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Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
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Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Henry Gray
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Alvin Tyler
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Terry Waldo
Terry Waldo
American musician
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Friedrich Gulda
Friedrich Gulda
Austrian pianist and composer
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Mitch Woods
Mitch Woods
American boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz musician
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Albert Collins
Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Kris Bowers
Kris Bowers
American composer and pianist
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Art Tatum
Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Stan Wrightsman
Stan Wrightsman
American pianist (1910-1975)
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Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski
musical artist
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Marcus Roberts
Marcus Roberts
American musician
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George Winston
George Winston
American recording artist; pianist
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Oliver Jones
Oliver Jones
Canadian musician
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Dink Johnson
Dink Johnson
American musician
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Vann "Piano Man" Walls
Vann "Piano Man" Walls
American musician
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Liberace
Liberace
American pianist (1919–1987)
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Bill Cunliffe
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Mose Allison
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
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Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King
American blues musician and actor
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Fats Domino
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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The Lost Bayou Ramblers
The Lost Bayou Ramblers
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Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. John described Booker as "the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced." Flamboyant in personality, he was known as "the Black Liberace".