William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith (November 23, 1893 – April 18, 1973), also known as "The Lion", was an American jazz and stride pianist.
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Brooks Kerr
American musician
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Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Aaron Bell
American musician
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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June Clark
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Jackie Paris
American singer
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Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Babs Gonzales
American singer
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Russell Procope
American musician
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Don Ewell
American musician
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Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Elmer Snowden
American musician
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Butch Warren
American musician
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Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Charlie Irvis
American musician
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Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Louis Metcalf
American musician
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Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
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Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Larry Young
American jazz musician
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Rex Stewart
American jazz cornetist
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Al Haig
American pianist
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Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
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Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
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Paul Bacon
Designer of book and album covers
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Viola Gertrude Wells
American singer
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Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Willie Ruff
American musician
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Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Claude Bolling
French musician
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Bill Charlap
American jazz pianist
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Charles Davis
American musician