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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
1
Joe Diorio
Joe Diorio
American musician
2
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
3
Jodie Christian
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
4
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
5
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
6
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
7
George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
9
Harold Land
Harold Land
American musician
10
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
11
Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
12
King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
14
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
15
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
16
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
17
Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
18
Warren Chiasson
Warren Chiasson
Canadian vibraphonist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
23
Bill Henderson
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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James Carter
James Carter
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
36
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Ronald Muldrow
Ronald Muldrow
American musician
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Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bobby Bryant
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Eddie Allen
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Wendell Harrison
Wendell Harrison
American musician
52
Frankie Dunlop
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
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Les McCann
Les McCann
American musician
54
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
64
Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Roomful of Blues
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
66
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
69
Rick Margitza
Rick Margitza
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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John Klemmer
John Klemmer
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Harold Jones
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer
75
Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
76
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist

Eddie Harris

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American jazz musician, saxophonist

Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known compositions are "Freedom Jazz Dance", popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here."