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Fernando Arbello
Fernando Arbello
American musician
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Mills Blue Rhythm Band
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
2
Ed Cuffee
Ed Cuffee
American musician
3
Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
4
Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
5
Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
6
Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
7
Bert Lown
Bert Lown
American musician
8
Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
9
Vincent Rose
Vincent Rose
Italian-born American violinist, pianist, composer, and bandleader
10
Hugo Rignold
Hugo Rignold
British conductor
11
Arnett Nelson
Arnett Nelson
American jazz and blues musician
12
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
13
Carroll Gibbons
Carroll Gibbons
American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England
14
Richard Davis
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
15
Glen Gray
Glen Gray
American musician
16
Gus Bivona
Gus Bivona
American musician
17
Skitch Henderson
Skitch Henderson
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918-2005)
18
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
19
Jack Butler
Jack Butler
American musician
20
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
21
Percival Mackey
Percival Mackey
British composer
22
Billie Pierce
Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
23
Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
24
Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
25
Zinky Cohn
Zinky Cohn
American musician
26
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
27
John Kirby
John Kirby
jazz bassist
28
Walter Gross
Walter Gross
American musician
29
Walter Thomas
Walter Thomas
American saxophonist
30
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
31
Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
32
Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly
Mozambican-born South African-British vocalist and jazz guitarist
33
Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
34
Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
35
Jack Gardner
Jack Gardner
American musician
36
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Gus Viseur
Gus Viseur
French musician
38
Johnny Burke
Johnny Burke
American lyricist
39
Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
40
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Ferde Grofé
Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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George E. Lee
George E. Lee
American musician
43
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Abe Lyman
Abe Lyman
Big Band Leader
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Alphonse Trent
Alphonse Trent
American musician
46
Seger Ellis
Seger Ellis
American musician
47
Joe Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
American musician
48
Sonny Clay
Sonny Clay
American musician
49
Cyril Blake
Cyril Blake
Trinidad and Tobago musician
50
Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
51
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
52
Eddie Heywood
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Buddy Cole
Buddy Cole
American jazz pianist and orchestra leader
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Johnny Guarnieri
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
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Phil Napoleon
Phil Napoleon
American jazz musician
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Elmer Snowden
Elmer Snowden
American musician
58
Teddy Bunn
Teddy Bunn
American musician
59
Alix Combelle
Alix Combelle
French musician
60
Herb Wiedoeft
Herb Wiedoeft
German-born American musician
61
Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
62
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
63
Fess Williams
Fess Williams
American musician
64
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
65
Joe Loss
Joe Loss
British musician
66
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
67
Lew Stone
Lew Stone
British bandleader and arranger
Bingie Madison
American musician

Bingie Madison

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American musician
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Music

Bingie Madison (1902–1978) was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.

Madison began his career as a pianist, working first out of Des Moines, Iowa, and then touring Canada and California in 1921. He played with Bobby Brown (1922–25) and Bernie Davis in the 1920s as a pianist, then switched to reeds permanently, playing with Cliff Jackson, Lew Henry, Elmer Snowden, Sam Wooding, Lucky Millinder, and Billy Fowler in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He led the Mills Blue Rhythm Band in 1930, and in 1932 he joined Luis Russell's orchestra, remaining there until 1940 (including during its period as Louis Armstrong's backing band). In the 1940s he played with Edgar Hayes, Ovie Alston, Alberto Socarras, and Hank Duncan. Madison led his own groups into the 1960s but never recorded a session as a leader, although there is a handful of records fronted by Clarence Williams that used Madison's Orchestra.