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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
2
Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
3
Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
4
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
5
Larry Shields
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
6
George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
7
Minor Hall
Minor Hall
American musician
8
Mary Osborne
Mary Osborne
American musician
9
Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
10
C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
American musician
11
Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
12
King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
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Kid Rena
Kid Rena
American musician
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
21
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Big Bill Bissonnette
Big Bill Bissonnette
Jazz trombonist and record producer
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Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
26
Alvin Tyler
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
27
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Don Albert
Don Albert
Trumpeter, bandleader
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Kid Howard
Kid Howard
American musician
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Leroy Jones
Leroy Jones
American musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
32
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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George Porter
George Porter
American musician
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George Baquet
George Baquet
American musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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James Booker
James Booker
American musician
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Darnell Howard
Darnell Howard
American musician
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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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John Boudreaux Jr.
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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Monk Hazel
Monk Hazel
American musician
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Joe Pass
Joe Pass
American musician
51
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Nappy Lamare
Nappy Lamare
American musician
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Emmett Hardy
Emmett Hardy
American musician
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Al Morgan
Al Morgan
American musician
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Herb Morand
Herb Morand
American musician
61
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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George Melly
George Melly
English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer
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Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
American musician
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Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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George Guesnon
George Guesnon
American musician
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Connie Jones
Connie Jones
American musician
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The Meters
The Meters
American funk band
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Joseph Petit
Joseph Petit
American musician
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton
American musician
73
Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
Andy Blakeney
American musician

Andy Blakeney

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Andy Blakeney (June 10, 1898, Quitman, Mississippi – February 12, 1992, Baldwin Park, California) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was a fixture of the New Orleans jazz scene for decades.

Blakeney played briefly for King Oliver and Doc Cook in Chicago in 1925. He moved to California in 1926, where he played with Sonny Clay and Reb Spikes, including on records. He worked in Los Angeles in the 1930s with Les Hite and Lionel Hampton, then played in Monk McFay's band in Hawaii in 1935–39 and led his own band for a time thereafter. In 1941 he returned to the continental United States, playing with Ceele Burke (1942–46), Horace Henderson (1946), and Kid Ory (1947). He led his own Dixieland outfits in California through the 1950s, but didn't record with any of them.

In the 1960s Blakeney played with the Young Men of New Orleans, in the 1970s with the Legends of Jazz, and in the 1980s with the Eagle Brass Band. He was still active almost up until the time of his death in 1992.