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Paul Desmond
American recording artist; jazz musician
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Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)
3
Chris Brubeck
American musician
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Howard Brubeck
American composer and music educator
5
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
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Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
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Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Ron Crotty
American guitarist
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George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
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Ramsey Lewis
American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality
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Joe Morello
American jazz drummer
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Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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John Serry Jr.
American pianist and composer; son of John Serry, Sr.
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Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
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Dave Holland
British musician
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Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Kurt Elling
American jazz singer and songwriter
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Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
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Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Matt Brubeck
musician
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Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Joe Dodge
American musician
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
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Jerry Bergonzi
American jazz musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Fabian Almazan
jazz pianist, composer
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Craig Taborn
American musician
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Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
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Kyle Eastwood
American jazz bassist, actor and film composer
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Patrick Bebelaar
German pianist and jazz musician
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Michael Eckroth
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
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Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
