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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
2
Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
3
Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
4
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
6
Pete Briggs
Pete Briggs
American musician
7
Marty Napoleon
Marty Napoleon
American pianist
8
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
9
Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
10
Preston Jackson
Preston Jackson
American musician
11
Boyd Atkins
Boyd Atkins
American musician
12
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
14
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
15
Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
16
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
17
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
18
Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
20
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
21
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
22
Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
26
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Omer Simeon
Omer Simeon
American musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Charlie Burse
Charlie Burse
American musician
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Strong
Jimmy Strong
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Art Ryerson
Art Ryerson
American musician
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George Matthews
George Matthews
American musician
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Charlie Beal
Charlie Beal
jazz pianist
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Sid Catlett
Sid Catlett
American musician
46
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff
American musician
51
Joe Bushkin
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Johnny Dunn
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
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Bobby Sowell
Bobby Sowell
American musician
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McClure Morris
McClure Morris
American musician
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Danny Barcelona
Danny Barcelona
American musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
61
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Valaida Snow
Valaida Snow
American musician
66
Abu Talib
Abu Talib
musician
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
71
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
72
J. C. Higginbotham
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
Fred Robinson
American musician

Fred Robinson

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American musician
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Music

Frederick L. Robinson (February 20, 1901, Memphis, Tennessee - April 11, 1984, New York City) was an American jazz trombonist.

Robinson learned to play trombone as a teenager, and studied music in Ohio before moving to Chicago, where he played in Carroll Dickerson's orchestra. Robinson played on Louis Armstrong's Hot Five recordings and continued working with both Dickerson and Armstrong until late 1929, when he took a position in Edgar Hayes's band. In the 1930s he worked extensively as a sideman, with Marion Hardy, Don Redman, Benny Carter, Charlie Turner, Fletcher Henderson, and Fats Waller. In 1939-1940 he was in Andy Kirk's band, and played later in the 1940s with George James, Cab Calloway, and Sy Oliver. Early in the 1950s he worked with Noble Sissle, but after 1954 he was less active as a performer.