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Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sirone
American musician
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
3
War
American funk band
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Richard Davis
American double-bassist
5
Wilbur Ware
American musician
6
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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David Benoit
American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953)
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Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
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Walter Davis
American pianist
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
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George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Henry Grimes
American musician
13
Leo Kottke
American guitarist and singer
14
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
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Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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Odell Brown
American jazz organist, songwriter
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Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
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Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
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Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
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Jeanne Lee
American singer
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Carlos Garnett
American musician
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Andrew Sega
musician from America
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John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Alfred Lion
American record executive born in Germany
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Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
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Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Bob Northern
American jazz musician
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Andrew Bird
American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
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Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Steve Reid
American musician
