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Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
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Scott Kinsey
American musician
2
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
3
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
4
Ted Nash
American musician
5
Mel Lewis
American musician
6
Bob Belden
American musician
7
Eddie Bert
American musician
8
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
9
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Eddie Daniels
American musician
12
Peter Erskine
American musician
13
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
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Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
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Drew Gress
American musician
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Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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John Bernard Riley
American musician
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Peter King
British musician
20
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Jim McNeely
American musician
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Marc Copland
American musician
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Bill Berry
American musician
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Django Bates
British musician
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Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
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Jiggs Whigham
American jazz trombonist
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Larry Schneider
American musician
34
Conrad Herwig
American musician
35
Maria Baptist
German woman pianist and composer
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Gerard Presencer
British musician
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Rich Perry
American musician
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Herb Robertson
American musician
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Robin Eubanks
American musician
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Bill Perkins
American jazz musician
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Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
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Billy Kilson
American musician
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Rufus Reid
American musician
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Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
45
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
47
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
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Chris Speed
American musician
49
Peter Bernstein
American musician
50
Ryan Kisor
American musician
51
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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Arne Domnérus
Swedish musician
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Ralph Alessi
Trumpeter, composer
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Jack Cooper
American composer, arranger, orchestrator, multireedist, and music educator.
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Ken Hanna
American musician
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Dick Nash
American musician
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Bob Curnow
musician
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Wayne Horvitz
American musician
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Jim Snidero
American jazz saxophonist
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Don Byron
American musician
63
Vince Mendoza
American composer
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Tommy Smith
Scottish saxophone player
65
Dave Taylor
American musician
66
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
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Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
68
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
69
Mike LeDonne
American musician
70
Gary Husband
British musician
71
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
72
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
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Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Dee Barton
composer, arranger
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Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
