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Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame
English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Maynard Ferguson
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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John Burch
John Burch
British composer
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Paul Motian
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Kenneth Ascher
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
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Jimmy Scott
Jimmy Scott
American jazz singer
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Wild Bill Davis
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and composer
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Mose Allison
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
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Pat Moran
Pat Moran
American pianist and jazz musician
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Harry South
Harry South
British musician
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
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Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
British musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Pete La Roca
Pete La Roca
American drummer
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
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Jack Cooper
Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
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Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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George Barnes
George Barnes
American musician
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Lee Wiley
Lee Wiley
American singer
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Roseanna Vitro
Roseanna Vitro
Jazz singer
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The Undisputed Truth
The Undisputed Truth
American band
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Bad Company
Bad Company
English rock supergroup
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Alan Price
Alan Price
English musician, keyboardist, arranger
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Bob Dorough
Bob Dorough
American pianist and singer
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Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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George David Weiss
George David Weiss
American songwriter and arranger; President of the Songwriters Guild of America (1921-2010)
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Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
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Steve Forbert
Steve Forbert
American singer-songwriter
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Steve Perry
Steve Perry
American singer and songwriter
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Annie Ross
Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist
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Chic
Chic
American rhythm and blues band
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Slim Gaillard
Slim Gaillard
American musician
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Aaron Zigman
Aaron Zigman
American composer and musician
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman
American jazz pianist and composer
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Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Wesla Whitfield
Wesla Whitfield
American singer
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
Rodgers Grant
Jazz pianist and composer

Rodgers Grant

Intro
Jazz pianist and composer
Genres
Music

Rodgers Lee Grant (January 18, 1936 – April 12, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and lyricist. After working with saxophonist Hugo Dickens in the 1950s, he became pianist for Mongo Santamaría in the 1960s. In 1963, Grant wrote the hit "Yeh! Yeh!" with Pat Patrick. Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics for the song and recorded it with Lambert and Bavan at the Newport Jazz Festival of 1963. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames had a hit with the song in 1965.

Trombonist Scott Whitfield recorded two of Grant's compositions on Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East – Live at Birdland (2004).

Grant served in the United States Army.

Grant moved to Paulding, Ohio in 2006 and died on April 12, 2012 at the age of 76 in Defiance, Ohio.