Benjamin Alexander Riley Jr. (July 17, 1933 – November 18, 2017) was an American jazz drummer known for his work with Thelonious Monk, as well as Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, and as a member of the group Sphere. During the 1970s and 1980s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet.
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Larry Gales
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Les Spann
American guitarist
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Keter Betts
American jazz musician
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Harold Land
American musician
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John Ore
American musician
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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George Tucker
American musician
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Ray Copeland
American musician
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Lex Humphries
American drummer
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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Junior Mance
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Bill Hardman
American musician
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Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Bob Northern
American jazz musician