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Jimmy McGriff
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Jimmy Ponder
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Melvin Sparks
Melvin Sparks
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Bill Easley
Bill Easley
American musician
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Hank Crawford
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Red Holloway
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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O'Donel Levy
O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
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Harold Vick
Harold Vick
American musician
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
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Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
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Charles Earland
Charles Earland
jazz musician
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Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Bob deVos
Bob deVos
American musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Mel Lewis
Mel Lewis
American musician
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Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Gene Ludwig
Gene Ludwig
American musician
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Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Odean Pope
Odean Pope
American jazz saxophonist
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Kenny Washington
Kenny Washington
American musician
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George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
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Alan Rubin
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
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Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
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Mel Brown
Mel Brown
American jazz guitarist
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Rodney Jones
Rodney Jones
American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Larry Young
Larry Young
American jazz musician
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James Moody
James Moody
American jazz musician
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Horace Ott
Horace Ott
American musician
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
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Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Robben Ford
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
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Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Rusty Bryant
Rusty Bryant
American musician
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Barbara Morrison
Barbara Morrison
American singer
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Freddie Redd
Freddie Redd
American pianist
Arnold Sterling
American jazz saxophonist

Arnold Sterling

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American jazz saxophonist
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Arnold Sterling (March 2, 1938 - November 28, 2015) was a Baltimore, Maryland-based player of the saxophone (soprano, alto and tenor), and a prominent part of the Baltimore jazz scene. He toured with Jackie Wilson in the late 1950s, then worked with organist Bill Byrd in Baltimore. In the 1980s, he toured and recorded with organist Jimmy McGriff, and later in the decade with other organists Percy Smith and Don Patterson. In 2002, he recorded with blues singer Nap Turner.