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Horace Ott
Horace Ott
American musician
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
2
Talib Dawud
Talib Dawud
American musician
3
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
4
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
5
Jimmy Ponder
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Dave Pike
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
9
Burt Collins
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
10
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
11
Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
12
Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
13
Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
American musician
14
Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Joe Castro
Joe Castro
American musician
16
Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
17
Keely Smith
Keely Smith
American singer (1928-2017)
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Gene Ludwig
Gene Ludwig
American musician
20
Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
21
Houston Person
Houston Person
American saxophonist
22
Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Ronnie Ball
Ronnie Ball
British musician
25
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Bill Easley
Bill Easley
American musician
28
Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
29
Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Norman Simmons
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Richard Wyands
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
American singer
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Richard Elliot
Richard Elliot
Scottish musician
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Cecil Bridgewater
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
46
Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas
American singer
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
51
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
52
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
53
Sonny Lester
Sonny Lester
American record producer
54
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Sharkey Bonano
Sharkey Bonano
American trumpeter, band leader, vocalist
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
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Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
60
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
61
Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
63
Kay Starr
Kay Starr
American singer
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
65
Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American musician
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Les McCann
Les McCann
American musician
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Lorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
71
Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Al Haig
Al Haig
American pianist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Etta Jones
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Johnny Richards
Johnny Richards
American jazz arranger and composer
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Candi Staton
Candi Staton
American soul and gospel singer
85
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Dakota Staton (June 3, 1930 – April 10, 2007) was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit "The Late, Late Show". She was also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period due to her conversion to Islam as interpreted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.