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Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
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Chris Speed
Chris Speed
American musician
2
Mark Helias
Mark Helias
American musician
3
Drew Gress
Drew Gress
American musician
4
Butch Morris
Butch Morris
American cornetist
5
Herb Robertson
Herb Robertson
American musician
6
Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
8
William Parker
William Parker
American jazz musician
9
Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann
German composer and vocalist
10
John Wolf Brennan
John Wolf Brennan
Irish-Swiss pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer
11
Hank Roberts
Hank Roberts
American cellist
12
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Ari Brown
Ari Brown
American musician
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
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Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
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Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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Tony Malaby
Tony Malaby
American musician
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Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Patrick Zimmerli
Patrick Zimmerli
American musician and composer (born 1968)
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Bjørn Alterhaug
Bjørn Alterhaug
Bass player
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Reggie Nicholson
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
25
Ben Monder
Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
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Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Jaribu Shahid
Jaribu Shahid
American jazz bassist
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Gene Harris
Gene Harris
American pianist
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Michael Blake
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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William Winant
William Winant
American percussionist
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Mark Turner
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
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Joe LaBarbera
Joe LaBarbera
American musician
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Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Stomu Takeishi
Stomu Takeishi
Japanese musician
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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
51
Bill Crow
Bill Crow
American bassist
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John Carter
John Carter
American jazz musician
53
Pierre Dørge
Pierre Dørge
Danish avant-garde jazz guitarist, bandleader and composer
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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Jon Hassell
Jon Hassell
American trumpeter
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Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
American musician
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
63
John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Rashied Ali
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
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Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
71
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
American musician
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin
musician
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Han Bennink
Han Bennink
Dutch musician
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Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
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Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
American musician
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
Andy Laster
American musician and clarinetist

Andy Laster

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American musician and clarinetist
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Andrew Jay Laster (born May 25, 1961 in Bethpage, New York) is an American jazz saxophonist.

Laster studied early in his career with Joe Dixon and Dave Burns, both in the 1970s; he lived in Seattle in the early 1980s, where he attended Cornish College of the Arts and played local gigs. He relocated to New York City later in the 1980s, and played saxophone on Lyle Lovett's albums and tours between 1989 and 1995. In the 1990s he became increasingly visible as a jazz musician, working with the groups New and Used and Orange Then Blue, as well as with Marty Ehrlich, Erik Friedlander, Phil Haynes, Mark Helias, and Bobby Previte. As a leader, he has had sidemen including Friedlander, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Herb Robertson, Cuong Vu, and Kenny Wolleson.