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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Eddie Williams
Eddie Williams
American jazz saxophonist
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Johnny Letman
Johnny Letman
American musician
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Slick Jones
Slick Jones
American drummer
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Benny Harris
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
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Peanuts Holland
Peanuts Holland
American musician
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Wilbur de Paris
Wilbur de Paris
American musician
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Benny Moten
Benny Moten
American musician
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Jimmy Shirley
Jimmy Shirley
American jazz guitarist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Ernie Henry
Ernie Henry
American musician
14
Sonny Clark
Sonny Clark
American musician
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Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson
American musician
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John Jenkins
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Dud Bascomb
Dud Bascomb
American musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Clyde Hurley
Clyde Hurley
American musician
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Abe Most
Abe Most
American jazz musician
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Al Lucas
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
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Lee Blair
Lee Blair
American musician
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Muggsy Spanier
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
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Moe Purtill
Moe Purtill
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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John Hardee
John Hardee
American musician
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Teddy McRae
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
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Teddy Bunn
Teddy Bunn
American musician
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Oscar Alemán
Oscar Alemán
(1909-1980) Argentine jazz musician
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Nat Jaffe
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
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Sandy Williams
Sandy Williams
American musician
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Harry James
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Guy Lafitte
Guy Lafitte
French musician
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Al Sears
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Dan Minor
Dan Minor
jazz trombonist
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Rod Cless
Rod Cless
American musician
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Leonard Ware
Leonard Ware
American musician
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Bernard Addison
Bernard Addison
American jazz guitarist
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
American jazz baritone saxophonist
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Wally Rose
Wally Rose
American musician
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Marshal Royal
Marshal Royal
American musician
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Sonny Red
Sonny Red
American musician
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Claude Jones
Claude Jones
trombonist
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Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson
American bandleader
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Kid Ory
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell
American musician
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Claude Hopkins
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Pony Poindexter
Pony Poindexter
American musician
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Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
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Lionel Loueke
Lionel Loueke
guitarist
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Cliff Jackson
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
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Carmen Mastren
Carmen Mastren
American musician
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
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Thomas Morris
Thomas Morris
American jazz cornetist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Cliff Leeman
Cliff Leeman
American musician
Sidney De Paris
American musician

Sidney De Paris

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Sidney De Paris (May 30, 1905 – September 13, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter. His brother was Wilbur de Paris.

He was a member of Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten (1926–1931), worked with Don Redman (1932–1936 and 1939), followed by periods with Zutty Singleton (1939–1941), Benny Carter (1940–41), and Art Hodes (1941). De Paris recorded with Jelly Roll Morton (1939) and Sidney Bechet (1940) and was part of the Panassie sessions in 1938. In the 1950s, he performed with his brother, Wilbur.