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Bruce Ditmas
Bruce Ditmas
American musician
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Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
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Mary Halvorson
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
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The Loading Zone
The Loading Zone
American band
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
Jazz trio
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Ed Bickert
Ed Bickert
Canadian musician
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Ellery Eskelin
Ellery Eskelin
musician
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Dominique Pifarély
Dominique Pifarély
French musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Marc Copland
Marc Copland
American musician
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Dudu Pukwana
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
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Frank Wright
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
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Material
Material
American band led by Bill Laswell
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Phil Robson
Phil Robson
British Jazzmusician (Guitar)
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Chano Domínguez
Chano Domínguez
Spanish jazz musician
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Jeb Bishop
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Casiopea
Casiopea
Japanese jazz fusion band
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Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
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Rich Halley
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Steve Swell
Steve Swell
American musician
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Jimmy Bennington
Jimmy Bennington
American musician
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Cryptopsy
Cryptopsy
Canadian technical death metal band
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Olavi Louhivuori
Olavi Louhivuori
Finnish jazz drummer and composer
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Petter Wettre
Petter Wettre
Norwegian musician
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
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Harmen Fraanje
Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
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Borah Bergman
Borah Bergman
American pianist
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Melvin Rhyne
Melvin Rhyne
American jazz organist, best known for his work with Wes Montgomery (1936-2013)
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Morphine
Morphine
American alternative rock band
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David Grisman
David Grisman
Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner
Chris Kelsey
American musician

Chris Kelsey

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Chris Kelsey.

Chris Kelsey (born June 5, 1961) is an American-born jazz saxophonist, composer, music critic, and novelist. His music draws on bebop, free jazz, free improvisation, funk, and fusion, and is augmented by elements of non-tonal, contemporary classical music. His fiction is inspired by such crime writers as Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, and Dashiell Hammett. As a musician, Kelsey has worked almost exclusively as a leader of his own ensembles, usually trios and quartets. From the late 1980s his principal instrument has been soprano saxophone, though in recent years he has recorded and performed on tenor and alto, as well. Kelsey has recorded nearly twenty albums under his own name, many for the C.I.M.P. label. With rare exceptions, he has recorded and performed his own original compositions. His first novel, Where the Hurt Is, was published in 2018 by Black Rose Writing. As a critic, he has written for leading jazz publications and web sites, including Jazziz, JazzTimes, Cadence, AllMusic, and Jazz.com.