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Jerry Granelli
American-born Canadian jazz drummer
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Vince Guaraldi
American jazz pianist and composer (1928-1976)
2
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
3
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
4
James Moody
American jazz musician
5
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
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Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
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Colin Bailey
British musician
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Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
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Larry Vuckovich
American jazz pianist from Yugoslavia (born 1936)
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Rudy Collins
American musician
12
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
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Flora Purim
Brazilian jazz singer
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Ron Crotty
American guitarist
19
Chuck Redd
American musician
20
Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)
21
Roberta Gambarini
Italian singer
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Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
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Johnny Alf
Brazilian pianist
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Remo Palmier
American jazz guitarist
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
27
Mary Osborne
American musician
28
David Friesen
American jazz bassist
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Milt Jackson
American musician
30
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt
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Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
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Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
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George Winston
American recording artist; pianist
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Stuff Smith
American musician
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Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Baden Powell
Brazilian musician
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
45
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
musician
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Mary Stallings
American singer
47
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
48
Conte Candoli
American musician
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
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Dale Barlow
Australian musician
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John Fahey
1939–2001; American fingerstyle guitarist
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Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
