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Opa
Opa
American jazz fusion band made up of Uruguayan members
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Eumir Deodato
Eumir Deodato
Brazilian musician
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Burt Collins
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
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Flora Purim
Flora Purim
Brazilian jazz singer
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Alan Rubin
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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John Tropea
John Tropea
American musician
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Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal
Brazilian composer, arranger, multi-instumentalist
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
American drummer
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Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
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Raul de Souza
Raul de Souza
Brazilian musician
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Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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Ralph MacDonald
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Toninho Horta
Toninho Horta
Brazilian musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Joe Beck
Joe Beck
American musician
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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Barry Rogers
Barry Rogers
American musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Manolo Badrena
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Hadley Caliman
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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David Friedman
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
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Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
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Ronnie Foster
Ronnie Foster
American organist and record producer
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Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Mark Egan
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
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Alex Blake
Alex Blake
American musician
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Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
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John Guerin
John Guerin
American drummer
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician

Airto Moreira

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Brazilian musician
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Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the Brazilian ensemble Quarteto Novo, he moved to the United States and worked in jazz fusion with Miles Davis and Return to Forever.