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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Paul Chambers
American musician
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
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John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Ian Carr
British trumpeter
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Buster Williams
American musician
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Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Lew Soloff
American musician
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Wallace Roney
American musician
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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George Russell
American pianist and composer
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Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
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Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Alan Douglas
American record producer
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Ray Draper
American musician
