Joe Kennedy Jr. (1923 – April 17, 2004) was an American jazz violinist and educator. Kennedy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He performed and recorded with pianist Ahmad Jamal and was director of jazz studies at Virginia Tech from 1984 to 1995. Kennedy performed with Benny Carter, Toots Thielemans, Billy Taylor, and the Modern Jazz Quartet and appeared at major international jazz festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival and Monterey Jazz Festival.
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
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Erich Kleinschuster
Austrian trombonist
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Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Shirley Horn
American singer
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Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
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Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
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Gene Bertoncini
American jazz guitarist
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Larry Schneider
American musician
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William Galison
American singer
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Philip Catherine
musician
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Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Fred Hersch
American musician
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Oscar Castro-Neves
Brazilian guitarist, composer, arranger
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Harold Vick
American musician
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Chris Hinze
Dutch composer and record producer
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Vanessa Rubin
American singer
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Steve Williams
American jazz drummer, born 1956
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Diederik Wissels
Dutch jazz pianist
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Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
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Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Percy Brice
American musician
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Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
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Hein van de Geyn
Dutch jazz bassist
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Nicolas Thys
Belgian musician
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Charles Davis
American musician