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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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Houston Person
Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
4
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
jazz musician
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Thornel Schwartz
Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
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Rusty Bryant
Rusty Bryant
American musician
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Don Patterson
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
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Sonny Phillips
Sonny Phillips
American musician
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Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
jazz band
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Joe Beck
Joe Beck
American musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Ralph MacDonald
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Dick Griffin
Dick Griffin
American musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Norman Simmons
Norman Simmons
pianist and arranger
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Charles Earland
Charles Earland
jazz musician
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Jimmy Ponder
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
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Bob Bushnell
Bob Bushnell
musician
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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George Tucker
George Tucker
American musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Alan Rubin
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Lem Winchester
Lem Winchester
American recording artist, vibraphonist, jazz musician, police officer
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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Etta Jones
Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Rhoda Scott
Rhoda Scott
American musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
71
Burt Collins
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist

Johnny "Hammond" Smith

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American organist
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John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning "Hammond" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith.