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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
2
Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
3
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
6
Dennis Mackrel
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
9
Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
10
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
11
Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
American musician
12
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
13
Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
14
Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
15
Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Peter Appleyard
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
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Chuck Berghofer
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
18
Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
27
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Gregg Field
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
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Vernel Fournier
Vernel Fournier
American musician
35
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall
musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
37
Ronnie Stephenson
Ronnie Stephenson
British musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
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Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
American musician
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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Chris Parker
Chris Parker
American drummer
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Marvin Smith
Marvin Smith
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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John Gross
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
51
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Jake Hanna
Jake Hanna
American drummer
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb
American musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
56
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Robert Trowers
Robert Trowers
American musician
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John Bernard Riley
John Bernard Riley
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
63
Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
65
Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
66
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Cleveland Eaton
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
70
Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
71
Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
72
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
74
Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
75
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
78
Art Baron
Art Baron
American musician
79
Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
81
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
86
James Williams
James Williams
American jazz pianist
87
Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
88
Mike Melvoin
Mike Melvoin
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012)
Harold Jones
American musician and drummer

Harold Jones

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American musician and drummer
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Harold Jones (born February 27, 1940) is an American traditional pop and jazz drummer who is best known as the drummer for Tony Bennett and for his five years with the Count Basie Orchestra.

In a career spanning six decades, Jones has toured and recorded with Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, and Ray Charles. He has also played with major symphony orchestras, including those in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vienna.