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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Gene Roland
Gene Roland
American composer
2
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
3
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
4
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
5
Stan Levey
Stan Levey
American musician
6
Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
7
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
8
Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca
American musician
9
Tony Aless
Tony Aless
Jazz pianist
10
Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
11
Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
12
Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
13
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
14
Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
15
Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray
American musician
16
Lou Levy
Lou Levy
American pianist and jazz musician
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Brew Moore
Brew Moore
American musician
18
Tiny Kahn
Tiny Kahn
American drummer
19
Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
20
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
21
Irv Kluger
Irv Kluger
Irv is a Past Vice President of Las Vegas Local 369 of the American Federation of Musicians. Irv played a key role in developing a pension plan for union musicians in Las Vegas.
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
25
Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
32
Jack Brokensha
Jack Brokensha
jazz musician
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Chuck Flores
Chuck Flores
American jazz drummer
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
35
Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
37
Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
38
Monty Budwig
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Dave Tough
Dave Tough
American drummer
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Teddy Kotick
Teddy Kotick
American musician
49
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
50
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
51
Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
American musician
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Jack Montrose
Jack Montrose
American musician
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
61
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American musician
72
A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
74
Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
75
Earl Swope
Earl Swope
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Albert Dailey
Albert Dailey
American musician
78
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
81
Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Serge Chaloff
Serge Chaloff
American musician
84
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
Art Mardigan
American musician

Art Mardigan

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American musician
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Music

Art Mardigian (February 12, 1923, Detroit - June 6, 1977, Detroit), better known as Art Mardigan, was an American jazz drummer.

Mardigan played with Tommy Reynolds in 1942 and served in the Army in 1943-44. After his discharge he worked extensively on the New York City jazz scene, playing and recording with Georgie Auld, Charlie Parker, Allen Eager, Dexter Gordon, Kai Winding, Wardell Gray, and Fats Navarro.

In 1948, he was hired by Phil Hill to join his bebop trio, with Abe Woodly on vibraphone, as the first house band at Detroit's Blue Bird Inn jazz club. The following year, Hill and Mardigan were joined by Wardell Gray, James “Beans” Richardson on bass and Jack Tiant on bongos, and, as the Phil Hill Quintet, recorded a live album on July 20, 1949. The following April, the Wardell Gray Quartet, with Hill, Richardson and Mardigan recorded for Prestige.

In the 1950s he toured with Woody Herman and Pete Rugolo; he recorded as a leader of a sextet which included Al Cohn in 1954 for The Jazz School. He recorded with Stan Getz in 1954 and then moved back to his birthplace of Detroit. There he played with Jack Brokensha in 1963 and also worked at the Roostertail nightclub in the Johnny Trudell band, and returned to work with Getz near the end of his life.