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Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Sharel Cassity
American musician
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Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Dave Valentin
American musician
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Luther Henderson
American composer and pianist
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Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
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Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
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Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Julius Baker
American musician
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Maria Schneider
Jazz bandleader and composer
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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Sue Evans
American musician
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Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
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Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
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R. Carlos Nakai
American flutist
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Sam Most
American jazz flautist, clarinetist, and tenor saxophonist
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Ted Nash
American musician
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Michael Colina
American composer
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Ron Korb
Canadian musician
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
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George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Jeanne Baxtresser
American musician
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Robert Dick
American flutist and composer
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Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
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Andy Statman
American musician
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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George Coleman
American musician
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Joseph Schwantner
American composer
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Christian McBride
American musician
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Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
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Tony Campise
American musician
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Yolanda Kondonassis
American musician
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James Moody
American jazz musician
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Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Mel Lewis
American musician
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Woody Shaw
American musician
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JoAnn Falletta
American conductor
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Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
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Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
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Tim Gemmill
American jazz musician
