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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Harold Ashby
Harold Ashby
American musician
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Edgar Sampson
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Howard E. Johnson
Howard E. Johnson
(1908 - 1991) American musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Buster Smith
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Eddie Chamblee
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Kirk Whalum
Kirk Whalum
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Johnny Guarnieri
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Paul Jeffrey
Paul Jeffrey
American musician
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Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
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Michael Blake
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Mickey Baker
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
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Alfred Ellis
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Red Saunders
Red Saunders
American musician
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Matty Matlock
Matty Matlock
American musician
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Brew Moore
Brew Moore
American musician
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Paul Williams
Paul Williams
US blues and R&B saxophone player and composer
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Sadik Hakim
Sadik Hakim
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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George Wallington
George Wallington
American musician
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James Williams
James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Rudy Williams
Rudy Williams
American musician
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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Russ Lossing
Russ Lossing
American jazz musician
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Tommy Campbell
Tommy Campbell
American drummer
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Dud Bascomb
Dud Bascomb
American musician
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Jack Brokensha
Jack Brokensha
jazz musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Marc Copland
Marc Copland
American musician
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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David S. Ware
David S. Ware
jazz musician
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
Ben Smith
American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist

Ben Smith

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American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist
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Benjamin J. Smith (born March 1, 1905, date of death unknown) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He was born in Memphis.