. Sometimes is confused with the xilophone of with the marimba.
The first important vibraphone player was Lionel Hampton. Hampton was the director of a big band from the Swing Era (the Lionel Hampton Big Band). But he was more a percussionist than a vibes player.
Than there was Milt Jackson, that with John Lewis made the Modern Jazz Quartet. He was the first that made the people understand about the harmonical and melodic possiblilities of the Vibes; in fact the Modern Jazz Quartet tried to mix jazz and classical music.
After Milt Jackson, another Big: Mike Mainieri (with his fusion band "Steps Ahead"), still one of the greatest. Now we have also Gary Burton (my favorite) and Bobby Hutcherson.

in this picture Pat Metheny












The guitar is now consider a rock instrument, but it`s not at all.
the first guitar was classical.
in jazz they started using guitars since the big bans of the Swing Era. But the guitar doen`t have so much volume by itself, so it has been often substituted by the banjo.
The first great guitare player of the Post Swing Era was Wes Montgomery, that by the way started his career in a bib band.
now the greatest guitar players are John Scofield and Pat Metheny, good in mixin classic jazz with electric sound.
For know more about Guitar`s History, Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Wes Montgomery visit http://www.wikipedia.org/