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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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John Kirby
John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Ike Isaacs
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Billy Kyle
Billy Kyle
Jazz pianist
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Rebecca Kilgore
Rebecca Kilgore
American musician
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Marty Grosz
Marty Grosz
American musician
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Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
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Bob Haggart
Bob Haggart
American double bass player, composer, and arranger
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Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Jackie Paris
Jackie Paris
American singer
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Laila Dalseth
Laila Dalseth
Jazz singer
14
Marlene VerPlanck
Marlene VerPlanck
American singer
15
Midge Williams
Midge Williams
African American swing and jazz singer
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Don Elliott
Don Elliott
jazz musician
17
Keely Smith
Keely Smith
American singer (1928-2017)
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Connee Boswell
Connee Boswell
American musician (1907-1976)
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
20
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Andy Kirk
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
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Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
24
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Rusty Dedrick
Rusty Dedrick
American musician
27
Ziggy Elman
Ziggy Elman
American musician
28
Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
30
George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
31
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
32
Pete Brown
Pete Brown
American musician
33
Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton
American singer
34
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
35
Bob Dorough
Bob Dorough
American pianist and singer
36
Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
37
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Clancy Hayes
Clancy Hayes
American musician
39
Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
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Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
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George Masso
George Masso
American musician
42
Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest
American singer
43
Catherine Russell
Catherine Russell
singer
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Thelma Carpenter
Thelma Carpenter
American actress and musician (1922-1997)
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William Frank Newton
William Frank Newton
American musician
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Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Helen Ward
Helen Ward
American jazz singer
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Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
American singer
50
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
51
Irving Cottler
Irving Cottler
American musician
52
Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Chick Webb
Chick Webb
American musician
54
Clare Teal
Clare Teal
British musician
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
56
Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Chris Flory
Chris Flory
American musician
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Ernie Caceres
Ernie Caceres
American musician
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
62
J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)

Maxine Sullivan

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American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
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Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.

As a vocalist, Maxine Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond". Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Maxine Sullivan is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of the 1930s. Singer Peggy Lee named Sullivan as a key influence in several interviews.