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Lucy Ann Polk
Big Band singer
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
2
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
3
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
4
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
5
Betty Roché
American blues singer
6
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
7
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
8
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
9
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
10
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
11
Luther Henderson
American composer and pianist
12
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
13
Irving Gordon
American songwriter
14
Quentin Jackson
American musician
15
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
17
Joe Shulman
American musician
18
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
19
Anthony Brown
jazz musician
20
Ray Nance
American musician
21
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
22
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
23
June Christy
American singer
24
Aaron Bell
American musician
25
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
26
Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
27
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
28
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
29
Thelma Carpenter
American actress and musician (1922-1997)
30
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
