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Richie Beirach
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Lewis Nash
Lewis Nash
American drummer
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Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Jesper Lundgaard
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
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Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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Mike Richmond
Mike Richmond
American musician
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely
American musician
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Florian Weber
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden
American musician
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David Friedman
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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John Clark
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Red Mitchell
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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David Williams
David Williams
American jazz musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
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Mickey Tucker
Mickey Tucker
American pianist
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Anthony Cox
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
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Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Mike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne
American musician
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Mark Turner
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
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Wilbur Little
Wilbur Little
American musician
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Richie Cole
Richie Cole
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger
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Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
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Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
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Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
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Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Dennis Mackrel
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Glen Moore
Glen Moore
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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John Bernard Riley
John Bernard Riley
American musician
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Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Billy Drummond
Billy Drummond
American musician
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist

George Mraz

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Czech jazz bassist
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Mraz (center) performing with Emil Viklický (piano) and Billy Hart (drums).

George Mraz (born Jiří Mráz on 9 September 1944 in Písek, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now Czech Republic) is a jazz bassist and alto saxophonist. He was a member of Oscar Peterson's group, and has worked with Pepper Adams, Stan Getz, Michel Petrucciani, Stephane Grappelli, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Raney, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Richie Beirach and many other important jazz musicians.

During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and in the 1980s a member of Quest. He has also appeared with Joe Lovano, Hank Jones and Paul Motian on Lovano's records I'm All For You and Joyous Encounter. Mraz is also known for performing solos with a bow in arco style, similar to that of Paul Chambers.