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Don Costa
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Charlie La Vere
Charlie La Vere
American pianist
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Charles Calello
Charles Calello
American record producer
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
American record producer
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Peter Matz
Peter Matz
American musician, composer, arranger and conductor (1928-2002)
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Rockin' Sidney
Rockin' Sidney
musician
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Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe
American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Procol Harum
Procol Harum
British band
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Johnny Pate
Johnny Pate
American record producer
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Onzy Matthews
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Johnny Green
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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Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Bobby Kimball
Bobby Kimball
American singer
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Buddy Bregman
Buddy Bregman
American musical arranger, record producer and composer
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Aaron Zigman
Aaron Zigman
American composer and musician
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Stanley Black
Stanley Black
British composer
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Billy Butterfield
Billy Butterfield
American musician
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Kwamé
Kwamé
American rapper
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Axel Stordahl
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
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Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Charles Stepney
Charles Stepney
American record producer
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Ray Bauduc
Ray Bauduc
American musician
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Paul Weston
Paul Weston
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor
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Peanuts Hucko
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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John Altman
John Altman
composer
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Victor Young
Victor Young
American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor, orchestra leader (1900-1956)
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Frank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield
British musician
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Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
Sid Feller
American musician

Sid Feller

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(Photo courtesy of Jane Feller) Sid Feller with Ray Charles - ca 1962

Sidney "Sid" Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour. Ray Charles once said of him "if they call me a genius, then Sid Feller is Einstein." [739.ece]