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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
2
Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
4
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
5
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
6
Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
7
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
8
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
9
Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
10
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
11
Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
12
Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd
American musician
13
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
14
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
15
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
16
Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
17
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
18
Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
19
Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
20
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
21
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
22
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
23
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
24
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
25
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
26
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
27
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
29
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
31
Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
32
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
34
Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
35
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
36
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
38
Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
45
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
49
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
51
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
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George Tucker
George Tucker
American musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
American pianist
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Skeeter Best
Skeeter Best
American musician
61
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
65
Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Larance Marable
Larance Marable
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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George Morrow
George Morrow
American jazz bassist
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
73
Al Hall
Al Hall
American musician
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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
75
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
76
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
78
Paul Chambers
Paul Chambers
American musician
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Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
81
Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
82
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
Bennie Green
American musician

Bennie Green

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Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and 1960s. According to critic Scott Yanow of Allmusic, Green's style straddled swing music and soul, making him one of the few trombonists of the 1950s and '60s uninfluenced by the pioneering sound of J.J. Johnson.

Green relocated to Las Vegas where he played in hotel bands for the last decade of his career, though he made occasional appearances at jazz festivals. He died on March 23, 1977.