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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
2
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
3
Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
4
Kid Rena
Kid Rena
American musician
5
Darnell Howard
Darnell Howard
American musician
6
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
7
Willie Humphrey
Willie Humphrey
American musician
8
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
9
Pops Foster
Pops Foster
American musician
10
Andy Blakeney
Andy Blakeney
American musician
11
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
12
Zue Robertson
Zue Robertson
American musician
13
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
14
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
15
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
16
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
17
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
19
Sonny Clay
Sonny Clay
American musician
20
George Baquet
George Baquet
American musician
21
Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
22
Ken Colyer
Ken Colyer
British musician
23
Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
24
Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
25
Eddie Edwards
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
26
Dink Johnson
Dink Johnson
American musician
27
Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
American musician
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Larry Shields
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
31
Albert Burbank
Albert Burbank
American jazz clarinetist
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
33
Buster Wilson
Buster Wilson
American pianist (1897-1949)
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
35
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
38
Tony Sbarbaro
Tony Sbarbaro
American jazz drummer
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Jess Stacy
Jess Stacy
American musician
41
Albert Nicholas
Albert Nicholas
American musician
42
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Tiran Porter
Tiran Porter
American musician
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Omer Simeon
Omer Simeon
American musician
45
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Alfredo Rodríguez
Alfredo Rodríguez
Cuban pianist from the 1960s to 2000s
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Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
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Emile Christian
Emile Christian
American musician
51
Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Teddy Buckner
Teddy Buckner
American musician
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William Manuel Johnson
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
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George Probert
George Probert
American musician
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Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman
American musician
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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Lu Watters
Lu Watters
American mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, bandleader
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Punch Miller
Punch Miller
American musician
Minor Hall
American musician

Minor Hall

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American musician
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Music

Minor Hall (March 2, 1897 – October 16, 1959), better known as Ram Hall, was an American jazz drummer active on the New Orleans jazz scene. He was the younger brother of Tubby Hall.

Minor Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana. He studied at New Orleans University until 1914, then began playing with Kid Ory in the middle of the decade. He played in various New Orleans ensembles, including the Superior Band, then moved to Chicago in 1918. He took his brother's spot in Lawrence Duhe's band briefly before serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. By the time he returned, King Oliver was leading Duhe's band, which Hall rejoined in 1921. In 1926 he played with Jimmie Noone, and then moved to California for an extended run with Mutt Carey's Jeffersonians (1927–32).

He played in the Winslow Allen Band in the 1930s, but took a hiatus from music for part of the decade, and served briefly in the Army again in 1942. In 1945 he rejoined Ory in his Creole Jazz Band and became one of his most longstanding members, remaining with Ory's ensemble until 1956, when he retired on account of poor health. Hall never led his own recording date, though he recorded extensively with Ory and also did some recording with Louis Armstrong in the 1940s. He died in Sawtelle, California, aged 61.