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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
2
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
3
Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
4
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
5
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
6
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Joe Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
American musician
8
King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
9
Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
10
Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
11
Dr. John
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
12
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
13
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
15
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist
16
Papa Jack Laine
Papa Jack Laine
American musician
17
Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
18
Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
19
Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
20
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
American musician
21
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
22
Phil Napoleon
Phil Napoleon
American jazz musician
23
Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
24
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
25
Pete Fountain
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
27
Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
28
Leo Nocentelli
Leo Nocentelli
guitarist, musician
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Sonny Clay
Sonny Clay
American musician
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Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
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Flea
Flea
American-Australian bassist
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Papa John Creach
Papa John Creach
American musician (1917-1994)
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Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
American musician
34
Jack Irons
Jack Irons
musician, songwriter
35
Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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Ernie Freeman
Ernie Freeman
American musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Buddie Petit
Buddie Petit
American jazz cornetist (1890-1931)
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Jeanette Kimball
Jeanette Kimball
Jazz pianist and composer
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Al Casey
Al Casey
American guitarist
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
American instrumental funk rock band
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Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint
American musician
49
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
50
Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
51
Eddie Vinson
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
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John Boudreaux Jr.
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Sidney Desvigne
Sidney Desvigne
American musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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James Singleton
James Singleton
American musician
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Terry McDermott
Terry McDermott
Scottish singer
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Elmer Schoebel
Elmer Schoebel
American musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Redbone
Redbone
American funk rock band
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Love
Love
American rock group
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Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
66
Shuggie Otis
Shuggie Otis
American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist
67
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
American rock band
68
Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
Johnny St. Cyr
American musician

Johnny St. Cyr

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American musician
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Music

Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist.

St. Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He played for several leading New Orleans bands before moving to Chicago in 1923. He is most commonly remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands. He also played with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers. He composed the popular standard "Oriental Strut", noted for its adventurous chord sequence.

In 1955 he performed as Johnny St. Cyr And His Hot Five and released with Paul Barbarin And His Jazz Band an album on Southland Records. From 1961 until his death in 1966, St. Cyr was the bandleader of the Young Men from New Orleans, who performed at Disneyland. He died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles.