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John Serry Jr.
John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Colin Towns
Colin Towns
English composer
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Joe Gallivan
Joe Gallivan
American musician
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Michael Nyman
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Stafford James
Stafford James
American musician
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Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
American musician
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T-Square
T-Square
Japanese jazz fusion band
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John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Phillip Wilson
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
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Peter Leitch
Peter Leitch
Canadian musician
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Dick Morrissey
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa
Portuguese musician
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione
American jazz musician
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Steve Reich
Steve Reich
American composer
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Michał Urbaniak
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
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Don Moye
Don Moye
American percussionist
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Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
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George Adams
George Adams
musician
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Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
composer
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Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
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Patrick O'Hearn
Patrick O'Hearn
American recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and composer
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe
French saxophonist
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John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
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Peter King
Peter King
British musician
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue
French composer
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Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
American musician
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Robin Rimbaud
Robin Rimbaud
English electronic musician
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Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
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Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla
Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger
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Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor
British guitarist
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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James Taylor Quartet
James Taylor Quartet
band that plays jazz
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Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart
English keyboardist and composer
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Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
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The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
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Roy Budd
Roy Budd
British jazz musician and composer
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Edward Wilkerson
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
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Sky
Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Yasuaki Shimizu
Yasuaki Shimizu
Japanese saxophonist, composer, music producer (1954-)
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Stan Tracey
Stan Tracey
British pianist
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Alan Barnes
Alan Barnes
British musician
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Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Don Pullen
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Miroslav Vitouš
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett
British pianist
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Russel Walder
Russel Walder
American musician
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Simon Stockhausen
Simon Stockhausen
German composer and saxophonist
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John Purcell
John Purcell
American jazz saxophonist
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Ralph Farris
Ralph Farris
American conductor
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
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Hugh Hopper
Hugh Hopper
English bass guitarist
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Howard Blake
Howard Blake
composer
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Takashi Kako
Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Rick Laird
Rick Laird
Irish musician
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Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
American musician
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Tatsu Aoki
Tatsu Aoki
American musician
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Terry Riley
Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
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John Scott
John Scott
English composer and conductor
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William Motzing
William Motzing
Composer, conductor, arranger
Toshiyuki Honda
Japanese composer and saxophonist

Toshiyuki Honda

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Japanese composer and saxophonist
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Toshiyuki Honda (born April 9, 1957, Tokyo) is a Japanese jazz musician and composer.

Honda's father was a jazz critic, whose name was also Toshiyuki Honda. As a jazz musician, he learned flute and saxophone, and worked in the late 1970s with George Otsuka and the Burning Waves ensemble. In the 1980s he worked with Chick Corea, Tatsuya Takahashi, and Kazumi Watanabe, as well as leading his own ensemble, Super Quartet. he was also a member of the ensemble Native Son.

Starting in the late 1980s, Honda turned increasingly toward composing for film and television, as well as working in record producing. He composed the soundtrack for the film A Taxing Woman in 1987, which raised his prominence as a film scorer.