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Dave Tough
Dave Tough
American drummer
1
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
2
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
3
Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
4
Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
5
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
6
Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
7
Claude Williamson
Claude Williamson
American pianist
8
Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
9
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
10
Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
11
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
13
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
14
Frank Socolow
Frank Socolow
American musician
15
J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
16
Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
17
Bill Harris
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
18
Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
19
Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
20
Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
21
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
22
Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
23
Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
24
Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
25
Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Mousey Alexander
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
28
Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
31
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
32
Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
34
Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Art Mardigan
Art Mardigan
American musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Walter Benton
Walter Benton
American jazz musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Claude Hopkins
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
45
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
50
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
51
Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
52
Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
53
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
54
Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
56
Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
58
Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Dick Cary
Dick Cary
American jazz pianist
60
Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
61
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
62
Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
63
Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
65
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
66
Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
67
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
69
Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
70
Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
71
Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
72
Bob Carter
Bob Carter
American bassist
73
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
74
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
75
Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
76
Teddy Charles
Teddy Charles
American musician
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
78
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
79
Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
80
George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
81
Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
82
Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
83
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
84
Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura
American musician
85
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
Al Hall
American musician

Al Hall

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American musician
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Music

Alfred Wesley Hall (March 18, 1915 – January 18, 1988) was an American jazz bassist.

Hall grew up in Philadelphia, where he played cello and tuba early in life before settling on bass at age 17. He moved to New York in 1936, where he played with Billy Hicks (1936–37), Skeets Tolbert (1937–38), and Teddy Wilson in both big band and small ensemble format (1939–41). Following time with Ellis Larkins (1942–43) and Mary Lou Williams, Hall took a job as a staff musician at CBS, working in Paul Baron's orchestra on the Mildred Bailey Show. He also worked on Broadway theater pit orchestras for the next several decades. In 1946, he founded his own label, Wax Records, which was bought by Atlantic Records in 1949.

Hall had an extended partnership with Erroll Garner, playing with him intermittently from 1945 to 1963. He also played later in life with Benny Goodman (1966), Hazel Scott, Tiny Grimes, Alberta Hunter (1977–78), and Doc Cheatham. He led five numbers on his own label in 1946-47 and four on Columbia Records Europe in 1959.