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Frederick Fennell
American conductor
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Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
2
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
3
Bernard Rands
British composer
4
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
5
Steven Reineke
American conductor
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
7
Gerard Schwarz
American conductor
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Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Christopher Rouse
American composer
10
Ernie Hammes
jazz musician
11
Kye Palmer
American musician
12
Joseph Schwantner
American composer
13
William Motzing
Composer, conductor, arranger
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Ted Rosenthal
American musician
15
Conte Candoli
American musician
16
Anne Akiko Meyers
American concert violinist
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
20
Alex Iles
American musician
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Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
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Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Walter Hendl
American conductor
25
Brian Torff
American musician
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John Harbison
American composer
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John Oddo
American pianist
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Dana Wilson
American composer, jazz pianist, and teacher
