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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Alvin Fielder
American drummer
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Kermit Ruffins
American musician
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Steve Masakowski
musical artist
5
George Porter
American musician
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Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Baby Dodds
American musician
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Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Lady Tambourine
American gospel musician from Louisiana
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Arvell Shaw
American musician
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Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Cozy Cole
American musician
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Royal Southern Brotherhood
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Soul Rebels Brass Band
New Orleans based brass ensemble
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Catherine Russell
singer
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Lillian Boutté
American jazz singer
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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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The Lost Bayou Ramblers
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Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Blanche Thomas
American musician
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Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Art Neville
American musician
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The Boswell Sisters
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age
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Trummy Young
American jazz trombonist
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
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Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Tommy Gwaltney
American musician
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Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Shelly Berg
American musician
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Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
