Beatrice "Sathima Bea" Benjamin (17 October 1936 – 20 August 2013) was a South African vocalist and composer, based for nearly 45 years in New York City.
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John Betsch
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Carlos Ward
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Duke Ellington
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Randy Weston
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Jimmy Woode
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Mal Waldron
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Billy Taylor
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Sharon Freeman
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Herb Jeffries
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Chris McGregor
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Wellman Braud
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Junko Onishi
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Cootie Williams
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
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David Williams
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Dena DeRose
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Myra Melford
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Monty Alexander
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Wolfgang Muthspiel
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Liane Carroll
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Count Basie
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Randy Crawford
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Edith Wilson
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Carmen Lundy
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Buster Cooper
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Mary Lou Williams
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Florian Weber
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Geri Allen
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Kitty White
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Vijay Iyer
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Simon Nabatov
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Brian Torff
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian