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René Thomas
René Thomas
Belgian musician
1
Jimmy Gourley
Jimmy Gourley
American jazz guitarist
2
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
3
Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
4
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
5
Eddy Louiss
Eddy Louiss
French musician
6
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
7
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
8
Daniel Humair
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
9
Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
10
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
11
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
12
Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
13
Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
14
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
15
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
16
Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
17
Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
18
Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
19
Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
20
Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
21
Si Zentner
Si Zentner
American jazzband leader
22
Ximo Tébar
Ximo Tébar
Spanish jazz guitarist and guitarist
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
24
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
25
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
26
Roger Guérin
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
27
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
29
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
30
Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
32
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
33
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
34
Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
35
Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen
French saxophonist
36
Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
37
Leo Wright
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
38
Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
39
Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Jimmy Deuchar
Jimmy Deuchar
British musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
43
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
45
Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
46
Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
49
Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
50
Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
53
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Teddy Kotick
Teddy Kotick
American musician
55
Calvin Newborn
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
56
Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
57
Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
59
Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
60
Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
61
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
63
René Urtreger
René Urtreger
French musician
64
Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
65
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
66
Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
67
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
68
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
69
James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
70
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
71
Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
72
Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
73
Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
74
Fats Sadi
Fats Sadi
Belgian musician
75
Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
76
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
77
Dicky Wells
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
78
Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
79
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
80
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
81
Elek Bacsik
Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
83
Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
84
Sacha Distel
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist
85
Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
86
Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
87
Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
88
Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
89
George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
90
Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
91
Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
Lou Bennett
American musician

Lou Bennett

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American musician

Lou Bennett (May 18, 1926, Philadelphia – February 10, 1997, Paris) was an American jazz organist.

Bennett first played bebop on piano, but started playing organ in 1956 after hearing Jimmy Smith. Bennett toured the U.S. with an organ trio between 1957 and 1959, and then moved to Paris in 1960. There he recorded and performed at the Blue Note with Jimmy Gourley and Kenny Clarke (as well as Rene Thomas); he returned to America only once, for the 1964 Newport Jazz Festival. He also recorded in the 1960s with Philip Catherine, Shirley Bunnie Foy and Franco Manzecchi. In the 1980s he played in his own quintet with Gerard Badini, among others. During this period he also toured extensively throughout Spain, including, Almeria, Barcelona, La Coruna, Segovia, and Madrid.