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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams
American jazz pianist
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
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Michael Blake
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
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Emily Remler
Emily Remler
American musician
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Odetta
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Robben Ford
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
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Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
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Lou Marini
Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch
American singer, author and actress
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Big Miller
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
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Eddie Bert
Eddie Bert
American musician
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Art Baron
Art Baron
American musician
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
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Butch Miles
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez
Avant-garde jazz poet
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Ralph Burns
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Johnny Vidacovich
Johnny Vidacovich
American jazz percussionist
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Sue Foley
Sue Foley
Canadian blues singer, guitarist
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Don Lamond
Don Lamond
American musician
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Roy Campbell, Jr.
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
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Preston Love
Preston Love
American saxophonist
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Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan
American musician
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
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Eddie Allen
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
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Charlie Musselwhite
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Baikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll
American musician
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Viola Gertrude Wells
Viola Gertrude Wells
American singer
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Mike Longo
Mike Longo
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Russell Malone
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
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Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
Nancie Banks
American musician

Nancie Banks

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Nancie Banks (born Nancie Manzuk, July 29, 1951 – November 2002) was an American jazz singer.

Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Banks sang in a church choir with her father as a child and learned piano from her mother at age four. She lived in Pittsburgh for a time, then relocated to New York City in the 1980s and studied with Edward Boatner, Barry Harris, and Alberto Socarras, and performed with both small ensembles and big bands. She married trombonist Clarence Banks later in the decade after she joined Charlie Byrd's band, of which he was a member. Among the musicians she worked with were Lionel Hampton, Dexter Gordon, Walter Davis Jr., Bob Cunningham, Duke Jordan, Diane Schuur, George Benson, Woody Shaw, Jon Hendricks, Walter Booker, Bross Townsend, Charlie Persip, Walter Bishop, Jr., and Sadik Hakim.

In 1989 she founded her own big band and recorded four albums between 1992 and 2001. She also worked on film soundtracks, including Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Housesitter (1992), and in Broadway musicals such as Swingin' On a Star. During the 1990s, she taught jazz at the City University of New York.

Banks died in New York City in November 2002. Her body was found in her home; the day she died is known.