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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
2
Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
3
Bill Doggett
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
4
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
5
Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
6
Frankie Dunlop
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
7
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
8
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
9
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
10
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
11
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
12
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
14
Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
15
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
17
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bubba Brooks
Bubba Brooks
American musician
20
Bobby Durham
Bobby Durham
American musician
21
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
22
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
23
Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
26
Leroy Williams
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson
American musician
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Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
32
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
American band led by Louis Jordan
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
36
Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Larry Gales
Larry Gales
American musician
45
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Montego Joe
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
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Kevin Toney
Kevin Toney
American composer
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Harold Ashby
Harold Ashby
American musician
49
Eddie Vinson
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Willie Ruff
Willie Ruff
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Hal Singer
Hal Singer
American musician
64
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Ray Draper
Ray Draper
American musician
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
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Don Patterson
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
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Don Byron
Don Byron
American musician
74
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
75
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer

Chris Columbus

Intro
American jazz drummer
Genres
Music

Joseph Christopher Columbus Morris (June 17, 1902 – August 20, 2002), better known as Crazy Chris Columbo or just Chris Columbo, was an American jazz drummer. He was sometimes credited as Joe Morris on record, though he is no relation to free jazz guitarist Joe Morris or trumpeter Joe Morris.