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Eric Reed
Eric Reed
American musician
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Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Marcus Roberts
Marcus Roberts
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Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
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Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
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James Carter
James Carter
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Robert Hurst
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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Carl Allen
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Ryan Kisor
Ryan Kisor
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Roy Hargrove
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Tyler Mitchell
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
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Shirley Horn
Shirley Horn
American singer
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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James Williams
James Williams
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Barry Harris
Barry Harris
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
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Al Foster
Al Foster
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
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Christopher Hollyday
Christopher Hollyday
American musician
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Art Blakey
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
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Romero Lubambo
Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
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Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
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David Williams
David Williams
American jazz musician
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Joey DeFrancesco
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Cyrus Chestnut
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
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Lonnie Plaxico
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Larry Grenadier
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
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Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
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Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
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Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Michał Urbaniak
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
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Robert Trowers
Robert Trowers
American musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Mark Sherman
Mark Sherman
American musician
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Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
Wessell Anderson
American musician

Wessell Anderson

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American musician
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Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist.

Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in local clubs from his early teenage years, and studied at the Jazzmobile workshops with Frank Wess, Charles Davis, and Frank Foster. He also met Branford Marsalis, who convinced him to study with Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Louisiana.

Soon after this, Anderson began touring with the Wynton Marsalis Septet, and collaborated with Marsalis through the middle of the 1990s. He continued to play with Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra beyond this. In 1994, he released his debut album on Atlantic Records; Eric Reed and Ben Wolfe were among those who played as sidemen. His 1998 album Live at the Village Vanguard featured Irvin Mayfield, Steve Kirby, Xavier Davis, and Jaz Sawyer.