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Dorothy Ashby
Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
2
Terry Pollard
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
3
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
4
Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
5
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
6
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
8
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
9
Alec Wilder
Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
10
Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
11
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
13
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Sam Sadigursky
Sam Sadigursky
jazz musician
15
Patti Bown
Patti Bown
American musician
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Carla Bley
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
18
Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
19
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
20
Lorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
21
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
22
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
24
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
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Betty Carter
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams
American singer
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
32
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
33
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Jack Brokensha
Jack Brokensha
jazz musician
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
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Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Norah Jones
Norah Jones
American singer, songwriter and pianist
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Nancy Harrow
Nancy Harrow
American jazz singer
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Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
46
Joe Harriott
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
47
Jeri Southern
Jeri Southern
American singer
48
André Previn
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
49
Joe Castro
Joe Castro
American musician
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Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
51
Emily Bear
Emily Bear
American child composer and pianist
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Gordon Beck
Gordon Beck
British musician
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Sallie Blair
Sallie Blair
American singer
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Herman Wright
Herman Wright
American jazz musician
61
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American musician
63
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Ann Richards
Ann Richards
American singer
65
Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer
British singer (1900-1984)
66
Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
69
Laura Lee
Laura Lee
American singer
70
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
71
Roxanne Seeman
Roxanne Seeman
American songwriter
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Don Rendell
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
73
Dakota Staton
Dakota Staton
American jazz vocalist
74
John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
75
Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
76
Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway
American singer
Bess Bonnier
American musician and pianist

Bess Bonnier

Intro
American musician and pianist
Genres
Music

Bess Bonnier (born 26 May 1928 in Detroit; died 6 October 2011 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) was an American jazz pianist, composer and music educator.