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Count Basie
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Lena Wilson
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Fletcher Henderson
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Edith Wilson
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Viola McCoy
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Mattie Hite
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Trixie Smith
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Maggie Jones
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Lucille Hegamin
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Esther Bigeou
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Hazel Meyers
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J. C. Johnson
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Marion Harris
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Rubberlegs Williams
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Mary Stafford
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Helen Humes
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Edmonia Henderson
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Rosa Henderson
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Billie Holiday
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Monette Moore
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Kitty Kallen
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Edna Hicks
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Russell Procope
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Clara Smith
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Roy Eldridge
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Ethel Waters
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Big Miller
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Big Joe Turner
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Chris Columbus
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Lester Young
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Dicky Wells
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Virginia Liston
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Bessie Smith
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Ike & Tina Turner
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Dinah Washington
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Fats Waller
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Sara Martin
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June Clark
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Coot Grant
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Count Basie Orchestra
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Benny Powell
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Cab Calloway
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Joe Newman
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Charlie Shavers
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James P. Johnson
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Louis Armstrong
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Cassandra Wilson
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
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Gus Johnson
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Bessie Brown
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Richard Adler
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Pepper Adams
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Viola Gertrude Wells
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Jo Jones
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Harold Jones
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