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Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
2
Heinie Beau
American musician
3
Paul Webster
Jazz trumpeter
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Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
5
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
6
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
7
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
8
Trummy Young
American jazz trombonist
9
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
10
Eddie Durham
American musician
11
Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Salvatore Camarata
American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer
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James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Buddy Childers
American musician
15
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Hymie Shertzer
American musician
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Bernie Glow
American musician
19
Bunny Berigan
American musician
20
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Leroy Kirkland
American musician
22
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Reunald Jones
American musician
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Ziggy Elman
American musician
25
Horace Henderson
American musician
26
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Al Viola
American musician
29
John Benson Brooks
American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger and composer
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Bob Haggart
American double bass player, composer, and arranger
31
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
32
The Pied Pipers
American popular singing group (formed in the late 1930s)
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Willie Cook
American musician
34
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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The Sentimentalists
American band
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Bernie Privin
American musician
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Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Claus Ogerman
German composer
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
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Warren Covington
American big band trombonist
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zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
43
Matty Matlock
American musician
44
Tommy Pederson
American musician
45
Shelly Berg
American musician
46
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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George Barnes
American musician
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Carmen Mastren
American musician
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George Williams
musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands
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Ted Heath
British musician
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Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Babe Russin
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
