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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
2
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Bola Sete
Bola Sete
Brazilian musician
4
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
5
Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Andreas Varady
Andreas Varady
Slovakian jazz guitarist
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
American record producer
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
10
Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
11
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
12
Pepeu Gomes
Pepeu Gomes
Brazilian musician
13
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
14
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
16
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Keter Betts
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
24
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Roberto Menescal
Roberto Menescal
Brazilian musician
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John Clayton
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Harold Lopez Nussa
Harold Lopez Nussa
Cuban jazz pianist
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Paulinho da Viola
Paulinho da Viola
Brazilian musician
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Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
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Helio Alves
Helio Alves
Jazz pianist
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier
English musician and multinstrumentalist
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Buck Clarke
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Kenwood Dennard
Kenwood Dennard
American musician, pianist and music educator
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan
American jazz guitarist
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Simone
Simone
Brazilian singer
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Bonfá
Brazilian musician
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Brazilian musician
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Paulinho da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [pawˈliɲu dɐ ˈkɔʃtɐ], born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Mendes. He went on to perform with many American pop, rock and jazz musicians and participated in thousands of albums. DownBeat magazine call him "one of the most talented percussionists of our time." He played on such albums as Earth, Wind & Fire's I Am, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Madonna's True Blue, Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love, hit singles and movie soundtracks, including Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing and Purple Rain among others. He has also toured with Diana Krall. He plays over 200 instruments professionally, and has worked in a variety of music genres including Brazilian, blues, Christian, country, disco, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz's Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, Agora, Happy People and Sunrise, as well as Breakdown. Da Costa received the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Most Valuable Player Award for three consecutive years. He also received the Musicians Emeritus Award.