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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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John Kirby
John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Dewey Redman
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Charles Moffett
Charles Moffett
American drummer
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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Ed Blackwell
Ed Blackwell
American musician
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Marion Brown
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
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Denardo Coleman
Denardo Coleman
American drummer
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
American musician
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David Izenzon
David Izenzon
American musician
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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James Williams
James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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The Carpenters
The Carpenters
American vocal duo
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Art Farmer
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Wilbur Sweatman
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician
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Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
American recording engineer, record producer and violinist
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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George Russell
George Russell
American pianist and composer
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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John Jenkins
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Bill Pemberton
Bill Pemberton
American musician
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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
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Bob Thiele
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
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Defunkt
Defunkt
American band
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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La Monte Young
La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
Roger Blank
American drummer

Roger Blank

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American drummer
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Music

Roger Blank (born December 19, 1938, New York City) is an American jazz drummer.

Blank's grandfather played saxophone and his father William Blank was a trumpeter who had performed with Cootie Williams. Blank worked with Hank Mobley in Harlem for several years and studied under Charlie Persip. He worked with Sun Ra starting in 1964 and recorded several times with him. He worked extensively on the New York jazz scene in the 1960s and 1970s; he played with and was influenced by Ornette Coleman, and helped found a group called the Melodic Art-Tet in 1971 which was devoted to playing in Coleman's harmolodic style. This group also included Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah, William Parker, and Ronnie Boykins. Other associations included work with Bill Barron, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, Dennis Charles, Walt Dickerson, Kenny Dorham, Frank Foster, Charles Greenlee, John Hicks, Ken McIntyre, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Charles Tolliver. He relocated to Atlanta in the 1980s and led an ensemble there, but moved back to New York in the 1990s, where he lived in the Williamsburg neighborhood.

His daughter Radha Blank is a filmmaker, writer, and actress, known for the Sundance-winning film The 40-Year-Old Version.