Wardell Gray (February 13, 1921 – May 25, 1955) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who straddled the swing and bebop periods.
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Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Budd Johnson
American musician
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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Stan Hasselgård
Swedish musician
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Connie Kay
American musician
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Frank Morgan
American musician
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Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Don Byas
American musician
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Joe Newman
American musician
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Art Mardigan
American musician
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Mike LeDonne
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Vido Musso
Italian musician
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
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Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Tina Brooks
American musician
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Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
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Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
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Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Martin Drew
British musician
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Grant Stewart
Canadian musical artist
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Charles Thompson
American pianist
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
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Chu Berry
American musician
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Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
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Pony Poindexter
American musician
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Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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George Morrow
American jazz bassist
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Javon Jackson
American musician
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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Sonny Clark
American musician
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Sal Nistico
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Milt Jackson
American musician
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Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist