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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Horace Ott
Horace Ott
American musician
2
Jerry Jemmott
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
3
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
4
Richard Tee
Richard Tee
American musician
5
Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
6
Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
7
Gene Orloff
Gene Orloff
American musician
8
King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
9
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
American musician
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Bob Bushnell
Bob Bushnell
musician
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
15
Skeeter Best
Skeeter Best
American musician
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
19
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
20
Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
21
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
22
Ricky Ford
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
24
Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
25
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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David Matthews
David Matthews
American musician
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Houston Person
Houston Person
American saxophonist
31
Patti Bown
Patti Bown
American musician
32
Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
33
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
35
Kiane Zawadi
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
36
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
37
Sticks Evans
Sticks Evans
musician
38
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
39
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
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Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
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Hal Mooney
Hal Mooney
American composer
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
43
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Tate Houston
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
45
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman
American musician
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Lou Marini
Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
51
Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Bond
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
54
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
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Avery Sharpe
Avery Sharpe
American musician
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Bill Henderson
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken
American session musician
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
61
Rickey Woodard
Rickey Woodard
American jazz musician
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
63
Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Herman Wright
Herman Wright
American jazz musician
66
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
Buddy Lucas
American musician

Buddy Lucas

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American musician
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Music

Alonza Westbrook "Buddy" Lucas (16 August 1914 – 18 March 1983), was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, who is possibly more famous for his session work on harmonica.

As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of "Big" Buddy Lucas.

As a session musician, he recorded with Horace Silver, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Titus Turner The Rascals, Yusef Lateef, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others. He also played sax on Dion and The Belmonts' Laurie recordings.

He was born in Rockville, Alabama, and died in Stamford, Connecticut, aged 68.