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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Derrick Hodge
American musician
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Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Marlon Jordan
American musician
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Donald Harrison
musician, composer, producer, instructor
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Kendrick Scott
American musician
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Wallace Roney
American musician
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Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
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Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Aaron Parks
American musician
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Reginald Veal
American musician
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Fabian Almazan
jazz pianist, composer
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Phil Bowler
American musician
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Eric Harland
American musician
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Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Dale Barlow
Australian musician
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
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Buster Williams
American musician
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Steve Masakowski
musical artist
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Woody Shaw
American musician
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Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Christian Scott
American jazz composer and trumpeter
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Brian Blade
American jazz musician
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Kermit Ruffins
American musician
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Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
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Michael League
American composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist
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Mike Moreno
A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.
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Brian Lynch
American musician
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
