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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
2
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
3
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
4
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
6
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
7
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
8
Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
10
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
11
Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
12
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
13
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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George Morrow
George Morrow
American jazz bassist
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Maurice Simon
Maurice Simon
American musician
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
23
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Leo Parker
Leo Parker
American musician
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Larance Marable
Larance Marable
American musician
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Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd
American musician
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Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
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Don Patterson
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Al Hall
Al Hall
American musician
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Teddy Kotick
Teddy Kotick
American musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
American pianist
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Addison Farmer
Addison Farmer
American musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Montego Joe
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician

Al Lucas

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Albert Bennington Lucas (November 16, 1916 – June 19, 1983) was a Canadian jazz double-bassist.

Lucas took piano lessons as a child from his mother, Francis Bradley Lucas, a concert pianist, eventually switching to bass and tuba at age 12. After moving to New York City in 1933, Lucas played with Kaiser Marshall, then joined the Royal Sunset Orchestra, where he played from 1933 to 1942. During the 1940s Lucas appeared on record with Hot Lips Page, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Heywood (1944–45), Duke Ellington (1945), Mary Lou Williams (1946), James P. Johnson, J.J. Johnson, Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, and Eddie South.

He toured and recorded with Illinois Jacquet from 1947 to 1953, recording in Detroit with Jacquet's all-star band which included Sonny Stitt, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Maurice Simon and Shadow Wilson before returning to play with Heywood again from 1954 to 1956. He also recorded in the 1950s with Ruby Braff, Charlie Byrd, and Teddy Wilson. He worked primarily as a studio musician in his last two decades, backing up groups at Apollo Theater performances, playing jazz only occasionally. Lucas died June 19, 1983, in New York City.