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William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
2
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
3
Ned Sublette
American singer and writer
4
Leon McAuliffe
American musician
5
Ernest H. Sanders
American musicologist
6
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
7
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
8
Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
10
John Garvey
American musician
11
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
12
Evan Christopher
American musician
13
Lejaren Hiller
American composer
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
15
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
16
John Philip Sousa
American conductor and composer
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Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Harry Partch
American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments
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Bob Dunn
American musician
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Jen Shyu
American musician
