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Les McCann
Les McCann
American musician
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Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
2
Buck Clarke
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
3
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
4
Jimmy Rowser
Jimmy Rowser
American bassist
5
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
6
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
7
Jerry Jemmott
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
8
Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
9
King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
10
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
11
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
12
Stix Hooper
Stix Hooper
American musician
13
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
14
Herbie Lewis
Herbie Lewis
American musician
15
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
16
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
17
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver
American musician
18
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
19
Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
20
Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
21
Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
22
Jodie Christian
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
23
Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
24
Wayne Henderson
Wayne Henderson
American trombonist and record producer
25
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
26
Thurman Green
Thurman Green
Jazz trombonist
27
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
28
Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
29
Horace Tapscott
Horace Tapscott
American musician
30
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
31
Wilton Felder
Wilton Felder
American musician
32
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
33
Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
34
Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
35
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
36
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
37
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
38
Rahn Burton
Rahn Burton
American jazz pianist
39
Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
42
Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
44
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Roy Ayers
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
48
Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe
American musician
49
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
50
Gene McDaniels
Gene McDaniels
American singer and songwriter
51
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
52
Victor Gaskin
Victor Gaskin
American bassist
53
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
54
Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway
American pianist
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Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
66
Larry Schneider
Larry Schneider
American musician
Donald Dean
American musician

Donald Dean

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Donald Dean (born June 21, 1937) is a jazz drummer who has worked with Kenny Dorham, Les McCann and others. A collection related to him is led by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute.

He appears, alongside Les McCann and Eddie Harris, on the soul jazz album Swiss Movement, recorded live on June 21, 1969 at The Montreux Jazz Festival.

His grandson Jamael Dean is a musician who has worked, and performed, with Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos NiƱo. Jamael is signed to Stones Throw Records on which he released his debut record, Black Space Tapes, in November 2019.