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Jimmy Crawford
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
2
Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
3
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
4
Willie Cook
Willie Cook
American musician
5
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
6
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
7
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
8
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
9
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Dicky Wells
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
18
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Sabu Martinez
Sabu Martinez
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Henderson Chambers
Henderson Chambers
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Tommy Pederson
Tommy Pederson
American musician
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Gregg Field
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
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Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
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Benny Morton
Benny Morton
American musician
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Booty Wood
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
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Joe Pass
Joe Pass
American musician
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Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
George Matthews
American musician

George Matthews

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American musician
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Music

George Matthews (sometimes listed as Georges) (September 23, 1912 in Dominica, British West Indies – June 28, 1982 in New York City) was a jazz trombonist.

Matthews's father was a guitarist; Matthews himself was adept on tuba and trumpet as well as trombone. He received classical training in New York City and played with local dance and jazz bands before joining Tiny Bradshaw's group in the early 1930s. He worked later in the 1930s with Willie Bryant, Louis Armstrong, Chick Webb, and Ella Fitzgerald. After World War II Matthews worked extensively with Count Basie, then joined Erskine Hawkins's group in the early 1950s. In the 1960s he played with Lucille Dixon and Clark Terry, among others.