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• Charlie Braugham - b. 1942; drums
• Graham Burbridge - b. 1933; d. 2003; drums
• Dr. George Butler - b. 1936; producer
• Paul Cheron - b. 1960; reeds
• Tony Dumas - b. 1955; bass
• Cliff Friend - b. 1893; d. 6/27/1974; composer
• Al Goyans - b. 1920; trumpet
• Richard Kazuo Hamada - b. 1907; d. 10/25/2003; saxophone
• Mark Helias - b. 1950; bass
• Dave Holland - b. 1946; bass
• Lamont Johnson - b. 1941; d. 10/21/1999; piano
• Ori Kaplan - b. 1969; alto/tenor/baritone saxes/leader
• Harry Lookofsky - b. 1913; d. 6/8/1998; violin/viola/tenor violin/producer
• Sherwood Mangiapane - b. 1912; bass/tuba/sousaphone
• Johnny Meyer - b. 1912; accordion
• Max Morath - b. 1926; pianist/vocals
• Andre Paquinet - b. 1926; trombone
• Ann Richards - b. 1935; d. 4/1/1982; vocal
• Wesley Wilson - b. 1893; d. 10/10/1958; vocal/piano

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• Django Bates - b. 1960; piano/keyboards/trumpet/tenor horn
• Bob Corwin - b. 1933; piano
• Barbara Paris - b. 1954; vocal
• Howard Roberts - b. 1929; d. 6/28/1992; guitar
• Wally Rose - b. 1913; d. 1/12/1997; piano
• Ronnie Ross - b. 1933; d. 12/12/1991; baritone, tenor, & bass sax/clarinet/flute/arranger
• Phil Urso - b. 1925; alto, tenor & baritone sax/clarinet/arranger
• Bob Weinstock - b. 1928; d. 1/14/2006; producer/label owner

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• Judy Bailey - b. 1935; piano/composer
• Rashid Bakr - b. 1943; drums
• Buddy Banks - b. 1909; d. 1991; tenor sax
• Edward "Puddinghead" Battle - b. 1907; d. 2/6/1977; trumpet/valve trombone/ alto sax/ composer/arranger
• Michael Bowie - b. 1961; bass
• Leon Breeden - b. 1921; educator/clarinet
• Johnny Burke - b. 1908 (d. Feb. 25, 1964); lyricist: LYRICS: Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, Like Someone in Love, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, It Could Happen to You
• Mike Clark - b. 1946; drums
• Carsten Dahl - b. 1967; piano
• Niels Lan Doky - b. 1963; piano/composer/leader
• Gene Estes - b. 1931; vibes/drums/percussion/marimba/arranger
• Von Freeman - b. 1922; tenor sax
• Michel Godard - b. 1960; tuba/bass trombone/bass/serpent/composer
• Nancy Harrow - b. 1930; vocal
• Jacintha (Abisheganaden) - b. 1957; vocal
• Ronnie Laws - b. 1950; alto, soprano & tenor sax/flute/piccolo/drums/vocal
• Manuel Manetta - b. 1889; d. 10/10/1969; piano/cornet/saxophone
• David Mann - b. 1916; composer: Music: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, There I've Said It Again, Don't Go to Strangers, No Moon at All
• Paul Perry - b. 1916 - Wadena, SK Canada; d. 199?; tenor sax/leader
• Booker Pitman - b. 1909; d. 10/13/1969; alto & soprano sax/clarinet/arranger/vocal
• George Wein - b. 1925; piano/producer/vocals

