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Rodney Whitaker

American jazz double bass player, educator

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Eric Reed

American musician

2

Ryan Kisor

American musician

3

Victor Goines

American musician

4

Marcus Roberts

American musician

5

Vincent Gardner

American musician

6

Delfeayo Marsalis

American trombonist

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Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

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Mike LeDonne

American musician

9

Ted Nash

American musician

10

Herlin Riley

American musician

11

Joe Cohn

American musician

12

Randy Sandke

American musician

13

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

14

Ralph Peterson, Jr.

American jazz drummer

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Dennis Mackrel

jazz musician

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James Chirillo

Jazz guitar

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Peter Beets

Dutch musician

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Jay Leonhart

American double bassist, singer, and songwriter

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Joe Temperley

Scottish musician

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Butch Miles

American jazz drummer

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Eric Harland

American musician

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Brian Lynch

American musician

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George Masso

American musician

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Seamus Blake

Canadian jazz saxophonist

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Dan Barrett

American musician

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Ken Peplowski

American musician

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Chuck Redd

American musician

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Sonny Criss

American jazz musician

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Cyrus Chestnut

American musician

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Conrad Herwig

American musician

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Jon-Erik Kellso

American musician

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Marcus Belgrave

American trumpeter

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Terell Stafford

American musician

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John Allred

American jazz trombonist and songwriter

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Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

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Joel Helleny

American musician

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Don Braden

American musician

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Jeremy Pelt

American jazz trumpeter

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Carl Allen

American jazz drummer

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Myron Walden

American musician

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Ryan Keberle

American musician

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Buddy Bolden

American cornetist and jazz pioneer

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Kenny Kirkland

American musician

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Robert Hurst

American jazz bassist

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Winard Harper

Jazz drummer

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Marty Grosz

American musician

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Lage Lund

Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician

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Dizzy Reece

Jamaican trumpeter

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Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

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Warren Vaché

American musician

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Marcus Printup

American jazz trumpeter

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Mike Moreno

A prominent contemporary jazz guitarist and educator from texas.

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Kenny Washington

American musician

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Lawrence Leathers

American drummer

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Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

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Sam Yahel

American jazz musician

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Danny Barker

American jazz musician

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Luis Perdomo

American musician

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Frank Vignola

American guitarist

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Howard Alden

American jazz guitarist

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Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

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Reuben Rogers

American musician

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Dick Nash

American musician

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Peter Bernstein

American musician

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Bill Watrous

American trombonist

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Steve Davis

American musician

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Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

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Aaron Diehl

American jazz pianist

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Eric Alexander

American saxophonist

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Bennie Green

American musician

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Slide Hampton

American trombonist

72

Brian Blade

American jazz musician