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Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Boomie Richman
Boomie Richman
American musician
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Anita Kerr
Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Dee Barton
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Warren Covington
Warren Covington
American big band trombonist
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Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Stanley Black
Stanley Black
British composer
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Larry Elgart
Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader (1922-2017)
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson
American composer (1908-1975)
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Wilbur Schwartz
Wilbur Schwartz
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, and dance band arranger
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
American mezzo-soprano opera singer
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Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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André Previn
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
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James Chirillo
James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
American musician
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Morton Gould
Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
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Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
English composer, conductor
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Don Ellis
Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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William Orbit
William Orbit
English musician, composer and record producer
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Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat
Spanish musician
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Edmundo Ros
Edmundo Ros
Trinidadian-British musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Peter Cetera
Peter Cetera
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Alan Raph
Alan Raph
American trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor
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Cándido Camero
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
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Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
American conductor, born 1916
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Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Tommy Pederson
Tommy Pederson
American musician
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Percy Faith
Percy Faith
Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards (1908-1976)
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Guy Lombardo
Guy Lombardo
Canadian-American bandleader
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Kenneth Ascher
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
Henry Jerome
American musician

Henry Jerome

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Henry Jerome (November 12, 1917– March 23, 2011) was an American big band leader, trumpeter, arranger, composer, and record company executive.

Jerome formed his first dance band in 1932 in Norwich, Connecticut. His bands flourished throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. He became an A&R director at Decca Records in 1959 and at Coral, a Decca subsidiary, in the late 1960s.