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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
5
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Bill Summers
Bill Summers
jazz musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton
American musician
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Ron McClure
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Rick Margitza
Rick Margitza
American musician
31
Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz
American musician
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Bill Henderson
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
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Buck Clarke
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
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Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Fred Jackson, Jr.
Fred Jackson, Jr.
American flautist
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Abraham Burton
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
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Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson
American musician
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Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
American musician
69
Michał Urbaniak
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
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Johnny Coles
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
American drummer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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James Mtume
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
Eddie Henderson
American musician

Eddie Henderson

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Eddie Henderson (born October 26, 1940) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, going on to lead his own electric/fusion groups through the decade. Henderson earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career as a psychiatrist and musician, turning back to acoustic jazz by the 1990s.

Henderson's influences include Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, and Miles Davis.