Roy Lee Porter (July 30, 1923, Walsenburg, Colorado – January 24 or 25, 1998, Los Angeles) was an American jazz drummer.
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Frank Morgan
American musician
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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
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Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
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Maurice Simon
American musician
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Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Herbie Harper
American musician
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Richie Kamuca
American musician
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Teddy Hill
American musician
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Elmo Hope
American musician
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Sonny Clay
American musician
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Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Joe Castro
American musician
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Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Arvell Shaw
American musician
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Wardell Gray
American musician
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Mel Powell
American composer
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Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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James Moody
American jazz musician
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Hank Penny
American musician
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Babs Gonzales
American singer
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Jim Wynn
American saxophonist
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Don Byas
American musician
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Henry Grimes
American musician
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Tom Archia
American musician
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Carl Fontana
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Joe Guy
American musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Art Tatum
American jazz pianist
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Stan Levey
American musician
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Chu Berry
American musician
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Chuck Berghofer
American musician
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Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Nick Menza
American musician