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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Henry Glover
Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Porter Grainger
Porter Grainger
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Michael Gregory
Michael Gregory
American jazz, blues and rock musician
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Norman Gimbel
Norman Gimbel
American lyricist of popular songs, television, and movie themes (1927-2018)
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant
American pianist
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Leiber-Stoller
Leiber-Stoller
American songwriting and record producing duo
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Thomas A. Dorsey
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
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Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
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Jymie Merritt
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
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Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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David Johansen
David Johansen
American singer
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Marion Brown
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
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Bull Moose Jackson
Bull Moose Jackson
American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist
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Dave Frishberg
Dave Frishberg
American musician
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898-1937)
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Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
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Hal Singer
Hal Singer
American musician
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J. Mayo Williams
J. Mayo Williams
American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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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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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Vasti Jackson
Vasti Jackson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Calvin Jackson
Calvin Jackson
American musician
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Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
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Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
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Glover Compton
Glover Compton
American musician
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Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
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J. C. Johnson
J. C. Johnson
American musician
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Teo Macero
Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
Mike Jackson
American musician, pianist and songwriter

Mike Jackson

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American musician, pianist and songwriter
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Mike Jackson (December 23, 1888, Louisville, Kentucky – June 21, 1945, New York City) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

The details of Jackson's early life are not known. In 1921 he began composing songs for the publisher Joe Davis, and soon after worked as an accompanist for a number of early jazz and blues recordings, with Clara Smith, Alberta Hunter, Laura Smith, Thomas Morris (including the New Orleans Blue Five and the Dixie Jazzers Washboard Band), Perry Bradford, and Buddy Christian. He also recorded under his own name as Jackson and His Southern Stompers. With Morris, he worked in the vaudeville show The Wicked Age in 1927. He emigrated to Montreal in 1928, but returned to New York in 1930, where he continued working as a composer.

His compositions included "The Louisville Blues", written with Bob Ricketts in 1921 and recorded by W.C. Handy in 1923; "Scandal Blues" and "Black Hearse Blues", both written in 1925; and "Slender, Tender and Tall" and "Hey, Knock Me a Kiss", both of which were recorded by Jimmie Lunceford and Louis Jordan among others.