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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
3
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
4
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
5
Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
6
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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Rolf Ericson
Rolf Ericson
Swedish musician
8
Herbie Haymer
Herbie Haymer
American musician
9
Joe Haymes
Joe Haymes
American musician
10
Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
11
Al Klink
Al Klink
American musician
12
Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
13
Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley
American musician
14
Dave Tough
Dave Tough
American drummer
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Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
American musician
16
Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
18
Tommy Pederson
Tommy Pederson
American musician
19
Johnny Best
Johnny Best
American musician
20
Bob Eberly
Bob Eberly
American singer, vocalist
21
Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
22
Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
23
Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
24
Sonny Russo
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
26
Nat Jaffe
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
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Billy Butterfield
Billy Butterfield
American musician
28
Sammy Kaye
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician
29
Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Charlie Teagarden
Charlie Teagarden
American musician
32
Warren Covington
Warren Covington
American big band trombonist
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Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
35
Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
36
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
38
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
39
Sonny Burke
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Miff Mole
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Peanuts Holland
Peanuts Holland
American musician
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
44
Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
45
Bernie Privin
Bernie Privin
American musician
46
Fats Navarro
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
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Don Redman
Don Redman
American musician
48
Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
49
Horace Henderson
Horace Henderson
American musician
50
Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
51
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
52
Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Jean Goldkette
Jean Goldkette
American musician
54
Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Harry Babasin
Harry Babasin
American musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
57
Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
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Ray Linn
Ray Linn
American musician
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Bob Carter
Bob Carter
American bassist
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Arthur Schutt
Arthur Schutt
American pianist
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Ray Wetzel
Ray Wetzel
American jazz trumpeter
63
Johnny Mince
Johnny Mince
American musician
64
Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Al Killian
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
68
Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
69
Yank Lawson
Yank Lawson
American musician
Cliff Leeman
American musician

Cliff Leeman

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American musician
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Music

Cliff Leeman (September 10, 1913 – April 26, 1986) was an American jazz drummer. His nickname was "Mr. Time".

Leeman, born in Portland, Maine played percussion with the Portland Symphony Orchestra at age 13, and toured as a xylophonist on the vaudeville circuit late in the 1920s. He first made his name in the jazz world working in the swing bands of Artie Shaw (1938–39), Glenn Miller (1939), Tommy Dorsey (1939), Charlie Barnet (1940–43), Johnny Long, and Woody Herman (1943–44). After a stint in the Army in 1944, he worked with Don Byas, John Kirby (1944–45), Raymond Scott, Jimmy Dorsey, and Ben Webster.

He left the music industry briefly before joining the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1947, later moving on to Charlie Barnet's orchestra (1949) and Bob Chester's big band ensemble (1949–50). He played on radio and television in the 1950s, in addition to playing live often with Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett. Later associations include Pee Wee Erwin, Yank Lawson/Bob Haggart, Ralph Sutton, Billy Butterfield, Bob Crosby (1960), Wild Bill Davison (1962), Dukes of Dixieland (1963–64), Peanuts Hucko, Joe Venuti, The Kings of Jazz (1974), Bud Freeman, Don Ewell, the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1976–77), and Jimmy McPartland. He recorded several albums for Fat Cat Jazz in the 1970s.