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Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Marty Ehrlich
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
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Baikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll
American musician
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Julius Hemphill
Julius Hemphill
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James Fei
James Fei
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Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake
American musician
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Don Byron
Don Byron
American musician
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George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Douglas Ewart
Douglas Ewart
American musician
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Warren Smith
American musician
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Anthony Davis
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Charles "Bobo" Shaw
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
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Pheeroan akLaff
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
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Phillip Wilson
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
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Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
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James Carter
James Carter
American musician
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Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg
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Anthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer, and philosopher
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John Purcell
John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
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James Newton
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
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Olu Dara
Olu Dara
American musician
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Reggie Nicholson
Reggie Nicholson
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James Emery
James Emery
American musician
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John Stubblefield
John Stubblefield
American musician
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Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
English composer
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Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Abdul Wadud
Abdul Wadud
musician
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Thurman Barker
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
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John Carter
John Carter
American jazz musician
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Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Kahil El'Zabar
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
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Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
American musician
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William Parker
William Parker
American jazz musician
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Richard Teitelbaum
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
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Bill Smith
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Joseph Schwantner
Joseph Schwantner
American composer
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Joe Daley
Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
J. D. Parran
American musician

J. D. Parran

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American musician
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Music

J. D. Parran is an American multi-woodwind player, educator, and composer specializing in jazz and free improvised music. He plays the soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, piccolo, alto flute, bamboo flute, Native American flute, bamboo saxophone, and nagaswaram.