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Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Eric Reed
Eric Reed
American musician
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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Lewis Nash
Lewis Nash
American drummer
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Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford
American musician
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Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott
American musician
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Vincent Herring
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
American musician
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Ron Blake
Ron Blake
Puerto Rican musician
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
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Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
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Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley
American musician
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Reuben Rogers
Reuben Rogers
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Marvin Smith
Marvin Smith
American musician
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Victor Goines
Victor Goines
American musician
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Don Braden
Don Braden
American musician
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Craig Handy
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
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Russell Malone
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
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Javon Jackson
Javon Jackson
American musician
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Eric Harland
Eric Harland
American musician
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Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
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Mark Sherman
Mark Sherman
American musician
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Nat Reeves
Nat Reeves
American musician
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Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Nasheet Waits
Nasheet Waits
American musician
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Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Lage Lund
Lage Lund
Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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James Carter
James Carter
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Rodney Jones
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Joe Farnsworth
Joe Farnsworth
American musician
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Robert Hurst
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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James Genus
James Genus
American musician
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David Kikoski
David Kikoski
American musician
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
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Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Steve Davis
Steve Davis
American musician
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Mike Moreno
Mike Moreno
A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.
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Kevin Hays
Kevin Hays
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Michael Carvin
Michael Carvin
American musician
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David Williams
David Williams
American jazz musician
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Steve LaSpina
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
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Aaron Diehl
Aaron Diehl
American jazz pianist
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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
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Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden
American musician
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Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz
American musician
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Mark Whitfield
Mark Whitfield
American musician
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Doug Wamble
Doug Wamble
American musician
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Luciana Souza
Luciana Souza
Brazilian singer
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Benny Green
Benny Green
American musician
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Marcus Strickland
Marcus Strickland
American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor
American musician
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer

Carl Allen

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Carl Allen (born April 25, 1961) is an American jazz drummer.

Allen attended William Paterson University.

He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman, Phil Woods, the Benny Green Trio and Rickie Lee Jones.

It was with Green that Allen met bassist Christian McBride. The two have teamed up frequently, working for many combos of big name leaders. McBride recruited Allen for his band, Christian McBride & Inside Straight. Allen is that quintet's drummer for both its first recording, Kinda Brown, and its road tours.

In 1988 Allen and Vincent Herring founded Big Apple Productions, which produced several albums featuring young jazz performers.

He joined the faculty of The Juilliard School in 2001, and became the Artistic Director of Jazz Studies in 2008. He was replaced as director by Wynton Marsalis in 2013, and left Juilliard at the end of the academic year.

In 2011, Allen appeared as himself in two episodes of the HBO series Tremé, in a studio recording scene in New York City.

In 2014, he formed his own group, The Art of Elvin to pay tribute to Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. The band debuted at the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) conference in Indianapolis, Indiana with Allen on drums, Freddie Hendrix (trumpet), Tivon Pennicott (tenor sax), Xavier Davis (piano), Yasushi Nakamura (bass).