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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Lorez Alexandria
American musician
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Bernie Hanighen
American songwriter
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Kay Starr
American singer
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Ervin Drake
American songwriter (1919-2015)
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Sonny White
American jazz musician
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Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist
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Al Hibbler
American baritone vocalist
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Anita O'Day
American jazz singer
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Della Griffin
American singer
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Mary Stallings
American singer
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Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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The Boswell Sisters
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age
