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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Steve Turre
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
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Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
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George Brunies
George Brunies
American musician
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Luis Bonilla
Luis Bonilla
American musician
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Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Nat Peck
Nat Peck
American musician
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
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Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
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Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Ryan Keberle
Ryan Keberle
American musician
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Miff Mole
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Knepper
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
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Earl Swope
Earl Swope
American musician
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Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Zue Robertson
Zue Robertson
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Tyree Glenn
Tyree Glenn
American recording artist; trombonist
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Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
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Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson
American musician
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Louis Barbarin
Louis Barbarin
American jazz drummer
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Art Baron
Art Baron
American musician
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Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Eddie Hubble
Eddie Hubble
American musician
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Phil Wilson
Phil Wilson
American jazz musician
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Mark Levine
Mark Levine
American musician
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Si Zentner
Si Zentner
American jazzband leader
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Roswell Rudd
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
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Jack Purvis
Jack Purvis
American musician
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The Four Freshmen
The Four Freshmen
American band
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Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Bill Watrous
Bill Watrous
American trombonist
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Lew Tabackin
Lew Tabackin
American musician
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy
American jazz rock band
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Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Rich Halley
Rich Halley
American saxophonist
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy
American musician
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Jeb Bishop
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
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Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Robert Trowers
Robert Trowers
American musician
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Art Tatum
Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Paul Tanner
Paul Tanner
American trombonist
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Bill Rank
Bill Rank
American jazz trombonist
Jack Jenney
American jazz trombonist

Jack Jenney

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Truman Eliot "Jack" Jenney (May 12, 1910 – December 16, 1945) was a jazz trombonist.

Born in Mason City, Iowa, Jenney first played trumpet, then switched to trombone. His father was a musician and music teacher. Jenney performed in his father's band from age 11, but his professional work began with Austin Wylie in 1928. He would go on to work with Isham Jones, Red Norvo, Artie Shaw, Mal Hallett, and Waring's Pennsylvanians, and appear in the film Syncopation. He has been called "the greatest trombonist of the Big Band era" and won the DownBeat Reader's Poll for trombone in 1940.

He led his own band for a year in 1938–39, but it was a financial failure. He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943, but also played as a studio musician the following year. He died on December 16, 1945, in Los Angeles, California, from complications following an appendectomy.