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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
2
David Matthews
David Matthews
American musician
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Houston Person
Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Jerry Jemmott
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
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Harold Wheeler
Harold Wheeler
American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
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Jimmy Ponder
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Sonny Phillips
Sonny Phillips
American musician
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Bob Bushnell
Bob Bushnell
musician
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Richard Tee
Richard Tee
American musician
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Norman Simmons
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Buddy Lucas
Buddy Lucas
American musician
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Cecil Bridgewater
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
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Etta Jones
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Neal Creque
Neal Creque
American musician
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Cecil Brooks III
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
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Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden
American musician
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Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman
American musician
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
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Don Covay
Don Covay
American musician
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Randy Johnston
Randy Johnston
American musician
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Burt Collins
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
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Kenneth Ascher
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
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Clint Houston
Clint Houston
American musician
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Gene Perla
Gene Perla
American musician
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Horace Tapscott
Horace Tapscott
American musician
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Bob deVos
Bob deVos
American musician
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Thornel Schwartz
Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Richard Wyands
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Dave Pike
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
Horace Ott
American musician

Horace Ott

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American musician

Horace Ott (born April 15, 1933) is an American jazz and R&B composer, arranger, record producer, conductor and pianist, noted for his work since the late 1950s with a wide variety of artists including The Shirelles, Don Covay, Nina Simone, Houston Person, Village People, and many more.