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Billy Eckstine

American musician

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Hal Mooney

American composer

2

Helen Merrill

American recording artist; jazz vocalist

3

Patti Bown

American musician

4

Ernestine Anderson

American jazz and blues singer

5

Count Basie

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)

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Count Basie Orchestra

American big band led by Count Basie

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Shirley Horn

American singer

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Walter Gross

American musician

9

Tadd Dameron

American pianist

10

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

11

Teddy Wilson

American pianist (1912-1986)

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George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898-1937)

13

Nat Jaffe

Jazz pianist

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Marlene VerPlanck

American singer

15

André Previn

German-American pianist, conductor and composer

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Hubert Laws

American flutist and saxophonist

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Rita Reys

Dutch jazz singer

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Carmen McRae

American jazz musician and actress

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Cyrille Aimée

French jazz singer

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Vincent DeRosa

American musician

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Jeri Southern

American singer

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Billie Holiday

American jazz singer

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Earl Hines

American jazz pianist

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Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist