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Tony Fruscella
jazz musician
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Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Willie Dennis
jazz musician
3
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
4
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
5
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
6
Jaki Byard
American musician
7
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
11
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
12
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
13
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
14
Shawn Colvin
American singer-songwriter
15
Roland Hanna
American pianist
16
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Talking Heads
American rock band
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Sharon Freeman
American musician
22
Jack Wilkins
American musician
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Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
