Willis "Sonny" Parker (May 5, 1925 or October 29, 1926 – February 7, 1957) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer.
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Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
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Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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King Kolax
American musician
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Stick McGhee
African-American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Gene Roland
American composer
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Tina Brooks
American musician
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Percy Heath
American musician
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Eddie Preston
American musician
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Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Jackie Paris
American singer
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Kansas Fields
American musician
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Alan Dawson
American musician
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Big Jay McNeely
American rhythm and blues saxophonist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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Cozy Cole
American musician
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Clifford Scott
American musician & saxophonist
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Eddie Bert
American musician
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Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Don Lamond
American musician
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Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Addison Farmer
American musician
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Al Hall
American musician
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Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Earl Bostic
American musician
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Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
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Paul Chambers
American musician
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Skeeter Best
American musician
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Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
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Irving Ashby
American jazz guitarist
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Joe Morris
American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Ray Copeland
American musician
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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David Amram
American musician
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Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
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Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
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Wardell Gray
American musician
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Willie Smith
American musician
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Earl Coleman
American singer
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Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Jack McVea
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer