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Russ Freeman
Russ Freeman
American musician
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Richie Powell
Richie Powell
American pianist
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Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
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John Mehegan
John Mehegan
American musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
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Al Hall
Al Hall
American musician
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Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Wade Legge
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
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Fats Navarro
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Terry Pollard
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Denzil Best
Denzil Best
American jazz drummer
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Ken Kersey
Ken Kersey
Canadian musician
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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George Wallington
George Wallington
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Dave Tough
Dave Tough
American drummer
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Claude Williamson
Claude Williamson
American pianist
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Fats Heard
Fats Heard
American musician
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Jimmy Blythe
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Johnny Hartman
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
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Freddie Redd
Freddie Redd
American pianist
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Red Garland
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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George Avakian
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Bengt Hallberg
Bengt Hallberg
Swedish musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Bob Gordon
Bob Gordon
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer

Erroll Garner

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American jazz pianist and composer
Genres
Awards Received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad "Misty", has become a jazz standard. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso." He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. His live album, Concert by the Sea, first released in 1955, sold over a million copies by 1958 and Scott Yanow's opinion is: "this is the album that made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on."