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Josh Abrams
Josh Abrams
American musician
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Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
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Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek
American musician
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Tortoise
Tortoise
American post-rock band
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Jaimie Branch
Jaimie Branch
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Ari Brown
Ari Brown
American musician
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Pullman
Pullman
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Roy Campbell, Jr.
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
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Nicole Mitchell
Nicole Mitchell
American jazz flutist
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Kahil El'Zabar
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
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June of 44
June of 44
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Ira Sullivan
Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
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Trans Am
Trans Am
American rock band
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Lafayette Leake
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Tomeka Reid
Tomeka Reid
American jazz musician
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Von Freeman
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Fred Lonberg-Holm
Fred Lonberg-Holm
American musician
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Billy Bang
Billy Bang
American musician
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Melvin Rhyne
Melvin Rhyne
American jazz organist, best known for his work with Wes Montgomery (1936-2013)
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Freakwater
Freakwater
band
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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John McEntire
John McEntire
American musician
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Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Eivind Opsvik
Eivind Opsvik
Norwegian musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Jeb Bishop
Jeb Bishop
American jazz trombone player
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Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
American bassist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Paul Wertico
Paul Wertico
American drummer
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Bill Traut
Bill Traut
American saxophonist
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Jack McVea
Jack McVea
American musician
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Everett Barksdale
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Matana Roberts
Matana Roberts
American musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Makaya McCraven
Makaya McCraven
French-American jazz hip hop musician (drums, composition)
Jeff Parker
American musician

Jeff Parker

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Jeff Parker (born April 4, 1967) is an American guitarist and composer based in Los Angeles. Born in Connecticut and raised in Hampton, Virginia, Parker is best known as an experimental musician, working with jazz, electronic, rock, and improvisational groups.

Also a multi-instrumentalist, Parker has been a member of the post-rock group Tortoise since 1996, and was a founding member of Isotope 217 and the Chicago Underground Trio in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) and has worked with George Lewis, Ernest Dawkins, Brian Blade, Joshua Redman, Fred Anderson, Meshell Ndegeocello, Joey DeFrancesco, Smog (aka Bill Callahan), Carmen Lundy and Jason Moran. A prolific sideman, he has also released six albums as a solo artist: Like-Coping, The Relatives, Bright Light in Winter, The New Breed, Slight Freedom, and Suite for Max Brown.