Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was an American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player. He was of Puerto Rican descent.
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Steve Berrios
American drummer
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Tito Puente
American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)
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Horacio Hernandez
Cuban musician
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Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
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Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Robby Ameen
American musician
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Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Tito Nieves
Puerto Rican musician
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Brian Lynch
American musician
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Lew Soloff
American musician
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Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
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Juan Pablo Torres
Cuban musician
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Scott Colley
American musician
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Larry Schneider
American musician
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Dave Taylor
American musician
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Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
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Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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Jay Hoggard
American musician
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Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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Bobby Sanabria
American musician
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Pete Yellin
American jazz musician
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Warren Bernhardt
American pianist
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
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Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Eddie Henderson
American musician
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John Betsch
American musician
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Bob Berg
American musician
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Shirley Horn
American singer
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Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
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Cachao
Cuban musician
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Michael Weiss
American musician
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Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Bill Mays
American pianist
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Dick Griffin
American musician
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Machito
Latin jazz musician
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James Moody
American jazz musician
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Doug Raney
American musician
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George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
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Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Gil Goldstein
American jazz pianist and accordionist
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Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
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Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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Jorge Rossy
Spanish jazz musician
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Dave Stryker
American musician
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George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Peter Bernstein
American musician
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Jorge Dalto
Argentinian jazz pianist
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Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
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Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Rick Margitza
American musician
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Al Foster
American musician
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Mike Richmond
American musician
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Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
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Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist