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Howard Alden
Howard Alden
American jazz guitarist
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Dan Barrett
Dan Barrett
American musician
2
Ken Peplowski
Ken Peplowski
American musician
3
Randy Sandke
Randy Sandke
American musician
4
George Masso
George Masso
American musician
5
Chris Flory
Chris Flory
American musician
6
Dennis Mackrel
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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Joel Helleny
Joel Helleny
American musician
8
James Chirillo
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
10
Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Frank Vignola
Frank Vignola
American guitarist
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Chuck Redd
Chuck Redd
American musician
15
Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff
American musician
16
Jon-Erik Kellso
Jon-Erik Kellso
American musician
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Harry Allen
Harry Allen
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Jake Hanna
Jake Hanna
American drummer
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Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
20
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
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Scott Robinson
Scott Robinson
American musician
22
Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Marty Grosz
Marty Grosz
American musician
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Dick Wellstood
Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
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Carl Jefferson
Carl Jefferson
American record producer
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
28
Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
29
George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
32
Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Don Thompson
Don Thompson
Canadian musician
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Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Rickey Woodard
Rickey Woodard
American jazz musician
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Mousey Alexander
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman
American jazz pianist and composer
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Peter Bernstein
Peter Bernstein
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
51
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Joe Beck
Joe Beck
American musician
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Joe Cohn
Joe Cohn
American musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
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Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
American jazz guitarist
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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Wayne Bergeron
Wayne Bergeron
American musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Chuck Berghofer
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Greg Gisbert
Greg Gisbert
American jazz musician
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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf
American jazz musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Dave Frishberg
Dave Frishberg
American musician
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
75
Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
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Jackie Kelso
Jackie Kelso
musician
78
Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
79
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
Chuck Wilson
American musician (1948-2018)

Chuck Wilson

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Charles Dee Wilson (July 31, 1948 – October 17, 2018) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Wilson began playing saxophone at age 11, and led his own trio while still in high school. He attended North Texas State University and spent much of his career in various big band ensembles. He was with Jerry Gray at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas around 1972, and following the leader's death in 1976, he played with Buddy Rich from 1977 to 1980. He did much studio work in New York City in the 1980s, on clarinet and flute in addition to saxophone. He played with Tito Puente in 1980–81, Gerry Mulligan from 1981 to 1989, Bob Wilber (1983), Loren Schoenberg (1984), Benny Goodman's last ensemble (1985–86), Buck Clayton (1986–90), and Walt Levinsky. He was with Howard Alden and Dan Barrett's quintet from 1985 to 1991.

He led his own group, Chuck Wilson and Friends, from 1996, which included Murray Wall, Alden, and Joel Helleny as sidemen.

Wilson died on October 17, 2018 at the age of 70 in New York City.