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Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine
English jazz singer and actress
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Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
2
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
3
Tubby Hayes
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
4
Don Rendell
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
5
Kenny Clare
Kenny Clare
British musician
6
Guy Barker
Guy Barker
British composer and musician
7
Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
8
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
9
Ronnie Stephenson
Ronnie Stephenson
British musician
10
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
11
Allan Ganley
Allan Ganley
British musician
12
Daryl Runswick
Daryl Runswick
British musician
13
Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick
English pianist
14
Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
15
Alec Dankworth
Alec Dankworth
English jazz bassist and composer
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Deuchar
Jimmy Deuchar
British musician
19
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
21
Simon Spillett
Simon Spillett
British musician
22
Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
23
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott
British musician
25
Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer
British musician
26
John Scott
John Scott
English composer and conductor
27
Chris Karan
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
28
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
29
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
30
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
31
Stan Tracey
Stan Tracey
British pianist
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Otto Hardwick
Otto Hardwick
American musician
34
Andy Panayi
Andy Panayi
British musician
35
Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
36
Gabe Baltazar
Gabe Baltazar
American musician
37
Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Tony Russell
Tony Russell
British musician
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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William Russo
William Russo
American musician
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Bill Le Sage
Bill Le Sage
British musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Ronnie Ross
Ronnie Ross
Jazz saxophonist
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Speedy Jones
Speedy Jones
American drummer
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)

John Dankworth

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British musician (1927-2010)
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Awards Received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor
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Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he was a music educator and also her music director.