Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Curley Russell
American jazz musician
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Skeeter Best
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Duke Jordan
American musician
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John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Henri Renaud
French musician
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Dick Katz
American musician
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Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Ray Copeland
American musician
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Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Paul Chambers
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Connie Kay
American musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Adolphus Alsbrook
American jazz and R&B musician, arranger and composer
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Joe Puma
American musician
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Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Don Butterfield
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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J. C. Heard
American musician
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Wilbur Ware
American musician
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Vinnie Burke
American musician
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Dave Schildkraut
American musician
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Mat Mathews
Dutch musician
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John Ore
American musician
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Les Spann
American guitarist
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Eddie Jones
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Joe Cinderella
American music educator and jazz musician
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Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Al Hall
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer