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Carlos Ward
American musician
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Donald Ayler
American musician
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George Kawaguchi
Japanese jazz drummer (1927-2003)
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Sunny Murray
American drummer
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Hideo Shiraki
Japanese jazz drummer, bandmaster (1933-1972)
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Sadao Watanabe
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)
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Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
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Ronnie Boykins
American musician
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Malachi Favors
American bassist
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Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
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Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
