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Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Eric Dixon
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
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Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
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Bill Hughes
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Sonny Cohn
Sonny Cohn
American musician
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Henderson Chambers
Henderson Chambers
American musician
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Richard Boone
Richard Boone
American singer
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Sivuca
Sivuca
Brazilian musician
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Speedy Jones
Speedy Jones
American drummer
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Paul Horn
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Maxwell
Jimmy Maxwell
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Eugene Wright
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones
American musician
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Reunald Jones
Reunald Jones
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Gene Cherico
Gene Cherico
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Claus Ogerman
Claus Ogerman
German composer
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John Pisano
John Pisano
American musician
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Jack Jones
Jack Jones
American singer and actor
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Chad Mitchell Trio
Chad Mitchell Trio
North American vocal group
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Lyle Ritz
Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulele player
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Herbie Jones
Herbie Jones
American musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
Norman Keenan
American musician

Norman Keenan

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Norman Dewey Keenan (November 23, 1916, Union, South Carolina - February 12, 1980, New York City) was an American jazz double-bassist.

Keenan began on piano before picking up bass at age 15. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw (mid-1930s), Lucky Millinder (1939–40), Henry Wells (1940), Earl Bostic, and Cootie Williams, and jammed at Minton's Playhouse around the same time. Following World War II he worked with Williams again and with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson in 1947-49. From 1949 to 1957 he was the bassist in the house trio at the Village Vanguard. After backing Harry Belafonte from 1957 to 1962 and working on the TV show Hootenanny, he began playing jazz again in the 1960s, with Count Basie (1965-74) and Roy Eldridge (1966).