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Esmond Edwards
American photographer and record producer
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Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
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Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
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Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Salvatore Camarata
American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer
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Don Butterfield
American musician
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Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Tadd Dameron
American pianist
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Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
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Nelson Riddle
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921-1985)
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Heinie Beau
American musician
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Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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John Klemmer
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Emil Richards
American musician
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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
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Ray Nance
American musician
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Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Robert Farnon
Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
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Henry Coker
American musician
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Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Bernie Glow
American musician
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Willie Ruff
American musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Buddy Collette
American musician
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Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Alvin Stoller
American musician
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Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Bobby Caldwell
singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
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Matthew Gee
American musician
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Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
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Matt Dennis
American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music
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Bert Kaempfert
German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger and composer (1923-1980)
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Axel Stordahl
American arranger, orchestra leader
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Joe Newman
American musician
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John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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John Rotella
American songwriter
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Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Manny Albam
musician and composer
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Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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George Duvivier
American musician
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
