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Gil Scott-Heron
American musician, poet and author
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Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
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Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
3
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
4
Toninho Horta
Brazilian musician
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Mandrill
American funk band from Brooklyn, New York
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Najee
American musician
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Billy Harper
American musician
9
Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
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Ralph Penland
American drummer and musician
12
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
13
Paul Jackson
American musician
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Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Derrick Hodge
American musician
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
American musician
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Clive Davis
American record producer and music executive
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Brian Setzer
American singer
21
Reggie Lucas
American musician
22
L.A. Reid
American record executive and producer
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Miles Jaye
American musician
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M-1
American rapper
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Don Blackman
Prodigious jazz-funk pianist, versatile recording artist, performed with Parliament Funkadelic
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Tonto's Expanding Head Band
British-American electronic music duo
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David Binney
American musician
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Gregory Porter
American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor
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Eric Gale
American musician
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Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
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Pete Levin
American musician
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Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Breakwater
American soul musical group
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John Klemmer
American musician
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Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Ronnie Laws
jazz musician
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Tom Waits
American singer-songwriter and actor
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Ray Draper
American musician
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Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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Joe Beck
American musician
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Jamie xx
British record producer, DJ and composer
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Don Grusin
American musician
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Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
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Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Howard Johnson
American musician
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Louis Johnson
American bass guitarist, songwriter
