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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Doug Wamble
American musician
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Herlin Riley
American musician
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Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Kenny Kirkland
American musician
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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James Carter
American musician
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Ted Nash
American musician
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Marcus Roberts
American musician
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Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Sachal Vasandani
American jazz singer
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Pedrito Martinez
musician
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Willie Jones, III
American drummer
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Dwayne Burno
American bassist
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Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
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Vicente Archer
jazz musician
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Eric Reed
American musician
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Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Catherine Russell
singer
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Bob Stewart
American musician
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Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Victor Goines
American musician
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James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
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Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Eric Lewis
American jazz pianist
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Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
