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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine
American drummer
2
Johnny Bush
Johnny Bush
American musician
3
Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
4
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor (1915-1998)
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
9
Johnny Hates Jazz
Johnny Hates Jazz
British band
10
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
11
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
12
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
14
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
English drummer
15
Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
16
Arnold Fishkind
Arnold Fishkind
American musician
17
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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The Byrds
The Byrds
American rock band
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Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Monty Budwig
Monty Budwig
American double bassist
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Curtis Mosby
Curtis Mosby
American musician
25
Gregg Field
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
26
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Jimmy Blanton
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
30
Ian Carr
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
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Bobby Tench
Bobby Tench
British vocalist and guitarist
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Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Maggie Nicols
Maggie Nicols
British musician and dancer
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Steve Smith
Steve Smith
American drummer
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Butch Ballard
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Charlie Rice
Charlie Rice
jazz musician
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Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
English band
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Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
American musician
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
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Richie Powell
Richie Powell
American pianist
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A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
band
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The Guess Who
The Guess Who
Canadian band
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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Chuck Berghofer
Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Guy Warren
Guy Warren
Ghanian musician / drummer
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Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Eddie Rubin
Eddie Rubin
American drummer
John G. Blowers Jr.
American musician

John G. Blowers Jr.

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American musician
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Blowers not long before his death.

John G. Blowers Jr. (April 21, 1911 – July 17, 2006) was an American drummer of the swing era. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Blowers ("Blau-ers") learned to play percussion during his schooldays and began performing with the Bob Pope Band in 1936. Blowers attended college at Oglethorpe College, now Oglethorpe University.

In 1937 he travelled to New York City, where he found employment as a drummer in Greenwich Village. In 1938 he joined Bunny Berigan's band, and in 1942 he began performing with the up-and-coming Frank Sinatra, who asked Blowers to record with him. They performed and recorded together regularly until the 1950s. In 1947, he opened Club Blowers in the Queens district.

In addition to Sinatra, Blowers performed with Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Sidney Bechet, Eddie Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, and Mel Tormé.