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• Marvin Ash - b. 1914; d. 1974; piano
• Walter Bishop, Jr. - b. 1927; d. 1/24/1998; piano
• Gary Brunotte - b. 1948; piano/keyboards
• Patti Cathcart - b. 1950; vocal
• Noel Chiboust - b. 1909; d. 1/16/1994; trumpet
• Buddy Featherstonhaugh - b. 1909; d. 7/12/1976; tenor sax/clarinet
• Eddie Gomez - b. 1944 (or Nov 4); bass
• Stan Hasselgard - b. 1922; d. 11/23/1948; clarinet
• Robert Hurst - b. 1964; bass
• Clay Jenkins - b. 1964; trumpet
• Mark Levine - b. 1938; piano
• Mat Maneri - b. 1969; violin/viola
• Charlie Norman - b. 1910; d. 8/11 or 12/2005; piano
• Chino Pozo - b. 1915; d. c. 1980; percussion
• Borge Roger Henrichsen - b. 1915; piano/trumpet/leader/composer
• Steve Swallow - b. 1940; bass
• Leon Thomas - b. 1937; d. 5/8 or 9/1999; vocal
• Greely Walton - b. 1904; d. 10/9/1993; tenor, baritone & bass sax/clarinet

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• Clifton Anderson - b. 1957; trombone
• Dieter Antritter (or 10/6) - b. 1929; tenor sax
• Bob Astor - b. 1915; leader/trumpet/drums
• Donald Ayler - b. 1942; trumpet
• Jimmy Blanton - b. 1918; d. 7/30/1942
• Thomas Clausen - b. 1949; piano
• Alicia Cunningham - b. 1946; vocals
• Joe Cusatis - b. 1931; drums
• Bill Dixon - b. 1925; trumpet
• Kalle Engstrom - b. 1908; d. 1/17/1955 (or July 17,1955); clarinet/alto sax/leader
• John Geggie - b. 1960; bass/composer/teacher
• Frank Guarente - b. 1893; d. 7/21/1942; trumpet
• Ernst Hollerhagen - b. 1912; d. 7/11/1996; alto sax/clarinet
• Shep Meyers - b. 1936; piano
• Fred Norman - b. 1910; d. 2/19/1993; trombone/arranger/composer
• Dick Todd - b. 1914; d. 4/1973; vocalist
• Irvine "Pinky" Vidacovich - b. 1905; clarinet
• Arthur Whetsol - b. 1905; d. 1/5/1940; trumpet
• Les Wigfield - b. 1928, tenor sax/clarinet

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• Milton Ager - b. 1893; d. 1979; composer: Music: Happy Days are Here Again, What Good Am I without You, Hard-Hearted Hannah, I'm Nobody's Baby
• Dieter Antritter (or 10/5) - b. 1929; saxophone
• Jack Buck - b. 1911; d. 12/7/1997; trombone
• Alan Copeland - b. 1926; vocal
• Demas Dean - b. 1903; trumpet
• Carmen Mastren - b. 1913; d. 3/31/1981; guitar
• Bob Neal - b. 1917; d. 5/9/1983; drums
• Sammy Price - b. 1908; d. 4/14/1992; piano
• Masahiko Sato - b. 1941; piano/keyboards/composer
• Norman Simmons - b. 1929; piano/organ/arranger/conductor
• Mark Whitfield - b. 1966; guitar
• Pinky Williams - b. 1914; d. 8/17/1996; alto, tenor & baritone sax/clarinet

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• Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) - b. 1934; writer
• Sonny Costanzo - b. 1932; d. 12/30/1993; trombone/leader
• Marty Flax - b. 1924; d. 5/3/1972; baritone sax
• George Girard - b. 1930; d. 1/18/1957; trumpet
• Andre Jaume - b. 1940; reeds/flute
• Jo Jones - b. 1911; d. 9/3/1985; drums
• Alton "Slim" Moore - b. 1908; d. 1978; trombone
• Miya Miyanoue - b. 1953; koto
• Wilson Myers - b. 1906; bass
• Beverly Peer - b. 1912; d. 1997; bass
• Ralph Rainger - b. 1900; d. 10/23/1942; composer: Music: If I Should Lose You, With Every Breath I Take, Ebb Tide, June in January, Easy Living
• Alvin Stoller - b. 1925; d. 10/19/1992; drums
• David Taylor - b. 1950; trombone
• George Young - b. 1937; alto & tenor saxes
• Larry Young - b. 1940; d. 3/30/1978; organ/piano

