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Craig Sharmat
American composer and guitarist
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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Curtis Counce
American musician
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René Touzet
American bandleader
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Shelly Berg
American musician
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Bob Gordon
American musician
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Frank Morgan
American musician
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Bob Curnow
musician
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Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Les Baxter
American musician, singer, composer
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Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Bill Watrous
American trombonist
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulele player
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Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Russell Garcia
American composer
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Warren Barker
American composer, arranger, and conductor known for work in film, radio, and television (1923-2006)
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John Graas
American musician
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Bill Cunliffe
American musician
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Lyle Mays
American jazz musician
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Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)
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Tommy Vig
Hungarian percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer
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Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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Jimmie Haskell
American composer and arranger for a variety popular singers and motion pictures (1926-2016)
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Walter Murphy
American musician
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Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Ray Heindorf
American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)
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Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Kay Starr
American singer
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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
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Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Van Alexander
American musician
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John Altman
composer
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Arthur Lyman
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player group popularized a faux-Polynesian musical style that became known as exotica
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Pérez Prado
Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger
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Ernie Freeman
American musician
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Vince Mendoza
American composer
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Calvin Jackson
American musician
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
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Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
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Peter Matz
American musician, composer, arranger and conductor (1928-2002)
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Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
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Don Ellis
American jazz musician
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Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
