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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
1
Bob McCracken
Bob McCracken
American clarinetist
2
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
3
Arvell Shaw
Arvell Shaw
American musician
4
Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
5
Teddy Buckner
Teddy Buckner
American musician
6
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
7
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
8
Conrad Gozzo
Conrad Gozzo
American musician
9
Murray McEachern
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
10
Ziggy Elman
Ziggy Elman
American musician
11
Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
12
Artie Bernstein
Artie Bernstein
American jazz bassist
13
Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
14
Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
15
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
16
zeke Zarchy
zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
17
Mel Powell
Mel Powell
American composer
18
Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
19
Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
20
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
21
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs
American vibraphonist
22
Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
23
Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
24
Bill Harris
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
25
Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
26
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
27
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
28
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
29
Wardell Gray
Wardell Gray
American musician
30
Kid Rena
Kid Rena
American musician
31
Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
32
Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Dave Pell
Dave Pell
American musician
34
Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
35
Pee Wee Erwin
Pee Wee Erwin
American musician
36
Morty Corb
Morty Corb
American musician
37
Vernon Brown
Vernon Brown
American musician
38
Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
39
Spud Murphy
Spud Murphy
American musician
40
Ray Linn
Ray Linn
American musician
41
Yank Lawson
Yank Lawson
American musician
42
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
43
Franny Beecher
Franny Beecher
Rock and roll musician
44
Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
45
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
46
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
48
Sonny Clay
Sonny Clay
American musician
49
Gil Fuller
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
51
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
52
King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
53
Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
54
Eddie Sauter
Eddie Sauter
American composer and bandleader (1914-1981)
55
Trummy Young
Trummy Young
American jazz trombonist
56
John Kirby
John Kirby
jazz bassist
57
Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
58
Frank Capp
Frank Capp
American musician
59
Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
60
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
61
Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Uan Rasey
Uan Rasey
American trumpeter
63
Joe Bushkin
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
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Buster Wilson
Buster Wilson
American pianist (1897-1949)
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
66
Dan Barrett
Dan Barrett
American musician
67
Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
68
Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
69
Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
American musician
70
Bill Ramsay
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
71
Bill Douglass
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
72
Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper
American musician
73
Andy Blakeney
Andy Blakeney
American musician
74
Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue
American musician
75
Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton
American singer
McClure Morris
American musician

McClure Morris

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American musician
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Music

Morris McClure, better known under the stage name Red Mack (born January 18, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee - June 14, 1993, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

Mack was raised in Los Angeles and was a pianist for his local Church of God in Christ as a youth. After learning trumpet as a teenager, he played with Sonny Clay and Les Hite, the latter alongside Louis Armstrong. From 1931 to 1933 he worked with Charlie Echols, then joined Gene Coy's band in Chicago; around this time he also played with Erskine Tate. He moved back to Los Angeles and worked again with Echols as a drummer in 1934, and worked later in the decade with Floyd Ray, Alton Redd, Lorenzo Flennoy, and Lionel Hampton. He also appeared in several Hollywood films.

Around 1940 he joined Will Osborne's band; as a black musician, Mack's arrival made the group interracial, and Mack was often treated poorly as a result. The group disbanded in 1941, and Mack moved back to Los Angeles once again, working there with Lee Young, Monette Moore, Barney Bigard, and Kid Ory. He toured Alaska with Luke Jones in 1945 and worked with him for several years thereafter, as well as with Jimmy Mundy and with his own ensembles. A group led by Mack was the house band at The Downbeat, a Los Angeles jazz club, late in the 1950s. He was cast as a bandmember of Kid Ory's in the 1955 film The Benny Goodman Story, but he does not play on the soundtrack; his on-screen trumpeting is actually performed by Alvin Alcorn. He was less active as a trumpeter later in his career but continued to perform on keyboards into the 1970s.