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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins
American musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Johnny Coles
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Åke Persson
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Earl May
Earl May
American musician
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Willie Ruff
Willie Ruff
American musician
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Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Jimmy Knepper
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Montego Joe
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter

Ernie Royal

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American jazz trumpeter
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Ernest Andrew "Ernie" Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band recording The Genius of Ray Charles (1959).