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Ari Hoenig
American musician
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Tony Miceli
American jazz vibraphonist
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
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Paul Wertico
American drummer
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Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
11
The Four Freshmen
American band
12
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Pat Martino
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Roberto Magris
Italian pianist
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Elmo Hope
American musician
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Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Bill McHenry
American saxophone player
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J-Live
American DJ and music producer
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Bobby Broom
American musician
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Matt Garrison
American musician
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Tim Wright
British composer
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Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Robin Eubanks
American musician
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Kenny Garrett
American musician
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William Parker
American jazz musician
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Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Charles Earland
jazz musician
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John Swana
American jazz musician
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George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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George Freeman
American musician
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Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
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Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Barney McAll
American musician
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Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Marcus Strickland
American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist
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Uri Caine
American pianist
46
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Bob Dorough
American pianist and singer
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Esbjörn Svensson
Swedish jazz pianist
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Dave Samuels
American musician
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Diana Krall
Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist
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Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
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Peter Apfelbaum
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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J-Zone
American record producer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, and writer
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Vinny Golia
American musician
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Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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John Bernard Riley
American musician
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Craig Taborn
American musician
68
Jeff Lorber
American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
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Gretchen Parlato
American singer
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Claude Williams
American musician
71
Eric Harland
American musician
72
Dave Holland
British musician
73
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
