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Miff Mole
American jazz musician
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Bill Barber
American musician
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Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
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Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
American jazz and dance band from the 1920s and 1930s
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Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Shake Keane
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines musician (1927-1997)
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Michel Godard
French musician
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Clark Gayton
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Wellman Braud
American musician
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Steve Brown
jazz musician best known for his work on string bass
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Howard Johnson
American musician
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Tommy Vig
Hungarian percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Joe Sullivan
American musician
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
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John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Stein Erik Tafjord
Norwegian musician
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Tom Malone
American musician
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Rich Matteson
American musician
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Don Byas
American musician
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Clyde Bernhardt
American musician
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Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Don Butterfield
American musician
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Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Wallace Roney
American musician
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Hannes Zerbe
German composer and pianist
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Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Paul Chambers
American musician
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Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Hayes Alvis
musician
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Stephen Caudel
British composer
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Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Joe Daley
American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger who plays tuba, trombone and euphonium
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Daniel Herskedal
Norwegian musician
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Jim Beard
American musician
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Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
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Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
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Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Vince Giordano
American musician and arranger
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Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
