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Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
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Michael Brecker
American musician
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
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Biréli Lagrène
French guitarist and bassist
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Yellowjackets
American jazz fusion band
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Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
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Robert Trujillo
American Bass Player
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David Sanborn
American saxophonist
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John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Randy Bernsen
musical artist
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Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Eric Johnson
American guitarist, recording artist
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Lenny White
American drummer
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Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Dean Brown
American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician
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Steve Khan
American musician
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Bob Berg
American musician
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Jerry Jemmott
American musician
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John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Chris Parker
American drummer
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Antonio Sánchez
Mexican jazz drummer, composer
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Nathan East
American musician
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Bill Milkowski
American author, journalist and radio host
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Takahiro Matsumoto
Japanese guitarist and music producer (1961-)
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Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
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Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
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Steve Lukather
guitarist
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Tim Landers
American musician
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Juan Alderete
musician
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Mike Rutherford
English guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and singer
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Carlos Santana
Mexican and American rock musician
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Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Pedro Aznar
Argentine musician and singer-songwriter
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Habib Faye
Senegalese musicians
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Will Calhoun
American musician
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Jon Herington
Rock guitarist
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Jeff Lorber
American keyboardist, composer, and record producer
