Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973 he was a film and television critic for The Observer and lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism.
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Digby Fairweather
British musician
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Ken Colyer
British musician
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Bruce Turner
English musician
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Kenny Ball
English trumpeter, band leader, arranger
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Beryl Bryden
English jazz singer
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Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Alex Welsh
Scottish musician
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Don Lusher
British musician
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Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Mel Lewis
American musician
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Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
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Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Chris Barber
English trombonist
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Peter King
British musician
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Chico Hamilton
American musician
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Ottilie Patterson
Irish singer
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Tony Reeves
British musician
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Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Leonard Feather
British musician
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Dave Pell
American musician
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Diz Disley
Anglo-Canadian musician
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Tony Oxley
British musician
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Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
English blues band
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Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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The Foundations
British musical group
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Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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Denis Preston
British record producer
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Mick Taylor
British rock musician, former member of The Rolling Stones
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Andy Fairweather Low
Welsh singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Eddie Condon
US musician
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Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
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Matty Matlock
American musician
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John Mayall
English blues musician
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George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Larry Bunker
American musician
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Blues Incorporated
band
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Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Cyril Davies
British musician
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Al Hibbler
American baritone vocalist
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Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Mitchel Forman
American pianist
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
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Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
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Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Earl Klugh
American jazz guitarist
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Harry South
British musician
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Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist