Avo Uvezian (March 22, 1926 in Beirut, French Lebanon – March 24, 2017) was an Armenian-American cigar manufacturer, jazz pianist and composer.
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Bert Kaempfert
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Uri Caine
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Chet Baker
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Matt Dennis
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Frank Sinatra
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Walter Gross
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Nat King Cole
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Hank Jones
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Charles Singleton
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Frank Sinatra, Jr.
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Buddy Rich
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Armando Peraza
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George Avakian
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Tarik Shah
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Buddy Collette
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Quincy Jones
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Gordon Jenkins
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Count Basie
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Ray Heindorf
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Freddie Hubbard
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Edwin Finckel
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Billy Strayhorn
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Marc Secara
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Randy Waldman
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Sacha Distel
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Roger Williams
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
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Leo Mathisen
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Thelonious Monk
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Ahmad Jamal
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Theo Croker
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Sidney Bechet
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Harry James
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John Coates Jr.
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Charlie Haden
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Andrzej Trzaskowski
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Niki Haris
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Tommy Dorsey
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Monty Alexander
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Mel Tormé
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Buddy Greco
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Mitch Miller
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Bobby Caldwell
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Oscar Peterson
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Buck Clayton
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