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Dick Hyman
Dick Hyman
American jazz pianist and composer
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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Dick Zimmerman
Dick Zimmerman
American magician
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Laura Smith
Laura Smith
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Knocky Parker
Knocky Parker
American musician
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Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller
American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician
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Dick Wellstood
Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
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Beth Hart
Beth Hart
American singer
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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John Arpin
John Arpin
Canadian ragtime pianist
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Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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James Scott
James Scott
American ragtime composer
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Marcus Roberts
Marcus Roberts
American musician
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Reginald Robinson
Reginald Robinson
American musician
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Lil Johnson
Lil Johnson
African American blues singer
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Oliver Jones
Oliver Jones
Canadian musician
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Samantha Fish
Samantha Fish
American singer, composer and guitarist
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Laura Branigan
Laura Branigan
American singer, songwriter, and actress (1952-2004)
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Roger Kellaway
Roger Kellaway
American pianist
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Lew Tabackin
Lew Tabackin
American musician
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Victor Wainwright
Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Nappy Brown
Nappy Brown
American R&B singer
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Joseph Lamb
Joseph Lamb
American composer of ragtime music
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Major Lazer
Major Lazer
Jamaican-American electronic dance music band
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Jill Scott
Jill Scott
American soul musician
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William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Janice Scroggins
Janice Scroggins
American musician, jazz pianist and instructor
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
American rock band from Vermont
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Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
Sue Keller
American musician

Sue Keller

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American musician
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Sue Keller (born July 7, 1952 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American ragtime, pianist and singer, who has released several albums. As a child, she had flute and singing lessons, as well as playing the guitar. She attended DePauw University. She played professionally in various styles before settling on ragtime and old forms of jazz. She founded the publishing firm Ragtime Press and the record label HVR in 1992.

Keller was a contestant on the quiz show Jeopardy! in 1997, winning three games and $28,400. She was the festival music director for the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation from 2003 through 2009 and was awarded the foundation's 2010 Friend of Ragtime Award.