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Les Hite
Les Hite
American musician
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
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Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
3
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
4
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
5
Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Richard Davis
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
8
George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
9
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
10
Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Frank Teschemacher
Frank Teschemacher
American musician
13
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon
US musician
15
Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
16
Luis Russell
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
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George Washington
George Washington
American jazz trombonist
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Louis Metcalf
Louis Metcalf
American musician
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Jabbo Smith
Jabbo Smith
American musician
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Andy Blakeney
Andy Blakeney
American musician
22
Elmer Snowden
Elmer Snowden
American musician
23
George Van Eps
George Van Eps
musician
24
Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
27
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Chink Martin
Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
32
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Pee Wee Russell
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
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Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Jimmy Blythe
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Eddie Higgins
Eddie Higgins
American musician
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Ed Allen
Ed Allen
musician
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Joe Venuti
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Tony Parenti
Tony Parenti
American musician
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Joe Garland
Joe Garland
American musician
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George Dixon
George Dixon
American musician
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Al Jolson
Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
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Albert Nicholas
Albert Nicholas
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Reuben Reeves
Reuben Reeves
American musician
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
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Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
George Orendorff
American musician

George Orendorff

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American musician
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Music

George Robert Orendorff (March 18, 1906 - June 28, 1984) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Orendorff was born in Atlanta but his family moved to Chicago when he was nine years old. He learned guitar before picking up cornet, and played early in his career in Chicago dance bands. In 1925 he moved to Los Angeles, where he played with Paul Howard from 1925 to 1930. He played with Les Hite for most of the 1930s and recorded with Louis Armstrong in 1930-1931. In the 1940s he accompanied Ceele Burke, and worked with Maxwell Davis, Ike Lloyd, and T-Bone Walker among others later in his career.