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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Wendell Marshall
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
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Bob Bushnell
Bob Bushnell
musician
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Jack Nimitz
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Gene Quill
Gene Quill
American musician
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Don Patterson
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Dave Bailey
Dave Bailey
American drummer
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Patti Bown
Patti Bown
American musician
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Quentin Jackson
Quentin Jackson
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Leo Wright
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Seldon Powell (15 November 1928 – 25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, and Louis Bellson. During the 1960s he ventured into the soul jazz idiom and worked with Clark Terry, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Hammond Smith, and Buddy Rich.