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Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Larry Young
Larry Young
American jazz musician
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Don Alias
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Eddie Henderson
Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo
American musician
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John Scofield
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Weather Report
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin
American musician
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas
American musician
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Howard Johnson
Howard Johnson
American musician
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Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson
American musician
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
American drummer
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Montego Joe
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Ray Obiedo
Ray Obiedo
American musician
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer

Tony Williams

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Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.

Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis and pioneered jazz fusion. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986. During his lifetime, music critic Robert Christgau described Williams as "probably the best drummer in the world".