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Chu Berry

American musician

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Teddy Wilson

American pianist (1912-1986)

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Howard McGhee

American trumpeter

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Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

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Allan Reuss

American jazz guitarist

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Lester Young

American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist

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Count Basie

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)

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Charlie Shavers

jazz trumpeter

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Red Mitchell

American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet

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Don Byas

American musician

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Walter Gross

American musician

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Dexter Gordon

American jazz tenor saxophonist

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Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

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Ben Webster

American saxophonist

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Charles Davis

American musician

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Paul Quinichette

American saxophonist and jazz musician

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Lionel Hampton

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)

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Guy Barker

British composer and musician

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Red Holloway

American jazz tenor saxophonist

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Pinetop Smith

American boogie-woogie style blues pianist

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Hymie Shertzer

American musician

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Tete Montoliu

Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)

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Dave Barbour

American jazz guitarist

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Joe Evans

American saxophonist

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Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

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Billie Holiday

American jazz singer

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Ted Nash

American musician

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Gerald Wilson

American trumpetist (1918-2014)

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Woody Herman

American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader

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Jimmy Witherspoon

American jump blues singer

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Eddie Heywood

American jazz pianist, songwriter

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Claude Thornhill

American pianist, composer and arranger

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Claus Ogerman

German composer

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Nat Adderley

American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player

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Monk Montgomery

American jazz bassist

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Benny Goodman

American jazz musician, band leader

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Tom Archia

American musician

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Harold Ousley

American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist

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Buddy DeFranco

American jazz clarinetist and bandleader

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Count Basie Orchestra

American big band led by Count Basie

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George Bohanon

American musician

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Hampton Hawes

American jazz pianist

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Slide Hampton

American trombonist

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Benny Carter

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)

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Bob Wilber

jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States

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Jimmy Dorsey

American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey

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Carson Smith

American musician

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Sidney Bechet

American jazz musician

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Fletcher Henderson

American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer

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A. K. Salim

American musician

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Benny Golson

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)

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Billy Bauer

American jazz guitarist