 These included Paul Whiteman (composer, violin), Louis Armstrong (trumpet, cornet, vocals), Bix Beiderbecke (cornet, piano), Red Nichols (composer, cornet), Duke Ellington (composer, piano), James P. Johnson (composer, piano), Fletcher Henderson (composer, piano), Don Redman (composer, arranger), Eubie Blake (composer, lyricist, piano), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Wellman Braud (bass), Benny Goodman (bandleader, clarinet), Andy Kirk (bandleader, saxophone, tuba), and Mary Lou Williams (composer, piano), to name some of the most important.As new technologies emerged later in the mid 20th-century, several instrumentalists continued this effort through their live performances with symphonic orchestral ensembles and jazz orchestras on the national radio and television networks.Included among this group was John Serry Sr. (composer, accordion, piano)