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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
1
Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
2
Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
3
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
4
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
5
Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
6
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
7
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
8
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
9
Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
10
George Tucker
George Tucker
American musician
11
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
12
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
13
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
14
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
15
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
16
Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
17
Jamil Nasser
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
18
Bennie Green
Bennie Green
American musician
19
Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
20
Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
21
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
22
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
23
Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
24
Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
25
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
26
Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
27
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
28
Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
29
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
30
Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
31
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
32
Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
34
Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
35
Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
36
Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
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Earl May
Earl May
American musician
38
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
39
Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Specs Powell
Specs Powell
American musician
41
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Gildo Mahones
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
45
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
51
Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
54
Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
57
Herbie Lewis
Herbie Lewis
American musician
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
61
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Willie Dennis
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
65
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
66
Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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John Patton
John Patton
American organist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
69
Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
70
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
71
Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
72
Bill Crow
Bill Crow
American bassist
73
Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
75
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman
American musician
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Frankie Dunlop
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Herman Foster
Herman Foster
pianist
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Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
Peck Morrison
American musician

Peck Morrison

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American musician
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Music

John A. "Peck" Morrison (September 11, 1919 – February 25, 1988) was an American jazz bassist.

Morrison was classically trained, and was competent on trumpet and percussion in addition to bass. He played in military bands in Italy during World War II and moved to New York City after the war to play professionally. He played with Lucky Thompson in the early 1950s, and then recorded with Horace Silver, Gigi Gryce, and Art Farmer. He played with Gerry Mulligan in tours of Europe. He was a noted accompanist and sideman, playing with Carmen McRae, Tiny Bradshaw, King Pleasure, Zoot Sims, Eddie Jefferson, the J. J. Johnson/Kai Winding Quintet (1954), Duke Ellington (1955 and 1964), Lou Donaldson, Johnny Smith, Mal Waldron, Randy Weston, Babs Gonzales, the Newport Rebels (1960), Shirley Scott, Red Garland, Charles McPherson, and Sy Oliver and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band (1986).

Morrison never recorded as a session leader.