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Tommy Turrentine
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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George Tucker
George Tucker
American musician
3
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman
American musician
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Peck Morrison
Peck Morrison
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Joe Gordon
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
American musician
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Jimmy Rowser
Jimmy Rowser
American bassist
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley
American musician
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer

Al Harewood

Intro
American jazz drummer
Genres
Music

Al Harewood (June 3, 1923 – March 13, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and teacher, born in Brooklyn. As a musician Harewood worked with many jazz musicians including the J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding group, the Art Farmer/Gigi Grice band, David Amram, Betty Carter, and the Curtis Fuller-Benny Golson Sextet. He played on many jazz recordings under the leadership of Lou Donaldson, Horace Parlan, Ike Quebec, Dexter Gordon and Grant Green and had a long association with saxophonist Stanley Turrentine from 1959 onwards.

He died in March 2014 at the age of 90.