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Steve Brown
jazz musician best known for his work on string bass
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Chester Zardis
American jazz double-bassist
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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John Kirby
jazz bassist
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Steve Masakowski
musical artist
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Andy McKee
American bassist
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Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Larry Gray
American musician
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Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Hayes Alvis
musician
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Buckshot LeFonque
band
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
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Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
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Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Reginald Veal
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Victor Goines
American musician
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Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Pops Foster
American musician
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
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Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
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Joshua Redman
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Marlon Jordan
American musician
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Regina Carter
American musician
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Jamil Nasser
American bassist
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
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Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
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Nat Towles
jazz musician
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William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
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Jimmy Blanton
American musician
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Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
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Russell Procope
American musician
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Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
