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Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones
American musician
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Pete Brown
Pete Brown
American musician
2
Kansas Fields
Kansas Fields
American musician
3
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
4
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
5
Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
6
Ronnie Ball
Ronnie Ball
British musician
7
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
8
Buster Harding
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
10
Ron Jefferson
Ron Jefferson
jazz drummer
11
Milt Bernhart
Milt Bernhart
American musician
12
Alvin Stoller
Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
14
Eddie Locke
Eddie Locke
American musician
15
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
16
Richie Kamuca
Richie Kamuca
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
18
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Porter Kilbert
Porter Kilbert
American musician
20
Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
21
Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
American West coast jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and arranger (1924-1994)
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Teddy Edwards
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Ken Kersey
Ken Kersey
Canadian musician
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon
American musician
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Sam Theard
Sam Theard
American songwriter, singer, and comedian (1904-1982)
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Teddy Hill
Teddy Hill
American musician
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Vic Dickenson
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
32
Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Jack Marshall
Jack Marshall
American musician, conductor, composer (1921-1973)
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Elmer Snowden
Elmer Snowden
American musician
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Shelly Manne
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
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Johnny Varro
Johnny Varro
American pianist
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Cecil Scott
Cecil Scott
American musician
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Jesper Lundgaard
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby
American musician
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Teddy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Clifford Scott
Clifford Scott
American musician & saxophonist
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Pete Candoli
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
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Vernel Fournier
Vernel Fournier
American musician
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Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins
American musician
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John Simmons
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
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Richard Wyands
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
American pianist
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry
American musician
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Benny Moten
Benny Moten
American musician
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Claude Williamson
Claude Williamson
American pianist
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Babs Gonzales
Babs Gonzales
American singer
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
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Pete Rugolo
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
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Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Tom Archia
Tom Archia
American musician
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Joe Castro
Joe Castro
American musician
73
Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
75
George Shearing
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Ike Quebec
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
Teddy Brannon
American musician

Teddy Brannon

Intro
American musician
Genres
Music

Humphrey "Teddy" Brannon (September 27, 1916, Moultrie, Georgia – February 24, 1989, Newark, New Jersey) was an American jazz and blues pianist.

Brannon began on piano at age nine. He played in dance bands in high school and worked locally in nightclubs in Newark from 1937-42. From 1942 to 1945 he was a member of Benny Carter's ensemble, after which time he freelanced on 52nd Street in New York City. In the 1950s and 1960s Brannon worked in the studios with doo wop groups and played extensively in jazz idioms, including with Don Byas, Roy Eldridge, Buddy Rich, Bennie Green, Johnny Hodges, and Illinois Jacquet. He also accompanied singers such as Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Billie Holiday, and Babs Gonzales, the last of which was Brannon's cousin.