Norman Simmons (October 6, 1929 – May 13, 2021) was an American musician, arranger, composer, educator, and most prominently a pianist who worked extensively with Helen Humes, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, and Joe Williams among others.
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Keter Betts
American jazz musician
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Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Ben Riley
American drummer
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Snooky Young
American musician
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Hugh Lawson
American pianist
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Walter Perkins
American drummer
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Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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Ellis Larkins
American recording artist; jazz pianist
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Houston Person
American saxophonist
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Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Andy Simpkins
American bassist
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
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Jimmy Raney
American musician
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Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Larry Bunker
American musician
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Victor Sproles
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Lennie McBrowne
American musician
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Larry Gales
American musician
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Curtis Lundy
American musician
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Mark Murphy
American singer
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Joe Puma
American musician
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Bob Bushnell
musician
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Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Walter Davis
American pianist
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger