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Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Don Redman
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
3
Ron Goodwin
English composer and conductor
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Al Hirt
American trumpeter and bandleader
5
Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Russell Garcia
American composer
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
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Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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The Squadronaires
musical artist
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Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
American jazz and dance band from the 1920s and 1930s
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Salvatore Camarata
American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer
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Doc Severinsen
American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)
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George Paxton
American musician
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Ted Heath
British musician
22
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Bill Berry
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Russell Procope
American musician
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Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Archie Bleyer
American song arranger, bandleader, and record company executive
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Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
American jazz musician, music director and band leader
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Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
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Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
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Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Carlos Garnett
American musician
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Charlie Spivak
bandleader
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Conrad Gozzo
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Russ Freeman
American musician
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William Russo
American musician
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Meredith Willson
American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader and playwright
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Larry Wagner
arranger, composer