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• Pepper Adams - b. 1930; d. 9/10/1986; baritone sax
• Flavio Ambrosetti - b. 1919; alto sax
• Jon Ballantyne - b. 1963; piano
• Steven Bernstein - b. 1961; trumpet
• John Betsch - b. 1945; drums
• Anatole Gerasimov - b. 1945; tenor sax
• J. C. Heard - b. 1917; d. 9/27/1988; drums
• Sonny Igoe - b. 1923; drums
• Ted Kooshian - b. 1961; keyboards
• Gerry Moore - b. 1903; piano
• Aladar Pege - b. 1939; d. c. 9/24/2006; bass
• Hal Singer - b. 1919; tenor sax/leader
• Bill Stegmeyer - b. 1916; d. 1968; clarinet
• Karel Vlach - b. 1911; d. 2/26/1986; leader
• George Webb - b. 1917; piano/leader
• Meyer Weinberg - b. 1914; d. 9/28/1970; clarinet/alto sax
• Clarence Williams - b. 1893 or 1898; d. 11/6/1965; piano/leader

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• Andres Boiarsky - b. 1957; tenor sax
• Jackson Browne - b. 1948; composer: Music & Lyrics: That Girl Could Sing, Doctor My Eyes, Running on Empty, The Pretender
• Satoko Fujii - b. 1958; piano/synthesizer/conductor/composer/vocal
• Kenny Garrett - b. 1960; alto, soprano & tenor sax/flute/clarinet/keyboards
• Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) - b. 1934; piano
• Hisao Ishikawa - b. 1931; tenor & soprano sax/flute
• Yusef Lateef - b. 1920; tenor sax/flute/oboe/etc
• John Lennon - b. 1940; d. ; composer: Music & Lyrics: Imagine, Fool On the Hill, Eleanor Rigby, Michelle, Penny Lane
• Dave Samuels - b. 1948; vibraphone/marimba
• Elmer Snowden - b. 1900; d. 5/14/1973; banjo/guitar/marimba/tenor sax
• Mynie Sutton - b. 1903; d. 6/17/1982; alto sax/leader
• Chucho Valdes - b. 1941; piano
• Lee Wiley - b. 1915; d. 12/11/1975; vocal
• Ed Xiques - b. 1939; reeds/flute

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• Ed Blackwell - b. 1929; d. 10/8/1992; drums
• Lee Blair - b. 1903; d. 10/15/1966; banjo/guitar
• Cecil Bridgewater - b. 1942; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Oscar Brown, Jr. - b. 1926; d. 5/29/2005; vocal/songwriter
• Alex Bugnon - b. 1958; piano
• Bobby Byrne - b. 1918; trombone/vocal/leader
• Vernon Duke - b. 1903; d. 1/16/1969; composer: Music: April in Paris, I Can't Get Started, What Is There to Say, Taking a Chance on Love. Music & Lyrics: Autumn in New York
• Harry 'Sweets' Edison - b. 1915; d. 7/27/1999; trumpet
• Johnny Green - b. 1908; d. 5/17/1989; composer/arranger/leader/piano: Music: Body and Soul, I Cover the Waterfront, Out of Nowhere, You're Mine You, Coquette
• Fats Heard - b. 1923; drums
• Harold Holmes - b. 1913; bass
• Paul Humphrey - b. 1935; drums
• Freddie Jenkins - b. 1906; d. 1978; trumpet
• Ed Kirkeby - b. 1891; d. 6/12/1978; leader/manager
• Roy Kral - b. 1921; d. 8/2/2002; piano/vocal
• Les Lambert - b. 1906; d. 12/24/1966; trumpet
• Milt Larkin - b. 1910; d. 8/31/1996; trumpet/valve trombone/leader
• Junior Mance - b. 1928; piano
• Leo Mathiesen - b. 1906; d. 12/16/1969; arranger/piano/accordion/leader/composer/goofus/vocals
• Thelonious Monk - b. 1917; d. 2/17/1982; piano/composer/leader: Music: 'Round Midnight, Straight No Chaser, Ruby My Dear, Well You Needn't, Off Minor
• Monk Montgomery - b. 1921; d. 5/20/1982; electric bass
• Johnny O'Neal - b. 1956; piano
• Howard Reay - b. 1930 - Seamham Harbour, England; drums
• Billy Ternent - b. 1899; d. 3/23/1977; violin/saxophone/arranger/eader
• Julius Watkins - b. 1921; d. 4/4/1977; French horn

