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Dave Bargeron
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Leon Lee Dorsey
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Randy Brecker
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
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David Sanborn
David Sanborn
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Henry Lowther
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
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Larry Gray
Larry Gray
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
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Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
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Lou Marini
Lou Marini
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Don Elliott
Don Elliott
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Pete Levin
Pete Levin
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Joe Roccisano
Joe Roccisano
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Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
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Tim Hagans
Tim Hagans
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Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
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Guy Barker
Guy Barker
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Harry Lookofsky
Harry Lookofsky
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
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Al Grey
Al Grey
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Jim Snidero
Jim Snidero
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Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
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Rufus Reid
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Charles Blenzig
American musician

Charles Blenzig

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Charles Blenzig (born August 12, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator.

In the mid 1980s Blenzig joined the Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra that performed weekly at Sweet basil Jazz Club. Blenzig has performed with Michael Brecker, Marcus Miller, Bill Evans, Hiram Bullock, Lew Soloff, Kenwood Dennard, Eddie Gómez, Dave Weckl, Joe Locke, Harvey Mason, Joe Beck, and Italian rapper Jovanotti

He has been musical director for singer-songwriter Michael Franks since 1990 and for Latin jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri. He has toured extensively throughout the world as a leader and sideman, including South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Republic of Georgia, Europe, and Korea.

He is a member of the Purchase Conservatory Jazz Department faculty with Jon Faddis, Hal Galper, and Todd Coolman.