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Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
2
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
3
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
4
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
5
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
6
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
7
Russell Procope
American musician
8
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
10
Billy Eckstine
American musician
11
Wellman Braud
American musician
12
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
13
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
14
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
15
Ray Nance
American musician
16
Herbie Jones
American musician
17
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Lloyd Trotman
American musician
21
Bill Berry
American musician
22
Mercer Ellington
American musician
23
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
24
Chick Webb
American musician
25
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
26
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
27
Luther Henderson
American composer and pianist
28
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
29
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
30
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
31
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Quentin Jackson
American musician
33
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
34
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
37
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
38
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
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Melton Mustafa
American musician
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Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
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Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
43
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
44
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
