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Ray Mantilla
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
2
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
3
Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
4
Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
5
Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
6
Reggie Johnson
Reggie Johnson
American musician
7
Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
8
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
9
Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
10
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
11
Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
12
Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
14
George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
15
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Johnny Coles
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
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Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Freddie Waits
Freddie Waits
American musician
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Jimmy Knepper
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
32
Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
35
Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Beaver Harris
Beaver Harris
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Albert Dailey
Albert Dailey
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Harold Land
Harold Land
American musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Mike Richmond
Mike Richmond
American musician
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John Stubblefield
John Stubblefield
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Ted Curson
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
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James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
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Jack Walrath
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
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Frankie Dunlop
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
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Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Michael Carvin
Michael Carvin
American musician
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Craig Handy
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Bobby Bryant
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Scott Kinsey
Scott Kinsey
American musician
75
Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
76
Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
81
Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace
American musician
82
Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
84
Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
85
Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
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Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer

Joe Chambers

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American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Member of, past and present

Joe Chambers (born June 25, 1942 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer. He attended the Philadelphia Conservatory for one year. In the 1960s and 1970s Chambers gigged with many high-profile artists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, and Chick Corea. During this period, his compositions appeared on some of the albums in which he made guest appearances, such as those with Freddie Hubbard and Bobby Hutcherson. He has released eight albums as a bandleader and been a member of several incarnations of Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.

He has also taught, including at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, where he leads the Outlaw Band. In 2008, he was hired to be the Thomas S. Kenan Distinguished Professor of Jazz in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.