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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Darnell Howard
Darnell Howard
American musician
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Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton
American heavy metal bassist
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Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond
American recording artist; jazz musician
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
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Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Matty Malneck
Matty Malneck
American jazz bandleader, violinist, violist and songwriter
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Vernon Alley
Vernon Alley
American jazz bassist
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Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton
American musician
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Curtis Mosby
Curtis Mosby
American musician
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
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Beaten by Them
Beaten by Them
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Metallica
Metallica
American heavy metal band
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Turk Murphy
Turk Murphy
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller
American one-man band musician, songwriter
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Howard Wales
Howard Wales
American musician
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Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach
American musician (1917-1994)
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Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
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Eddie Marshall
Eddie Marshall
American drummer
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Jason Newsted
Jason Newsted
American musician
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
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Mel Powell
Mel Powell
American composer
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Mexican and American rock musician
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Jerry Hahn
Jerry Hahn
American musician
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Spencer Dryden
Spencer Dryden
American musician; rock drummer for a number of San Francisco-based bands
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Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
American recording artist and singer
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Skinnay Ennis
Skinnay Ennis
American jazz and pop music bandleader and singer
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Art Ryerson
Art Ryerson
American musician
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Marion Brown
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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Donald Bailey
Donald Bailey
American jazz drummer
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Ralph Sutton
Ralph Sutton
American pianist
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Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
American musician and member of the Grateful Dead
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
American musician
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Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
American guitarist
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett
American guitarist
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Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh
American musician
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
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Shep Shepherd
Shep Shepherd
American jazz musician
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Clancy Hayes
Clancy Hayes
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Al Casey
Al Casey
American jazz guitarist
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Steve Turre
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
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Lu Watters
Lu Watters
American mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, bandleader
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks
American singer-songwriter
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
Burt Bales
American musician

Burt Bales

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Burton Franklin Bales (April 20, 1916, Stevensville, Montana – October 26, 1989, San Francisco) was an American jazz stride pianist.

Bales began to play piano at age twelve, and played in hotels and nightclubs in California in the 1930s. He played regularly in San Francisco in the 1940s, with Lu Watters's Yerba Buena Jazz Band, but was drafted in 1943 and only recorded with that group on one brief session with Bunk Johnson. He was discharged for myopia and led his own band from 1943 to 1946 before taking an extended residency at San Francisco's 1018 Club. He played with Turk Murphy (1949–50), Bob Scobey, and Marty Marsala, then played mostly solo between 1954 and 1966; one of his regular gigs was at Pier 23. He recorded extensively for Good Time Jazz, Arhoolie, ABC-Paramount, and Euphonic.