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Sharel Cassity
Sharel Cassity
American musician
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Ryan Keberle
Ryan Keberle
American musician
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Brandee Younger
Brandee Younger
American Harpist
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Isis
Isis
all-female horn-rock band from New York
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Jon Irabagon
Jon Irabagon
American musician
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Jaimie Branch
Jaimie Branch
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Cindy Bradley
Cindy Bradley
Jazz trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet player and composer
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Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider
Jazz bandleader and composer
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Roy Campbell, Jr.
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
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Cyrille Aimée
Cyrille Aimée
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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Carla Bley
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
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Bucky Pizzarelli
Bucky Pizzarelli
American Jazz guitarist
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Ambrose Akinmusire
Ambrose Akinmusire
American jazz composer and trumpeter
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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John Escreet
John Escreet
British musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Mary Halvorson
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
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Karin Krog
Karin Krog
Norwegian jazz singer
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Tony Glausi
Tony Glausi
American trumpeter
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Tim Ries
Tim Ries
American jazz saxophonist
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Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim Maalouf
French-Lebanese trumpeter
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Dan Nimmer
Dan Nimmer
pianist
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Clora Bryant
Clora Bryant
American musician
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Thomas Heberer
Thomas Heberer
German jazz musician
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June Christy
June Christy
American singer
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Chris Speed
Chris Speed
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Maria Baptist
Maria Baptist
German woman pianist and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Ward Pinkett
Ward Pinkett
American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist
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Dakota Staton
Dakota Staton
American jazz vocalist
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Jackson Krall
Jackson Krall
American jazz drummer; drum maker
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Jymie Merritt
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Joe Magnarelli
Joe Magnarelli
American musician
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Camila Meza
Camila Meza
Chilean jazz musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Eddy Davis
Eddy Davis
American jazz musician
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
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Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin
American musician
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Mike Longo
Mike Longo
American musician
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Glenn Zaleski
Glenn Zaleski
American pianist
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Tomasz Stańko
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Kevin Eubanks
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
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Mary Stallings
Mary Stallings
American singer
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Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell
American musician
Laurie Frink
American musician and music educator

Laurie Frink

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American musician and music educator
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Laurie Ann Frink (August 8, 1951, Pender, Nebraska – July 13, 2013, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter who worked primarily in big band idioms.

Frink attended the University of Nebraska (1969-1972) and studied under Jimmy Maxwell (1972-1974). From 1978 to 1987 she played trumpet in the Mel Lewis Orchestra, and during the same period was a member of Gerry Mulligan's concert band. She worked with George Russell in 1980 and with the bands of Benny Goodman (1986) and Buck Clayton (1988). She began playing in Bob Mintzer's ensemble in 1984, playing with him until 1997. From 1992 until her death, she was a member of the Maria Schneider Orchestra. She also worked with John Hollenbeck, Darcy James Argue, and Ryan Truesdell.

Frink was credited as a jazz educator and counselor. She taught extensively in New York, including at the Manhattan School of Music, the New School for Social Research, Westchester Conservatory, and SUNY-Purchase. With John McNeil, she published the trumpet instruction book Flexus: Trumpet Calisthenics for the Modern Improviser in 2003.

Frink died of cancer of the bile duct in 2013 at the age of 61. "A Potter's Song" on the Maria Schneider Orchestra's album The Thompson Fields was dedicated to her memory.