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Lew Stone
Lew Stone
British bandleader and arranger
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Roy Fox
Roy Fox
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2
Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly
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3
Nat Gonella
Nat Gonella
British musician
4
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
5
Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
6
Tiny Grimes
Tiny Grimes
American jazz and R&B guitarist
7
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
8
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts
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9
Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
10
Digby Fairweather
Digby Fairweather
British musician
11
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
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12
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
13
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
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14
Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
15
Ted Heath
Ted Heath
British musician
16
Stan Getz
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
17
Boyd Raeburn
Boyd Raeburn
American musician
18
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
English singer-songwriter
19
Roy Milton
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
20
Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky
Georgian musician (1934-2016)
21
Joe Pass
Joe Pass
American musician
22
Isham Jones
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
23
Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
24
Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
Welsh musician and composer
25
Brian Jones
Brian Jones
British multi-instrumentalist, founding member of The Rolling Stones
26
Hamid Drake
Hamid Drake
American musician
27
Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
28
Karriem Riggins
Karriem Riggins
Jazz drummer, hip hop producer (1975-)
29
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
30
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
31
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
English rock band
32
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
33
Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
34
Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
35
Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson
Canadian musician
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Sting
Sting
English musician
38
The Clash
The Clash
British punk rock band
39
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
English drummer
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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James Gang
James Gang
American rock band
42
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
43
Tommy Whittle
Tommy Whittle
British saxophonist
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John Fogerty
John Fogerty
American musician, songwriter
45
Spike Hughes
Spike Hughes
Composer, Author, Music Critic
46
Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
47
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
48
Mick Taylor
Mick Taylor
British rock musician, former member of The Rolling Stones
49
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
50
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
51
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff
American country music singer and fiddler (1903-1992)
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
53
Paul Young
Paul Young
English pop musician
54
Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Karl Denson
Karl Denson
American musician
57
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
58
Elton John
Elton John
English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
59
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks
American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
60
Sly Stone
Sly Stone
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
61
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart
British musician and tour manager
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
63
Robin Kenyatta
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots
American rock band
65
Soft Machine
Soft Machine
English rock band
66
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
Canadian recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist
67
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
68
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
69
Television
Television
American post-punk band
70
Jack Hylton
Jack Hylton
British band leader and impresario
71
Chester Thompson
Chester Thompson
American drummer
72
Bunny Berigan
Bunny Berigan
American musician
73
Lennie Bush
Lennie Bush
British musician
74
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
75
Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
76
Adrian Rollini
Adrian Rollini
American musician
77
Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
Tiny Winters
English musician

Tiny Winters

Intro
English musician
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Music

Tiny Winters (Frederick Gittens, 24 January 1909 – 7 February 1996) was an English jazz bassist and vocalist who worked in the bands of Roy Fox, Bert Ambrose, Lew Stone and Ray Noble.

Winters joined Roy Fox in 1932 and stayed with the group when arranger Lew Stone took over as leader due to Fox's illness. He stayed with Stone until 1937 by which point he was also performing with Nat Gonella's 'band within a band', the Georgians. In 1934 he recorded with Coleman Hawkins during the saxophonist's 1934 visit to England and began leading his own bands from the late 30s.

Throughout the 1960s and 70s, he was part of a group led by George Chisholm that were regularly featured in the Black and White Minstrel Show, while continuing to freelance in various groups as well as with his own Palm House Trio. Winters continued to perform live in the 1980s and 90s often with trumpeter Digby Fairweather. In the 1990s he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London.