Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death, and from whose musical shadow he rarely strayed.
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Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Money Johnson
American musician
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Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Budd Johnson
American musician
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Buddy Collette
American musician
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Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Geezil Minerve
Cuban-born American musician
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Maceo Pinkard
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Tricky Sam Nanton
American musician
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Erskine Hawkins
American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama
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Russell Procope
American musician
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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David Horler
British musician
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Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
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Eddie Preston
American musician
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Ray Nance
American musician
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Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Duke Pearson
American pianist
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June Christy
American singer
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Della Reese
American actress and singer
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Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Fred Katz
American cellist
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John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Quentin Jackson
American musician
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James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
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Peter DeRose
American composer of jazz and pop music during the era of Tin Pan Alley