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Dave Samuels
Dave Samuels
American musician
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
2
Bill Mays
Bill Mays
American pianist
3
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
4
Mark Helias
Mark Helias
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff
German jazz trombonist
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Jay Leonhart
Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Warren Bernhardt
Warren Bernhardt
American pianist
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Ralph Towner
Ralph Towner
American musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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David Friedman
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Steve Swallow
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Ed Schuller
Ed Schuller
American musician
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Manolo Badrena
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Stan Sulzmann
Stan Sulzmann
British musician
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Jack Six
Jack Six
US-american jazz musician
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Jon Eardley
Jon Eardley
American musician
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Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
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Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
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Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Collin Walcott
Collin Walcott
musician and ethnomusicologist from the United States
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
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Mike Zwerin
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Gene Cherico
Gene Cherico
American musician
45
Palle Danielsson
Palle Danielsson
Swedish jazz musician; double bassist and composer
46
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Harvie S
Harvie S
American musician
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Harold Danko
Harold Danko
American musician
50
Nick Brignola
Nick Brignola
American musician
51
Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
52
Bill Crow
Bill Crow
American bassist
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Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
54
Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
55
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
American musician (1948-2018)
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Gerry Niewood
Gerry Niewood
American musician
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Henry Grimes
Henry Grimes
American musician
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Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
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Phil Wachsmann
Phil Wachsmann
Ugandan musician
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Barre Phillips
Barre Phillips
American bassist
63
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Barney Wilen
Barney Wilen
French saxophonist
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Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless
American musician
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Barry Guy
Barry Guy
British musician
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Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
Intro
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Music
Michael Di Pasqua, at International New Jazz Festival Moers 1978 (Moers Festival)

Michael Di Pasqua (May 4, 1953 – August 29, 2016) was an American cool jazz drummer and percussionist born in Orlando, Florida, probably better known for his work with Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Gerry Mulligan, among others.