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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
2
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
3
A. K. Salim
A. K. Salim
American musician
4
Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
8
Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
9
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
10
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
11
Tommy Potter
Tommy Potter
American musician
12
Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
14
Earl May
Earl May
American musician
15
Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
16
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
17
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
19
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
21
J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
25
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
26
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
32
Gene Ramey
Gene Ramey
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
34
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
36
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Leo Parker
Leo Parker
American musician
45
Ernie Henry
Ernie Henry
American musician
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
48
Dave Burns
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Curley Russell
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Leonard Gaskin
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
56
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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John Adriano Acea
John Adriano Acea
Jazz pianist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Ernest Shepard
Ernest Shepard
American singer and musician
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Walter Perkins
Walter Perkins
American drummer
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
75
Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
76
Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
77
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
78
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Eddie Preston
Eddie Preston
American musician
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
81
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Nelson Boyd
Nelson Boyd
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
87
Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
Matthew Gee
American musician

Matthew Gee

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Matthew Gee (November 25, 1925, Houston, Texas – July 18, 1979, New York City) was an American bebop trombonist and part-time actor.

Gee played trumpet and baritone as a child, and took up the trombone at age 11. After studying at Alabama State University, he played with Coleman Hawkins before doing a stint in the Army. Following this, he played with Dizzy Gillespie (1946–1949), Joe Morris, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt (1950), Count Basie (1951), Illinois Jacquet (1952–1954), Lou Donaldson (1954), Sarah Vaughan (1956), and Gillespie again in 1957. In 1956 he released his only record as a bandleader on Riverside Records. From 1959 to 1963 he played on and off with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Later in the 1960s, he played in small groups with Paul Quinichette and Brooks Kerr, as well as in big bands with Sonny Stitt and Johnny Griffin.