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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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William Manuel Johnson
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Buddie Petit
Buddie Petit
American jazz cornetist (1890-1931)
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Alphonse Picou
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
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George Baquet
George Baquet
American musician
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Emmett Hardy
Emmett Hardy
American musician
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Andrew Hilaire
Andrew Hilaire
American jazz drummers
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Wooden Joe Nicholas
Wooden Joe Nicholas
American musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Lawrence Gushee
Lawrence Gushee
American musicologist
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Erskine Tate
Erskine Tate
American musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Omer Simeon
Omer Simeon
American musician
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Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones
American musician
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Ed Allen
Ed Allen
musician
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Emile Christian
Emile Christian
American musician
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Roy Palmer
Roy Palmer
American musician
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Minor Hall
Minor Hall
American musician
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician

Freddie Keppard

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American jazz musician
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Music

Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1890 – July 15, 1933) was an early jazz cornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and succeeded by Joe Oliver.