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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Richard Bona
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
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Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
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Janice Robinson
Janice Robinson
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Masahiko Togashi
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
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Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
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John Blake, Jr.
John Blake, Jr.
American jazz violinist
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Bunny Brunel
Bunny Brunel
French musician
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Watarirouka Hashiritai 7
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7
Japanese girl band
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Sugizo
Sugizo
Japanese rock musician and music producer (1969-)
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Janek Gwizdala
Janek Gwizdala
American musician
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David Sanborn
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
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Gerald Veasley
Gerald Veasley
American musician
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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Robert Trujillo
Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Yōsuke Yamashita
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
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Alex Blake
Alex Blake
American musician
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Pete Levin
Pete Levin
American musician
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Weather Report
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Jagatara
Jagatara
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Kermit Driscoll
Kermit Driscoll
American musician
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Don Grolnick
Don Grolnick
American musician
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim
musician
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Juan Alderete
Juan Alderete
musician
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Mikio Masuda
Mikio Masuda
Japanese pianist
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Shakatak
Shakatak
British pop group
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Frank Bello
Frank Bello
American bassist
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Misato Watanabe
Misato Watanabe
Japanese popular music artist
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Akira Sakata
Akira Sakata
Japanese jazz saxophonist, actor, researcher (1945-)
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Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless
American musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Don Grusin
Don Grusin
American musician
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Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)

Kazumi Watanabe

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Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
Awards Received
Fumio Nanri Award
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Kazumi Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺 香津美, Hepburn: Watanabe Kazumi, born October 14, 1953 in Tokyo) is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Sugizo have cited him as an influence.