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Toni Harper
Toni Harper
American singer
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
American jazz and blues guitarist
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Bill Henderson
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Maurice Simon
Maurice Simon
American musician
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Johnny Pate
Johnny Pate
American record producer
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Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Buddy Bregman
Buddy Bregman
American musical arranger, record producer and composer
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Al Caiola
Al Caiola
American jazz musician, guitarist, composer and arranger; United States Marine
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Mousey Alexander
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Everett Barksdale
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Irving Ashby
Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
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Eddie Johnson
Eddie Johnson
American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist
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Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
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Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Carl Pruitt
Carl Pruitt
American jazz and blues double bassist
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Eddie Chamblee
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
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Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Ernie Andrews
Ernie Andrews
American singer
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Keter Betts
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
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Don Preston
Don Preston
American musician
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Bill Beason
Bill Beason
American musician
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Charles Greenlee
Charles Greenlee
American musician
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Vinnie Burke
Vinnie Burke
American musician
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Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
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Edwin Carr
Edwin Carr
New Zealand composer
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John Benson Brooks
John Benson Brooks
American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger and composer
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
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Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore
American singer and actress
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Tom Archia
Tom Archia
American musician
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Joe Morris
Joe Morris
American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader
Eddie Beal
American musician

Eddie Beal

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Eddie Beal (June 13, 1910, Redlands, California – December 15, 1984, Los Angeles) was an American jazz pianist. He was the brother of Charlie Beal.

Beal started on drums but switched to piano in his teens. Early in the 1930s he worked in the orchestras of Earl Dancer and Charlie Echols. From 1933 to 1936 he toured China with Buck Clayton, then freelanced in California (with Maxine Sullivan, among others) until 1941. After military service from 1943–45, he accompanied Ivie Anderson, and led his own trio which accompanied Billie Holiday at one point. He also worked in the Spirits of Rhythm. As a composer, he penned the tunes "Softly" (covered by Holliday) and "Bye and Bye", a hit for The Turbans. He plays on the soundtrack to the 1951 film The Strip; he also makes an appearance in the film. Later recording credits include work with Jimmy Mundy, Herb Jeffries, Helen Humes, Red Callender, and others. He led his own group in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973-74, and in 1974-75 he played with Tommy Dorsey.