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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
2
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
4
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Willie Smith
Willie Smith
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
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Henderson Chambers
Henderson Chambers
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Flip Phillips
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Lou Stein
Lou Stein
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
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Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
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Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca
American musician
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Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger

Ernie Wilkins

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American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1919 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical director for albums by Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy Rich.