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

Mercer Ellington

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American musician
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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.