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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Phil Moore
Phil Moore
American musician
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Riccardo Zegna
Riccardo Zegna
Italian jazz pianist
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Dorothy Donegan
Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Roger Cicero
Roger Cicero
German pop and jazz singer
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Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Lou Busch
Lou Busch
American record producer, musician and songwriter (1910-1979)
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John Taylor
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
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Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
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Clare Fischer
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Rasmus Faber
Rasmus Faber
Swedish musician
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Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Hal Galper
Hal Galper
American pianist
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
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Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
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Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby
American singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
American jazz musician
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Monroe
American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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John Oddo
John Oddo
American pianist
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Al Haig
Al Haig
American pianist
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Ward Swingle
Ward Swingle
American jazz singer
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Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
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John Serry Jr.
John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Dwike Mitchell
Dwike Mitchell
American pianist
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Anders Jormin
Anders Jormin
Swedish musician
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Paul Smith
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
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James Booker
James Booker
American musician
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Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Mel Powell
Mel Powell
American composer
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John Kahn
John Kahn
American bass guitarist
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
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Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
Hal Schaefer
American musician

Hal Schaefer

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Hal Schaefer (22 July 1925 – 8 December 2012) was an American jazz musician and vocal coach. He coached Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Judy Garland, Robert Wagner, Jane Russell and Barbra Streisand in films and musical comedy songs. Schaefer was a pianist in Benny Carter's group including performing as a pianist in Harry James and Boyd Raeburn's jazz groups and for Peggy Lee and Billy Eckstine. During his career he helped many directors and producers such as Howard Hawks, Harold Prince and George Cukor.

Schaefer was nominated by Michael Feinstein in 2009 for the Best Latin Jazz Award and also for the NEA Jazz Masters. He never left the music industry. Schaefer once performed a musical piece for Eleanor Roosevelt and sang at the United Nations's anniversary in 1955. He moved to Florida in the 1990s and continued to teach voice lessons to students until his death.