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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Phil Moore
Phil Moore
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Gabe Baltazar
Gabe Baltazar
American musician
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Arnold Ross
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
10
Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Fud Livingston
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Stu Williamson
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
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Rod Levitt
Rod Levitt
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Tommy Bryant
Tommy Bryant
American musician
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Buster Harding
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Frank Paparelli
Frank Paparelli
American musician and pianist
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Curtis Amy
Curtis Amy
American musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Bob Northern
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Dale Barlow
Dale Barlow
Australian musician
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Al Hendrickson
Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader

Gil Fuller

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American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader

Walter Gilbert "Gil" Fuller (April 14, 1920, Los Angeles, California – May 26, 1994, San Diego, California) was an American jazz arranger. He is no relation to the jazz trumpeter and vocalist Walter "Rosetta" Fuller.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Fuller did extensive work writing and arranging for bandleaders such as Les Hite, Floyd Ray, Jimmie Lunceford, Billy Eckstine, and Tiny Bradshaw; he also worked with Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Machito, and Tito Puente. After World War II, he found himself increasingly in demand as a bebop arranger along with fellow modern arrangers Tadd Dameron, Gil Evans, and George Russell. Fuller's work with Dizzy Gillespie was of particular note, yielding the tunes "Manteca", "Swedish Suite", "Tin Tin Deo", and "One Bass Hit". He is the composer of the jazz standard ballad "I Waited For You", co-credited with Dizzy Gillespie.

Fuller started his own publishing company in 1957, and while he continued to work with some jazz musicians (including Stan Kenton in 1955 and again in the 1960s), he also branched out into film music and pop (with Ray Charles, among others).