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Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
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Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Robert Plant
English singer
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Kramer
American musician
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Otto Hardwick
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Claude Hopkins
American pianist
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Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Chick Webb
American musician
22
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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The Yardbirds
English band
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Buddy Tate
American musician
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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Budd Johnson
American musician
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Manny Albam
musician and composer
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John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Louis Metcalf
American musician
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Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Cream
1960s British rock supergroup
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Rube Bloom
American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
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Ice-T
American rapper, actor, songwriter, and producer
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Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Elmer Snowden
American musician
41
Michael Kamen
American film score composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician
42
New York Dolls
American rock band
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Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
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The Strokes
American rock band
45
Peter Criss
American drummer
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Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Joey Ramone
American musician and singer-songwriter
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Hayes Alvis
musician
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Jakob Dylan
American singer and songwriter
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Led Zeppelin
English rock band
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
57
The Heartbreakers
American punk band
58
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
60
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
64
Allman Brothers Band
American rock/blues band
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Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
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David Lee Roth
American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, author, artist, radio personality; lead singer of Van Halen
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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The Band
rock band from Toronto
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Ray Draper
American musician
70
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Robbie Robertson
Canadian recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Television
American post-punk band
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Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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The B-52's
American rock band
77
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
78
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
79
Héctor Lavoe
Puerto Rican salsa singer
80
Elmo Hope
American musician
81
Ramones
American punk rock band
82
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
83
Blackie Lawless
American singer, musician, and songwriter
