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Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
2
Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
3
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
4
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
5
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
6
Irving Mills
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Junior Parker
Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
9
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
10
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
11
Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
12
Charlie Irvis
Charlie Irvis
American musician
13
Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
14
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Ted Koehler
Ted Koehler
American lyricist
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Charles McPherson
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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The Missourians
The Missourians
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Harold Ashby
Harold Ashby
American musician
32
Alex Hill
Alex Hill
American musician
33
Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Jimmy Raney
Jimmy Raney
American musician
35
Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
37
Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
38
Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
39
Onzy Matthews
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Maceo Pinkard
Maceo Pinkard
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Eliza Brown (1903–1983), or Liza Brown, was a classic female blues singer and recording artist, who also went by the alias Ozie McPherson and after marriage as Ozie Ware. She was active in the late 1920s, when she recorded several tracks for Columbia Records including "Get On Out of Here" and "Stop Laying That Stuff On Me". Little is known about her outside of her recordings. She married entertainer Sonnie Ware.