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Melvin Gibbs
musician
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Joseph Bowie
American musician
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Vernon Reid
American guitarist and songwriter
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Rollins Band
American punk rock band
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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Living Colour
American rock band
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The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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Casey Benjamin
American musician
12
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
13
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Ambitious Lovers
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Brick
American band
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Knower
American independent electronic music duo
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Average White Band
Scottish R&B band
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Cindy Blackman
American musician
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Zu
Italian instrumental/experimental music band
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James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Snarky Puppy
American jazz rock band
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War
American funk band
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Kokomo
British band
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The Fatback Band
American funk band
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James Chance
American saxophonist, keyboard player, songwriter and singer
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The Lounge Lizards
band
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Bloodstone
American soul musical group
