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Nate Morgan
Nate Morgan
American musician and pianist
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Raymond Lee Brown
Raymond Lee Brown
American musician
2
Bobby Bradford
Bobby Bradford
American musician
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Lee Young
Lee Young
American musician
4
Marcus McLaurine
Marcus McLaurine
musician
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Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
American musician
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Bill Douglass
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
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Curtis Clark
Curtis Clark
American musician
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe
American musician
10
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
11
Claude Williamson
Claude Williamson
American pianist
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John Carter
John Carter
American jazz musician
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Ray Draper
Ray Draper
American musician
14
Donald Dean
Donald Dean
American musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Sonny Simmons
Sonny Simmons
American saxophonist
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John Gross
John Gross
American saxophone, flute and clarinet player
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Hampton Hawes
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Onzy Matthews
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Vi Redd
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
28
Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
29
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Glenn Ferris
Glenn Ferris
American musician
31
Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
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Warne Marsh
Warne Marsh
American tenor saxophonist
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Ray Heindorf
Ray Heindorf
American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
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Joe Sample
Joe Sample
American pianist
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Brian Lynch
Brian Lynch
American musician
41
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Sun Ra
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
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Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
46
Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Tyler Mitchell
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Hilton Ruiz
Hilton Ruiz
American musician of Puerto Rican descent
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
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Bill Perkins
Bill Perkins
American jazz musician
54
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Jake Hanna
Jake Hanna
American drummer
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Nick Ceroli
Nick Ceroli
American musician
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Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Dave MacKay
Dave MacKay
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Horace Elva Tapscott (April 6, 1934 – February 27, 1999) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He formed the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (also known as P.A.P.A., or The Ark) in 1961 and led the ensemble through the 1990s.