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Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Irwin Kostal
American conductor
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Bennie Green
American musician
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Hayes Alvis
musician
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Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Reginald Foresythe
British musician
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Edgar Battle
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
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Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
