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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
2
Walter Davis
Walter Davis
American pianist
3
Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
4
Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
5
Teddy Charles
Teddy Charles
American musician
6
Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
9
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
10
Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
11
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
12
Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
15
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Nat Pierce
Nat Pierce
American musician
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
21
Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
23
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
24
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
29
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Richard Wyands
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Addison Farmer
Addison Farmer
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Pete Jolly
Pete Jolly
American musician
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Red Garland
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Billy Bauer
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Stu Williamson
Stu Williamson
American trumpeter
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Monk Montgomery
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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George Tucker
George Tucker
American musician
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Paul Horn
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
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Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
66
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
68
Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
70
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Bobby Jaspar
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
81
Eric Dixon
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
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A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
84
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
85
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
86
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Johnny Letman
Johnny Letman
American musician
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Shad Collins
Shad Collins
American musician
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Lennie Niehaus
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Lem Winchester
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
Jerry Valentine
American jazz trombonist

Jerry Valentine

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American jazz trombonist
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Gerald Graham "Jerry" Valentine (September 13, 1914 - October 1983) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger.

Valentine received formal training in music when he was young, learning piano, composition, and music theory; he learned to play trombone on his own. In the early 1940s he composed and arranged for Earl Hines and worked in Chicago with Dallas Bartley and King Kolax; he also booked shows for the Club DeLisa. He then joined Billy Eckstine's band from 1944 to 1947 and worked later in the decade with Wynonie Harris and Buddy DeFranco.

From 1950 to 1952 Valentine was an artist and repertory man for National Records. He played with Gene Ammons in 1954, and in 1958-1959 wrote arrangements for Pepper Adams, Art Farmer, and Coleman Hawkins in the group Prestige Blues Swingers.