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Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Babe Russin
American musician
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Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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George Van Eps
musician
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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George Williams
musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands
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Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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George Barnes
American musician
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Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Chummy MacGregor
American musician
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Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
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Wilbur Schwartz
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger
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Moe Purtill
American musician
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Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Frank Rehak
American musician
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Tony Bennett
American recording artist and singer
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Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Patrick Williams
American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television (1938-2018)
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor (1915-1998)
