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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Earl Bostic
Earl Bostic
American musician
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Gary Foster
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
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Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham
American musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Lenny Hambro
Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Gabe Baltazar
Gabe Baltazar
American musician
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Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Eric Marienthal
Eric Marienthal
American musician
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Willie Smith
Willie Smith
American musician
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African Jazz Pioneers
African Jazz Pioneers
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
American musician
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Lyons
Jimmy Lyons
American jazz saxophonist
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Tony Campise
Tony Campise
American musician
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Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Joe Houston
Joe Houston
American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Ronnie Ross
Ronnie Ross
Jazz saxophonist
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Cleveland Eaton
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist

Buster Smith

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Jazz alto saxophonist
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Henry Franklin "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s.

Smith played saxophone for a number of prominent band leaders including Duke Ellington and Earl Hines as well as vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. He recorded his only album as leader in 1959 and despite intending to record a follow-up, he was injured in an accident and nothing else was released.