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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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The Drifters
American R&B band (1953-)
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Al Tinney
American actor (1921-2002)
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Ben E. King
American soul and R&B singer and record producer
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Walter Gross
American musician
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Bunk Johnson
American musician
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John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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George Barnes
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
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Clyde McPhatter
American singer
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Ziggy Elman
American musician
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Lammar Wright, Sr.
American jazz musician
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Hayes Alvis
musician
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George Freeman
American musician
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Don Byas
American musician
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
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Ray Nance
American musician
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Rudy Lewis
American singer
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Bill Graham
American musician
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Jesse Drakes
American jazz trumpeter
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Ted Heath
British musician
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George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)
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Al Viola
American musician
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Beverly Peer
American musician
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Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Moe Purtill
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Bill DeArango
American musician
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Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Charlie Thomas
American singer
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Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
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Max Geldray
1916-2004, Jazz harmonica player
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Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Mercer Ellington
American musician
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Scoops Carry
American jazz saxophonist
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Boris Vian
French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer (1920-1959)
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George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
