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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Ernie Henry
Ernie Henry
American musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Fats Navarro
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
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Specs Wright
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Wade Legge
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd
American musician
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Leo Parker
Leo Parker
American musician
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Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
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Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
American pianist
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
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Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins
American musician
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Tate Houston
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Freddie Redd
Freddie Redd
American pianist
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist

Cecil Payne

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American jazz saxophonist
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Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston, in addition to his solo work as bandleader.