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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Gene Roland
American composer
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A. K. Salim
American musician
3
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
4
Shad Collins
American musician
5
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
6
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Edgar Battle
American musician
8
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
10
Nat Pierce
American musician
11
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
12
Joe Newman
American musician
13
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
17
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Al Porcino
American musician
19
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
21
Eddie Durham
American musician
22
Manny Albam
musician and composer
23
Speedy Jones
American drummer
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
25
Sam Donahue
American musician
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Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
28
Henry Coker
American musician
29
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
31
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
32
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Eddie Barefield
American musician
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Emmett Berry
American musician
38
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
39
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Gus Johnson
American musician
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Gene Ramey
American musician
44
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
45
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
46
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie Jones
American musician
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George Duvivier
American musician
51
Frank Rehak
American musician
52
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
54
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Snooky Young
American musician
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Budd Johnson
American musician
57
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
60
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
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Sammy Nestico
American composer and arranger
62
Preston Love
American saxophonist
63
Dick Vance
American musician
64
Buddy Tate
American musician
65
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
67
Herbie Jones
American musician
68
Kay Starr
American singer
69
Bob Florence
American jazz arranger and pianist
70
Don Byas
American musician
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Rudy Rutherford
72
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
