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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Booty Wood
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
3
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
4
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Crawford
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
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Dennis Mackrel
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Paul Jeffrey
Paul Jeffrey
American musician
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Pekka Sarmanto
Pekka Sarmanto
Finnish musician
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Åke Persson
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Leo Wright
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
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Bill Potts
Bill Potts
American musician
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Dicky Wells
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
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Rubberlegs Williams
Rubberlegs Williams
American jazz musician
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Mike Longo
Mike Longo
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Mousey Alexander
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
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George Matthews
George Matthews
American musician
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
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Robin Kenyatta
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Barbara Morrison
Barbara Morrison
American singer
Chris Woods
American jazz saxophonist

Chris Woods

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Chris Woods (December 25, 1925, Memphis, Tennessee – July 4, 1985, New York City) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Woods played locally in Memphis early in his career before moving to St. Louis to play with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and trumpeter George Hudson. He then joined Tommy Dean's combo, recording with them for Town and Country, Miracle, and States. Striking out on his own, he first recorded as a leader in 1953 for United Records. In 1962 he moved to New York, where he played with Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Sy Oliver, and Ted Curson. He continued working with Terry into the 1970s, playing flute at times in his Big Bad Band. Jim McNeely played as a sideman on his 1978 release for Delmark Records. In 1983 he began playing in the Count Basie Orchestra, where he worked until his death in 1985.