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Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Joe Gordon
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Ray Draper
Ray Draper
American musician
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Don Sickler
Don Sickler
American musician
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Howard Rumsey
Howard Rumsey
American musician
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Larry Gales
Larry Gales
American musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
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Dolo Coker
Dolo Coker
American musician
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Butch Warren
Butch Warren
American musician
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Jack Marshall
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
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Dave MacKay
Dave MacKay
American musician
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Sonny Red
Sonny Red
American musician
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Stu Williamson
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Larry Young
Larry Young
American jazz musician
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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The Crusaders
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Lex Humphries
Lex Humphries
American drummer
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Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Joe Harriott
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
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Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Bernt Rosengren
Bernt Rosengren
Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer
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Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione
American jazz musician
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
Don Sleet
American musician

Don Sleet

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Donald Clayborn Sleet (November 27, 1938 – December 31, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was a member of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and Lenny McBrowne and the Four Souls. Widely considered a gifted musician, compared to the likes of Art Farmer and Kenny Dorham, Sleet had a short career as a result of his drug abuse, recording only one album as a leader.