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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
2
Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
3
Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
4
Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
5
Teddy Kotick
Teddy Kotick
American musician
6
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
7
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
10
Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
11
Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
12
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
15
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
27
Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Stan Levey
Stan Levey
American musician
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Bill Crow
Bill Crow
American bassist
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
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Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry
American musician
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Ray Copeland
Ray Copeland
American musician
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Phil Urso
Phil Urso
American musician, tenor saxophone
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
American musician
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Dave Pell
Dave Pell
American musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Carson Smith
Carson Smith
American musician
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Nick Stabulas
Nick Stabulas
American musician
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Arnold Ross
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
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Everett Barksdale
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Tony Scott
Tony Scott
American jazz clarinetist, musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Jimmy Gourley
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca
American musician
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Curtis Counce
Curtis Counce
American musician
85
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
Gene Quill
American musician

Gene Quill

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American musician
Genres
Music

Daniel Eugene Quill (December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988) was an American jazz alto saxophonist who played often with Phil Woods in the duet Phil and Quill. Quill also worked as a sideman for Buddy DeFranco, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Gerry Mulligan, and Claude Thornhill. In 1988, Quill died at the age of 60 in his hometown of Atlantic City, New Jersey.