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Terry Waldo
American musician
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Zez Confrey
American composer and performer of piano music.
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Bee Walker
American composer and pianist
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Johnny Maddox
American musician
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Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Erwin Schulhoff
Czech composer and pianist
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Charley Straight
American musician
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Mabel Wayne
American songwriter
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Ben Harney
American musician
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Ian Whitcomb
English singer-songwriter (1941-2020)
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Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
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Charles L. Johnson
American composer
