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John Ore
John Ore
American musician
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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Dave Burns
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
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Dezron Douglas
Dezron Douglas
American composer and bassist
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Ronnie Boykins
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
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Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
American jazz musician
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Sun Ra
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
10
Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
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Shirley Horn
Shirley Horn
American singer
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Steve Grossman
Steve Grossman
American saxophonist
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
15
Alex Blake
Alex Blake
American musician
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
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Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Lex Humphries
Lex Humphries
American drummer
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Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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Phil Cohran
Phil Cohran
American trumpeter
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Michael Ray
Michael Ray
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Janis Siegel
Janis Siegel
American singer
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Wilbur Ware
Wilbur Ware
American musician
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Vincent Chancey
Vincent Chancey
American musician
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen
American saxophonist
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Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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Art Pepper
Art Pepper
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Garrison
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
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Danny Ray Thompson
Danny Ray Thompson
American jazz musician
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Abraham Burton
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
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Eliot Zigmund
Eliot Zigmund
American jazz drummer
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Eddie Gale
Eddie Gale
American musician
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky
American drummer
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Harrison Bankhead
Harrison Bankhead
American musician
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter

Tyler Mitchell

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American screenwriter
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Tyler Mitchell (born October 7, 1958) is a jazz bassist and has recorded and toured with some of jazz's most respected artists, including: Art Taylor, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, George Coleman and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He is unique in that he is active in both the traditional and avant-garde jazz idioms and is currently in demand as both a leader and a sideman in New York City. He studied the bass with Donald Raphael Garrett (John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Roland Kirk) and Malachi Favors (Art Ensemble of Chicago). He has recorded on Grammy nominated recordings and has recorded at The Village Vanguard.