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Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer
British musician
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Bruce Turner
Bruce Turner
English musician
2
Colin Purbrook
Colin Purbrook
British pianist
3
Diz Disley
Diz Disley
Anglo-Canadian musician
4
Ian Carr
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
5
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton
English jazz trumpeter
6
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
7
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
8
Tony Levin
Tony Levin
English jazz drummer
9
Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
10
Nat Gonella
Nat Gonella
British musician
11
Danny Moss
Danny Moss
Jazz saxophonist
12
Harry South
Harry South
British musician
13
Monty Sunshine
Monty Sunshine
English clarinetist
14
Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
15
Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
16
Ian Hamer
Ian Hamer
British jazz trumpeter
17
Gerd Dudek
Gerd Dudek
German musician
18
Vince Giordano
Vince Giordano
American musician and arranger
19
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett
British pianist
21
Chris Barber
Chris Barber
English trombonist
22
Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
23
John Barnes
John Barnes
English musician, born 1932
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Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
25
Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
26
Centipede
Centipede
British musical group
27
George Melly
George Melly
English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer
28
Kenny Graham
Kenny Graham
British musician
29
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
30
Skinnay Ennis
Skinnay Ennis
American jazz and pop music bandleader and singer
31
Eddie Harvey
Eddie Harvey
British pianist, music educator and jazz musician
32
Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
33
Jim Galloway
Jim Galloway
Canadian musician
34
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
35
Don Lusher
Don Lusher
British musician
36
Kenny Ball
Kenny Ball
English trumpeter, band leader, arranger
37
Chris Griffin
Chris Griffin
American jazz trumpeter of the swing era
38
Jymie Merritt
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
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Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell
Australian jazz musician
40
Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk
English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist
41
John Dankworth
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
42
Sammy Rimington
Sammy Rimington
British musician
43
Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
44
Esmond Edwards
Esmond Edwards
American photographer and record producer
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Denis Preston
Denis Preston
British record producer
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Alex Welsh
Alex Welsh
Scottish musician
47
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
48
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts
British drummer of The Rolling Stones
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Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
50
Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
51
Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
52
Jon Lord
Jon Lord
English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
54
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
56
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
57
Peter King
Peter King
British musician
58
Jeff Clyne
Jeff Clyne
British bassist
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
60
Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
Ian Christie
English jazz clarinetist

Ian Christie

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English jazz clarinetist
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Music

Ian Christie (24 June 1927 – 19 January 2010) was an English jazz clarinetist best known for playing in a number of trad jazz ensembles of the 1950s, including the Christie Brothers' Stompers, featuring Ken Colyer and Dickie Hawdon, with his brother, Keith Christie.

Their father was a piano tuner and banjoist who played in a local Blackpool banjo band. Ian took lessons under Charlie Farrell, but joined the Royal Air Force and took up photography as his primary interest. After Keith joined Humphrey Lyttelton's band, Ian soon followed; he completed his photography studies with Lyttelton's financial help. Ian also worked extensively with Mick Mulligan and George Melly in the 1950s and 1960s.

Aside from music, Christie also pursued other interests in the ensuing decades, working as a film critic for The Daily Express for over 25 years and continuing to work as a photographer. He worked in trad jazz ensembles into the 2000s, with the Wyre Levee Stompers, the Merseysippi & Parade Jazz Band, and the Tony Davis Band, among others. In his later years he played with Graham Tayar in his "Crouch End All Stars".