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David Amram
American musician
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Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Don Banks
Australian composer
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
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Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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Barry Tuckwell
Australian horn player
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Ed Schuller
American musician
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
American symphony orchestra in Boston, MA
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Simon Bainbridge
British composer
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Richard Davis
American double-bassist
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Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor
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Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Teddy Charles
American musician
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Charles Wuorinen
American composer
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Seiji Ozawa
Japanese orchestra conductor
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Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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John Graas
American musician
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Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Harold Shapero
American composer
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Jimmy Knepper
American musician
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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John McCabe
English composer and pianist
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John Bergamo
American composer
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John Harbison
American composer
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Jaki Byard
American musician
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Lewis Spratlan
American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music
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Harold Farberman
American composer
