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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Frank Rehak
American musician
10
Milt Bernhart
American musician
11
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
12
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
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Wayne Bergeron
American musician
15
William Russo
American musician
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
22
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Tommy Vig
Hungarian percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer
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George Siravo
American musician
25
Plas Johnson
American musician
26
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
31
Chris Karan
Greek Australian musician
32
Phil Moore
American musician
33
Mike Melvoin
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012)
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Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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George Greeley
American pianist
37
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
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Les Brown
American bandleader, jazz musician, songwriter
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Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Buddy Morrow
American trombonist and bandleader
41
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
42
Paul Weston
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
44
Frank Ricotti
British musician
45
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Claude Bolling
French musician
47
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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David Amram
American musician
51
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
54
Don Butterfield
American musician
55
George Roberts
American trombonist
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The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
58
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
59
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
60
Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor (1915-1998)
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Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
64
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
66
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
67
Walt Levinsky
American musician
68
John Pizzarelli
American jazz guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader
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Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
