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Geoffrey Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond
American musician
2
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
American violinist
3
Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
4
Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
5
Tony Reedus
Tony Reedus
American musician
6
Marvin Smith
Marvin Smith
American musician
7
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
8
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
9
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
10
David Binney
David Binney
American musician
11
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
12
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
13
Jim Black
Jim Black
American jazz drummer
14
Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
15
Greg Cohen
Greg Cohen
American musician
16
Josh Roseman
Josh Roseman
American musician
17
Chris Speed
Chris Speed
American musician
18
Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
19
John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
20
Kenny Davis
Kenny Davis
American musician
21
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
22
Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
23
Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
24
Cameron Brown
Cameron Brown
American musician
25
James Carter
James Carter
American musician
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Don Byron
Don Byron
American musician
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Bob Stewart
Bob Stewart
American musician
28
Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
29
Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
30
Ron McClure
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
31
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
32
Rick Margitza
Rick Margitza
American musician
33
Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi
Trumpeter, composer
34
Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Anthony Cox
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
36
Billy Drummond
Billy Drummond
American musician
37
Carl Allen
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
38
Lewis Nash
Lewis Nash
American drummer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Hein van de Geyn
Hein van de Geyn
Dutch jazz bassist
42
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Manolo Badrena
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
American musician
45
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
46
Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Brad Jones
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas
American musician
51
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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DJ Olive
DJ Olive
American DJ
53
Brecker Brothers
Brecker Brothers
American jazz music duo
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
55
Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
56
Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
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Peter Bernstein
Peter Bernstein
American musician
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Will Lee
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
60
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
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Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
American musician
63
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
65
Nguyen Le
Nguyen Le
French jazz guitarist
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Randy Sandke
Randy Sandke
American musician
67
Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
68
George Adams
George Adams
musician
69
Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
70
Dean Brown
Dean Brown
American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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James Williams
James Williams
American jazz pianist
73
Arturo Sandoval
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
James Genus
American musician

James Genus

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James Genus (January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, having worked with an impressive list of artists.

Genus was born in Hampton, Virginia. He began on guitar at age six and switched to bass at 13. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1983 to 1987 and played for a summer at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Then moved to New York City, where he quickly began working with many noted players on the city's jazz scene. He has played with Out of the Blue (1988–89), Horace Silver (1989), Roy Haynes and Don Pullen (1989–91), Nat Adderley (1990), Greg Osby and New York Voices (1990–91), Jon Faddis (1991), T.S. Monk (1991), Benny Golson (1991), Dave Kikoski (1991), Bob Berg (1991–96), Geoffrey Keezer (1992), Lee Konitz (1992), Michael Brecker (1992–96), Bob James (since 1994), Michel Camilo (since 1995), Elysian Fields (since 1995), Branford Marsalis (1996), Chick Corea (1996), Didier Lockwood (1996), Dave Douglas (1996), Uri Caine (1997), Global Theory (1997), Ravi Coltrane (2000), Bill Evans (2005), Herbie Hancock (2008), and Daft Punk (2013).