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Nathaniel Shilkret

American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director

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Emil Richards

American musician

2

Ralph Peer

Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer

3

Ferde Grofé

American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist

4

Werner Janssen

American conductor

5

Lew Soloff

American musician

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Keiko Abe

Japanese composer and marimba player

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L. Wolfe Gilbert

Composer, lyricist, author, publisher

8

Gene Austin

American singer and songwriter (1900-1972)

9

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

10

Shelly Manne

American jazz drummer

11

Lew Brown

Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter

12

Edison Denisov

Russian Soviet composer

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Lionel Hampton

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)

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Johnny Green

American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s

15

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

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Fred Van Eps

American banjoist

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James F. Hanley

American songwriter and author

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Susie Ibarra

American musician

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William Albright

Composer, pianist, organist