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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Viola Gertrude Wells
Viola Gertrude Wells
American singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Kay Starr
Kay Starr
American singer
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Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest
American singer
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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John Hammond
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Eddie Vinson
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Katie Crippen
Katie Crippen
African American entertainer and singer
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Red Norvo
Red Norvo
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Christine Kittrell
Christine Kittrell
Singer-songwriter, musician
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Helen Ward
Helen Ward
American jazz singer
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Eddie Durham
Eddie Durham
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Bobby Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas
American singer
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Lorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
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Thelma Carpenter
Thelma Carpenter
American actress and musician (1922-1997)
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Whitney Shay
Whitney Shay
musical artist
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer

Helen Humes

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American jazz and blues singer
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Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer.

Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. Along with other well-known jazz singers of the swing era, Humes helped to shape and define the sound of vocal swing music.