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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe
American musician
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Cal Massey
Cal Massey
American musician
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Richie Powell
Richie Powell
American pianist
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Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
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Avery Sharpe
Avery Sharpe
American musician
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Johnny Hartman
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
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Eric Harland
Eric Harland
American musician
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Mat Walerian
Mat Walerian
jazz musician
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy winner. Not a player of electric keyboards and synthesizers, he was committed to acoustic instrumentation. Tyner, who was widely imitated, was one of the most recognizable and most influential pianists in jazz history.