Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice".
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Buck Hill
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Al Foster
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Alan Broadbent
Jazz Pianist
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
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Benny Bailey
American musician
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Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Lucky Peterson
American musician
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
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Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Patti Bown
American musician
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Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist
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Steve Slagle
American musician
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Mark Murphy
American singer
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Sharon Freeman
American musician
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Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Marilyn Mazur
Danish musician
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Bobby Scott
American musician, record producer, and songwriter (1937-1990)
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Makoto Ozone
Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)
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Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Junior Mance
American musician
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Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Curtis Lundy
American musician
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Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
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Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
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Joe Sample
American pianist
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Bob Dorough
American pianist and singer
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Hilton Ruiz
American musician of Puerto Rican descent
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Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Benny Green
American musician
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Michael Weiss
American musician
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Joyce Collins
American musician
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
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Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Jerry Dodgion
American musician