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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
American jazz bassist
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Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
2
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Sky
Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
British orchestra based in London
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Stan Sulzmann
Stan Sulzmann
British musician
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Larry Stabbins
Larry Stabbins
British musician
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John Mayer
John Mayer
Indian composer and musician
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Brian Bromberg
Brian Bromberg
American musician
13
Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely
American musician
14
Steve Gilmore
Steve Gilmore
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
American musician
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Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
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Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
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Eric Von Essen
Eric Von Essen
American jazz musician
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Jim Pepper
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
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Alfred Kramer
Alfred Kramer
Swiss jazz musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
German musician
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John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Red Rodney
Red Rodney
American musician
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Larry Gray
Larry Gray
American musician
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Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch
American musician
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Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer
American singer
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Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
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Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Lou Marini
Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer
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Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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Bill Cunliffe
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
53
Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Hal McIntyre
Hal McIntyre
American musician
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Hugo Rignold
Hugo Rignold
British conductor
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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Bill Berry
Bill Berry
American musician
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Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Glen Gray
Glen Gray
American musician
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Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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David Finck
David Finck
American musician
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Gray Sargent (born June 10, 1953, Attleboro, Massachusetts) is an American jazz guitarist.

Sargent learned to play piano before picking up guitar at age 11. He played with Illinois Jacquet on and off between 1975 and 1990, and began working with Dave McKenna in the early 1980s, with whom he would work well into the 1990s. He took a position as artist-in-residence at Harvard in the academic year 1988-1989. He has performed and/or recorded with Ruby Braff, Donna Byrne, Benny Carter, Arnett Cobb, Lou Colombo, Vic Dickenson, Scott Hamilton, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Novick, Herb Pomeroy, Chuck Riggs, Buddy Tate, Frank Wess, Bob Wilber, Marshall Wood, Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, in addition to working in large orchestras under the direction of George Wein (Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars, 1989) and Dick Johnson (Artie Shaw Orchestra, 1990s).