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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
1
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
2
Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
3
Matthew Gee
Matthew Gee
American musician
4
Dave Burns
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
5
Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
6
Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
7
Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
8
Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
9
Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
10
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
11
Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
12
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
13
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
14
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
15
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
16
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
17
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
18
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
19
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
20
Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
22
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
23
Willie Ruff
Willie Ruff
American musician
24
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
25
Willie Smith
Willie Smith
American musician
26
Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
29
Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
30
Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
32
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
33
Hilton Jefferson
Hilton Jefferson
American jazz saxophonist
34
Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
35
Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
36
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
37
Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
American musician
38
Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
39
Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
41
Joe Benjamin
Joe Benjamin
American musician
42
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
43
Emmett Berry
Emmett Berry
American musician
44
Pierre Michelot
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Sid Catlett
Sid Catlett
American musician
51
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
53
Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
54
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Curtis Counce
Curtis Counce
American musician
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
61
Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
62
Aaron Bell
Aaron Bell
American musician
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Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Conte Candoli
Conte Candoli
American musician
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
70
Bubber Miley
Bubber Miley
American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer
Willie Cook
American musician

Willie Cook

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American musician
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Music

Willie Cook (November 11, 1923 – September 22, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Cook was born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on November 11, 1923. He grew up in Chicago and learned to play violin before settling on trumpet as a teenager. He joined King Perry's band in the late 1930s, then joined Jay McShann's band early in the 1940s. His later credits include performing and recording with Johnny Hartman, Earl Hines, Jimmie Lunceford, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, B.B. King, and Count Basie. He joined Ellington's band in October 1951 as lead trumpeter and stayed for a decade. He moved to Sweden in 1982 after spending time in the country touring. He died of heart failure in Maria Regina Hospice in Stockholm on September 22, 2000.