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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Tommy Pederson
Tommy Pederson
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Vido Musso
Vido Musso
Italian musician
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Irv Kluger
Irv Kluger
Irv is a Past Vice President of Las Vegas Local 369 of the American Federation of Musicians. Irv played a key role in developing a pension plan for union musicians in Las Vegas.
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Red Nichols
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
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Seger Ellis
Seger Ellis
American musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Earle Warren
Earle Warren
jazz musician
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Manny Klein
Manny Klein
American musician
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Sammy Nestico
Sammy Nestico
American composer and arranger
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Boomie Richman
Boomie Richman
American musician
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Nick Travis
Nick Travis
American jazz musician
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Al Viola
Al Viola
American musician
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Buddy Childers
Buddy Childers
American musician
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Warren Covington
Warren Covington
American big band trombonist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Buddy Morrow
Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
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Don Fagerquist
Don Fagerquist
American musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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John Bunch
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Walt Levinsky
Walt Levinsky
American musician
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Ray Linn
Ray Linn
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Vincent DeRosa
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Buster Smith
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
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Metronome All-Stars
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Louie Bellson
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
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Paul Quinichette
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
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Axel Stordahl
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Paul Smith
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Johnny Letman
Johnny Letman
American musician
Milt Raskin
American musician

Milt Raskin

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Milt Raskin (January 27, 1916 – October 16, 1977) was an American swing jazz pianist.

Born in Boston, Mass., Raskin played saxophone as a child before switching to piano at age 11. In the 1930s he attended the New England Conservatory of Music. He worked on local Boston-area radio before moving to New York City, where he played with Wingy Manone in 1937 at the Famous Door and Gene Krupa in 1938-39. He then played with Teddy Powell and Alvino Rey before joining Krupa again for a short time, then joined the orchestra of Tommy Dorsey from 1942 to 1944, replacing Joe Bushkin.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1944, where he occasionally worked in jazz (including on recordings by Artie Shaw, Billie Holiday, and Georgie Auld), but concentrated on work as a studio musician and musical director. Much of his studio work from the 1940s on was uncredited, and he never led his own jazz recording session.