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Tarus Mateen
Tarus Mateen
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Taru Alexander
Taru Alexander
American drummer
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Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Justin Robinson
Justin Robinson
American musician
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Casey Benjamin
Casey Benjamin
American musician
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David Weiss
David Weiss
American jazz trumpeter, songwriter
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James Hurt
James Hurt
American musician
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford
American musician
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Scott Colley
Scott Colley
American musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Sullivan Fortner
Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
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Stefon Harris
Stefon Harris
American musician
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Willie Jones, III
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
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Les McCann
Les McCann
American musician
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Dana Hall
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
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Bill Ware
Bill Ware
American musician
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Gerald Clayton
Gerald Clayton
American musician
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Sachal Vasandani
Sachal Vasandani
American jazz singer
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Larry Willis
Larry Willis
American pianist
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Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
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Sherman Irby
Sherman Irby
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Betty Carter
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
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Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
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Laurence Hobgood
Laurence Hobgood
American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, lyricist
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Horacio Hernandez
Horacio Hernandez
Cuban musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Craig Handy
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
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Ron Blake
Ron Blake
Puerto Rican musician
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Tarik Shah
Tarik Shah
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Russell Elevado
Russell Elevado
American audio engineer
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Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott
American musician
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Antonio Hart
Antonio Hart
American musician
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Winard Harper
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Luis Bonilla
Luis Bonilla
American musician
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Myron Walden
Myron Walden
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Brian Blade
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
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Roseanna Vitro
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Gregory Hutchinson
Gregory Hutchinson
American jazz drummer
Marc Cary
American musician

Marc Cary

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Marc Cary (born January 29, 1967) is a post bop jazz pianist based out of New York City. Cary has played and recorded with several well-known musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Arthur Taylor, Abbey Lincoln, Carlos Garnett, Erykah Badu, Meshell Ndegeocello, Stefon Harris, Lauryn Hill, Ani DiFranco, Jackie McLean, Q-Tip and Carmen McRae.

Cary grew up playing on the go-go music scene in Washington, D.C. He eventually moved to New York City, and it was through his work with Abbey Lincoln that broad audiences were first introduced to his rhythmic style, which draws on the influence of Randy Weston and McCoy Tyner.