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David Bee
Belgian jazz composer and jazz player
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Harry Beckett
Barbadian musician
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Gus Deloof
Belgian trumpeter
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Vic Lewis
British musician
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Jeff Beal
American composer of music for film, television, recordings, and the concert hall
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Jack Sheldon
American musician (1931-2019)
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Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Larry Stabbins
British musician
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Gene Roland
American composer
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Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
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Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
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Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Peter Herbolzheimer
German musician
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
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Don Redman
American musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Vince Mendoza
American composer
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Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Bill Dixon
American musician
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Woody Shaw
American musician
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Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
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Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Jack Sels
Belgian musician
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Eddie Beal
American musician
