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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Mel Powell
Mel Powell
American composer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman
American jazz pianist and composer
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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The Charleston Chasers
The Charleston Chasers
series of recording groups that did not exist outside of the studios
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Fred Van Eps
Fred Van Eps
American banjoist
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Derek Smith
Derek Smith
British musician
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Tony Parenti
Tony Parenti
American musician
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Johnny Guarnieri
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
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Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Rube Bloom
Rube Bloom
American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
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Terry Waldo
Terry Waldo
American musician
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Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Miff Mole
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray
American musician
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Adrian Rollini
Adrian Rollini
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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George Avakian
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Earl Washington
Earl Washington
American musician
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Reginald Foresythe
Reginald Foresythe
British musician
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Jimmy Blythe
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Dave Barbour
Dave Barbour
American jazz guitarist
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John Bunch
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Tom Ranier
Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
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Billy Maxted
Billy Maxted
American musician
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Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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John Hammond
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Joe Bushkin
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Walt Levinsky
Walt Levinsky
American musician
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Mike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne
American musician
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Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Remo Palmier
Remo Palmier
American jazz guitarist
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
Arthur Schutt
American pianist

Arthur Schutt

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Arthur Schutt (1902-1965).

Arthur Schutt (Born Reading, Pennsylvania - November 21, 1902. Died San Francisco, California - January 28, 1965) was an American jazz pianist and arranger.

Schutt learned piano from his father, and accompanied silent films as a teenager in the 1910s. He was playing in a movie palace in 1918 when Paul Specht hired him to play in a band; he worked for Specht until 1924, including during a tour of Europe in 1923. He held positions with Roger Wolfe Kahn and Don Voorhees, and became a prolific studio pianist, recording with Fred Rich, Nat Shilkret, Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, and the Charleston Chasers. From 1926-29 and again in 1931 he played with Red Nichols; he also recorded with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey's orchestra (1928–31), and Benny Goodman. He recorded under his own name in 1929-30 as a bandleader.

Schutt receded from jazz in the 1930s, though he did play with Bud Freeman in 1939. He spent much of the 1940s and 1950s working in the Hollywood recording studios.

Schutt composed a jazz tune "Delirium" in 1927, which was widely recorded and enjoyed a fair amount of popularity. In 1934, Schutt co-wrote "Georgia Jubilee" with Benny Goodman which, while a hit, was also recorded by Isham Jones's band. Schutt also composed the ragtime "piano novelty" piece "Bluin' the Black Keys", considered one of the most difficult traditional, period rags ever written.