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Esmond Edwards
Esmond Edwards
American photographer and record producer
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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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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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Kai Winding
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
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Alfred Ellis
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Salvatore Camarata
Salvatore Camarata
American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Peter Appleyard
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
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Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Heinie Beau
Heinie Beau
American musician
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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John Klemmer
John Klemmer
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Russo
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Sonny Criss
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Don Costa
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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Henry Coker
Henry Coker
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
American musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Willie Ruff
Willie Ruff
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell
singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Bob Thiele
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
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Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
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Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Matt Dennis
Matt Dennis
American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music
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Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Axel Stordahl
Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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John Rotella
John Rotella
American songwriter
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)

Sonny Burke

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American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Awards Received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Member of, past and present

Joseph Francis "Sonny" Burke (March 22, 1914 – May 31, 1980) was an American musical arranger, composer, Big Band leader and producer. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University, where he had formed and led the jazz big band known as the Duke Ambassadors.