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Takehiro Honda
Japanese jazz pianist (1945-2006)
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Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
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Shuichi Murakami
Japanese drummer (1951-2021)
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Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
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Kimiko Kasai
Japanese singer
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Mikio Masuda
Japanese pianist
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Sadao Watanabe
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)
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Masahiro Sayama
Japanese pianist and composer (1953-2018)
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Hiroshi Fukumura
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Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
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Mikko Innanen
Finnish saxophonist and composer
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Tony Reedus
American musician
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Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Paul Murphy
American musician
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Masato Honda
Japanese saxophone player, composer
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
