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Jon Ballantyne
Jon Ballantyne
Jazz musician, composer, artist, and piano player who now resides in New York City, USA
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Dave Liebman
Dave Liebman
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
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Rachel Therrien
Rachel Therrien
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David Virelles
David Virelles
pianist
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Jerry Bergonzi
Jerry Bergonzi
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Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson
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Sue Foley
Sue Foley
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
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Chris Jennings
Chris Jennings
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
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Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
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Don Friedman
Don Friedman
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Phil Dwyer
Phil Dwyer
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Ravi Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
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Mike Murley
Mike Murley
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
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Charlie Biddle
Charlie Biddle
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Lenny Breau
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry
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Renee Rosnes
Renee Rosnes
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
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Will Davis
Will Davis
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
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Andy Middleton
Andy Middleton
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Benoît Delbecq
Benoît Delbecq
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Uri Caine
Uri Caine
American pianist
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Grant Stewart
Grant Stewart
Canadian musical artist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Lewis Porter
Lewis Porter
American musician
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
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Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie
American jazz singer and pianist
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Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
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Denny Zeitlin
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
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Laila Biali
Laila Biali
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Mike Longo
Mike Longo
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Wray Downes
Canadian jazz pianist

Wray Downes

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Wray Downes (January 14, 1931 – March 19, 2020) was a Canadian jazz pianist.

Downes was born in Toronto. He was classically trained, having studied at Trinity College, London, but began playing jazz in 1952 as a student at the Paris Conservatoire. While in France, he played with Sidney Bechet and Bill Coleman. After returning to Canada in the middle of the decade, he played with Oscar Peterson and was a recurring house pianist at the Town Tavern in Toronto, playing with Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry, and Lester Young. He played for many years with Peter Appleyard and Dave Young, and also worked with Archie Alleyne, Pete Magadini, Buddy Tate, and Dave Turner. He died on March 19, 2020 in Montreal.