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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
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Roland Hanna
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Hubert Laws
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Harold Land
Harold Land
American musician
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
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David T. Walker
David T. Walker
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Buddy Terry
Buddy Terry
American musician
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Jerry Dodgion
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
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Stefon Harris
Stefon Harris
American musician
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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David Sanborn
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
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Bobbi Humphrey
Bobbi Humphrey
American soul-jazz musician
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Gato Barbieri
Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
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Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Billy Harper
Billy Harper
American musician
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Donald Byrd
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Lew Tabackin
Lew Tabackin
American musician
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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James Mtume
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
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Harry Allen
Harry Allen
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Jesper Thilo
Jesper Thilo
Danish jazz musician
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Sam Brown
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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Grover Washington, Jr.
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
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Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
Tyrone Washington
American musician

Tyrone Washington

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Tyrone Washington (born 1944) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

He is known best for his 1967 debut album for Blue Note Records. Washington did not record after 1974 and Ken Dryden speculates "...his name doesn't show up in jazz encyclopedias, so one wonders if he died prematurely or quit music for some other reason", while Jason Sositko comments: "Not a whole heck of a lot is known about this fine tenor saxophonist, apparently he left the music world entirely for his religious faith..."