Who are the American Jazz Originals?

Answer 1

Unsure what you mean by this question. You mean the pioneering American jazz musicians? Let me list a few.

1. Art Blakey
2. Hank Mobley
3. Tommy Dorsey
4. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
5. Cole Porter
6. Fats Waller
7. Count Basie
8. Thelonious Monk
9. Gene Krupa
10. John Coltrane
11. Alice Coltrane
12. Pharaoh Sanders
13. Wes Montgomery
14. Pat Metheny
15. Benny Goodman
16. Art Tatum
17. Billie Holiday
18. Miles Davis
19. Herbie Hancock
20. Freddie Hubbard
21. Ella Fitzgerald
22. Bill Evans
23. Scott LaFaro
24. Sarah Vaughan
25. Jim Hall
26. Art Farmer
27. Ron Carter
28. Dinah Washington
29. Paul Chambers
30. Chick Corea
31. Stanley Clarke
32. Grant Green
33. Shirley Scott
34. Vince Guaraldi
35. Charles Mingus
36. Max Roach
37. Elvin Jones
38. Tony Williams
39. Paul Motian
40. Bill Frisell
41. Ahmad Jamal
42. Blossom Dearie
43. Oscar Peterson
44. McCoy Tyner
45. Mary Lou Williams
46. Nina Simone

The list is endless and I'm certainly forgetting many. The art of jazz encompasses over a century of music. Hope this helps!