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Buster Smith
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
2
Hot Lips Page
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
3
Seger Ellis
Seger Ellis
American musician
4
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
5
Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Red Saunders
Red Saunders
American musician
7
Tyree Glenn
Tyree Glenn
American recording artist; trombonist
8
C. J. Chenier
C. J. Chenier
American musician
9
Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley
American musician
10
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
11
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Mary Osborne
Mary Osborne
American musician
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
15
Steve Miller
Steve Miller
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
16
Onzy Matthews
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
19
Rex Griffin
Rex Griffin
American singer-songwriter, musician, singer and songwriter
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Baby Face Willette
Baby Face Willette
American jazz musician
21
Jan Garber
Jan Garber
American musician
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Keg Johnson
Keg Johnson
American jazz trombonists
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
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Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
31
Larry Shields
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
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Allen Eager
Allen Eager
American musician
33
King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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The Nightcaps
The Nightcaps
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The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat
American psychobilly trio
36
Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
37
Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
39
Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Emmett Hardy
Emmett Hardy
American musician
43
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
45
Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Albert "June" Gardner
Albert "June" Gardner
New Orleans jazz musician
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Michael Bruce
Michael Bruce
American rock musician and member of Alice Cooper
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Dave Tough
Dave Tough
American drummer
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
51
King Kolax
King Kolax
American musician
52
Jack Purvis
Jack Purvis
American musician
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Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Jimmie Vaughan
Jimmie Vaughan
American blues rock guitarist and singer
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Jasper Taylor
Jasper Taylor
American drummer
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Peck Kelley
Peck Kelley
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Brew Moore
Brew Moore
American musician
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Charlie La Vere
Charlie La Vere
American pianist
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Dee Barton
Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Ronnie Dawson
Ronnie Dawson
American musician
66
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
Jack Gardner
American musician

Jack Gardner

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Jack Gardner in a 1944 ad

Francis Henry "Jumbo Jack" Gardner (August 14, 1903 in Joliet, Illinois – November 26, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) was an American jazz pianist.

Gardner played locally in Denver in the early 1920s, including with Doc Becker's Blue Devils and Boyd Senter's band. He moved to Chicago in 1923, where he led his own band in addition to playing with musicians like Wingy Manone, Jean Goldkette, and Gene Austin. He remained in Chicago through 1937, playing with Jimmy McPartland in 1936. Moving to New York City, he began associations with Sandy Williams's orchestra and Harry James, but returned to Chicago early in the 1940s, where he led his own group. In 1944 he recorded with Baby Dodds. He spent much of his later life playing in Dallas, Texas.

Gardner's compositions include the song "Bye, Bye, Pretty Baby".