Claydes Charles Smith (September 6, 1948 – June 20, 2006) was an American musician best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of the group Kool & the Gang.
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Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
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Ronald Bell
American musician
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Robert Bell
American musician
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Johnny Smith
American jazz guitarist
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George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Larry Young
American jazz musician
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Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Eumir Deodato
Brazilian musician
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Bucky Pizzarelli
American Jazz guitarist
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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Chico Hamilton
American musician
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Bill Frisell
American musician
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J. Geils
American musician
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Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Al Di Meola
American guitarist
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Joe Pass
American musician
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Joe Morello
American jazz drummer
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Joe Gallivan
American musician
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James Moody
American jazz musician
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Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Willie "The Lion" Smith
American musician
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Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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James "J.T." Taylor
American singer and actor; member of Kool & the Gang
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Gábor Szabó
Hungarian musician
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Bobby Broom
American musician
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David S. Ware
jazz musician
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The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
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Kay Gees
American musical group, active from 1974 to 1978
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Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Frank D'Rone
American jazz singer and guitarist
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Alexis Korner
British blues musician and radio broadcaster
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Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
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Bob Carter
American bassist
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Charlie Byrd
American guitarist
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Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Buddy Collette
American musician
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Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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DJ Kool Herc
Jamaican DJ
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Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio