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Randy Edelman

American musician, producer, and composer for film and television (born 1947)

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Oscar Peterson

Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer

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György Kurtág

Hungarian composer

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Manfred Eicher

German record producer

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Hank Jones

American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)

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Billy Taylor

American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator

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John Williams

American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)

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George Shearing

British-American jazz pianist

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Nitin Sawhney

British Indian musician, producer and composer

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Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

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Vicco von Bülow

German humorist, cartoonist, film director and actor

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Paolo Conte

Italian recording artist; musician

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Bruce Cockburn

Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter

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Abdullah Ibrahim

South African pianist and composer

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Libby Larsen

American composer and educator

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Edgar Froese

German artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group of Tangerine Dream in 1967 (1944-2015)

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Kurt Masur

German conductor

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Chris Jasper

American singer, composer and musician

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Myung-whun Chung

South Korean pianist and conductor

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Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

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Fred Hersch

American musician

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Kurt Kaiser

American singer-songwriter

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Ramsey Lewis

American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality

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George Shirley

American tenor

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Lyle Lovett

American musician

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Vijay Iyer

American jazz musician