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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
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Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
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Steve LaSpina
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
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Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Billy Drummond
Billy Drummond
American musician
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George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Anthony Cox
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace
American musician
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Harold Danko
Harold Danko
American musician
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Marc Copland
Marc Copland
American musician
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Abraham Burton
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
American violinist
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Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Philip Catherine
Philip Catherine
musician
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Tony Reedus
Tony Reedus
American musician
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Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker
American musician
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Steve Slagle
Steve Slagle
American musician
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Larry Schneider
Larry Schneider
American musician
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Ron McClure
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
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Vic Juris
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
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Rick Margitza
Rick Margitza
American musician
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Kevin Hays
Kevin Hays
American musician
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
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Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson
American jazz drummer
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Mike Richmond
Mike Richmond
American musician
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Tim Hagans
Tim Hagans
American musician
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Tim Berne
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Mark Helias
Mark Helias
American musician
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John Stubblefield
John Stubblefield
American musician
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Lewis Nash
Lewis Nash
American drummer
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Chris Speed
Chris Speed
American musician
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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Brad Jones
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
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Johnny Dyani
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
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Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
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Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Cameron Brown
Cameron Brown
American musician
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Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
American musician
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Mark Turner
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
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Mark Soskin
Mark Soskin
Jazz pianist
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Phil Markowitz
Phil Markowitz
American musician
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Jim Snidero
Jim Snidero
American jazz saxophonist
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Wayne Krantz
Wayne Krantz
American guitarist
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Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
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Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Drew Gress
Drew Gress
American musician
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Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
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Keith Copeland
Keith Copeland
American musician
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Benny Green
Benny Green
American musician
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe
American musician
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Kenny Drew, Jr.
Kenny Drew, Jr.
American pianist
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Glenn Ferris
Glenn Ferris
American musician
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Eddie Allen
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
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Arild Andersen
Arild Andersen
Norwegian jazz musician
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Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy
American musician
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Peter Bernstein
Peter Bernstein
American musician
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Ben Monder
Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
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Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Javon Jackson
Javon Jackson
American musician
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Rich Perry
Rich Perry
American musician
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Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks
American musician
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician

Jeff Hirshfield

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Jeffrey Lee Hirshfield (born August 22, 1955) is an American jazz drummer.

Hirshfield was born in New York City. He studied under Ed Soph. He worked for the Joffrey Ballet in 1976-77 and then played with Mose Allison (1977–79). During the 1980s he worked with Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan (1981–85), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1986-89), and Bennie Wallace (1987–90). Alongside Fred Hersch and Steve LaSpina, he was a member of the trio Etc. during 1988-91. During this time he also played in a trio with Hersch and Michael Formanek. From 1990 he played with Harold Danko, played in Formanek's Wide Open Spaces project, and played again with LaSpina in a quartet setting. He also worked in a quartet with John Abercrombie and Andy LaVerne early in the 1990s. In the mid-1990s he played in a trio with Marc Copland and Dieter Ilg (1992–95), another trio with Tim Berne and Formanek (1993–94), and the Lan Xang ensemble with David Binney, Donny McCaslin, and Scott Colley (after 1995).

Hirshfield has also played with a number of other leaders, including Bob Belden, Marc Copland, Vic Juris, Steve Slagle, Dave Stryker, Jim Snidero, Warren Bernhardt, Jay Anderson, and Paul Bley.