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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Conrad Gozzo
Conrad Gozzo
American musician
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist (1924-1994)
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Dick Nash
Dick Nash
American musician
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Irv Kluger
Irv Kluger
Irv is a Past Vice President of Las Vegas Local 369 of the American Federation of Musicians. Irv played a key role in developing a pension plan for union musicians in Las Vegas.
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Herb Geller
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Abe Most
Abe Most
American jazz musician
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Bob Cooper
Bob Cooper
West Coast jazz musician
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Manny Albam
Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Uan Rasey
Uan Rasey
American trumpeter
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Bill Holman
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
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George Roberts
George Roberts
American trombonist
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Dave Pell
Dave Pell
American musician
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Billy Byers
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Al Hendrickson
Al Hendrickson
American musician
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
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Victor Feldman
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Tommy Pederson
Tommy Pederson
American musician
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Vincent DeRosa
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
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Al Porcino
Al Porcino
American musician
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Jimmy Rowles
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Howard Roberts
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
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Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Bud Shank
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
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Lars Gullin
Lars Gullin
Swedish musician
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Hal McKusick
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
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Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Emil Richards
Emil Richards
American musician
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Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Milt Raskin
Milt Raskin
American musician
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Tex Beneke
Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca
American musician
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Curtis Counce
Curtis Counce
American musician
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Harry Lookofsky
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Jerry Gray
Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
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Richard Elliot
Richard Elliot
Scottish musician
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Don Rendell
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
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Larry Bunker
Larry Bunker
American musician
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Gato Barbieri
Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
Ted Nash
Woodwind virtuoso, author and studio musician

Ted Nash

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Woodwind virtuoso, author and studio musician

Theodore Malcolm "Ted" Nash (October 31, 1922 – May 12, 2011) was a jazz musician who played saxophone, flute, and clarinet. He was a session musician in Hollywood studios. His brother was trombonist Dick Nash and his nephew is saxophonist Ted Nash, who is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.