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• John Adriano Acea - b. 1917; d. c. late 1980s; piano/trumpet/tenor sax
• Mose Alison - b. 1927; piano/vocals/composer
• Curtis Amy - b. 1929; d. 6/5/2002; tenor sax & soprano sax
• Art Blakey - b. 1919; d. 10/16/1990; drums/leader
• Mwata Bowden - b. 1947; tenor & baritone sax/clarinet & bass-clarinet/sopranino-cl/ vocal
• Lester Bowie - b. 1941; d. 11/8/1999; trumpet/flugelhorn/composer
• Loys Choquart - b. 1920; clarinet/soprano & alto sax/leader
• Bobby Dukoff - b. 1918; tenor sax
• Billy Higgins - b. 1936; d. 5/3/2001; drums
• Fred Hopkins - b. 1947; d. 1/7/1999; bass
• Ludak Hulan - b. 1929; d. 2/22/1979; bass
• Tony Kinsey - b. 1927; drums
• Nicki Leighton-Thomas - b. 1967; vocals
• Doug Lawrence - b. 1956; tenor sax
• Sunny Skylar - b. 1913; composer: Music & Lyrics: You're Breaking My Heart, Waitin' for the Train to Come In, Are These Really Mine?, Gotta be This or That
• Peter Sprague - b. 1955; guitar
• Teddy Weatherford - b. 1903; d. 4/25/1945; piano

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• Harry Allen - b. 1966; tenor sax
• Jimmy Archey - b. 1902; d. 11/16/1967; trombone
• Chris Botti - b. 1962; trumpet
• Ed Cherry - b. 1957; guitar
• William Claxton - b. 1927; photographer
• Tubby Hall - b. 1895; d. 5/13/1946; drums
• Sandra King - b. 1950; vocals
• Yoshiaki Masuo - b.1946; guitar
• Sleepy Matsumoto - b. 1926; d. 2/29/2000; soprano, alto & tenor sax/flute
• Mike Mossman - b. 1959; trumpet
• Billy Novick - b. 1951; clarinet/alto & soprano saxes
• Mel Rhyne - b. 1936; organ
• Daryl Runswick - b. ; bass, electric bass/guitar/percussion/arranger
• Jimmy Watson - b. 1922; trumpet/cornet/arranger/vocal

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• Eddie Baker - b. 1927; piano
• Ray Brown - b. 1926; d. 7/2/2002; bass
• Scoville Browne - b. 1915; d. 10/4/1994; alto sax
• Prince Cooper - b. 1927; d. 1/4/1998; piano/vocal
• Jack Fallon - b. 1913 - London, England; d. 5/22/2006 - London; bassist/violinst/agent
• Alexej Fried - b. 1922; trumpet/composer/arranger
• Terry Gibbs - b. 1924; vibraphone
• Albert Hague - b. 1920; composer: Music: Young and Foolish, Just for Once
• Lee Konitz - b. 1927; alto, tenor, baritone & soprano saxes/clarinet/flute/piano/vocals
• Joseph Kosma - b. (or October 22), 1905; d. 8/7/1969; composer
• Alexksey Kozlov - b. 1935; alto & soprano sax
• Johnny Lytle - b. 1932; d. 12/15/1995; vibraphone
• Gerald Marks - b. 1900; d. 1/27/1997; composer
• Jocelyn Menard - b. 1961; saxophone
• Orphy Robinson - b. 1960; vibraphone/marimba/soprano sax/guitar/bass/percussion
• Pharoah Sanders - b. 1940; tenor & soprano saxes
• Geoff Simkins - b. 1948; alto, soprano & baritone sax
• Paul Simon - b. 1941; composer: Music & Lyrics: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, The Sound of Silence, Bridge over Troubled Waters, Mrs. Robinson, Still Crazy after All These Years
• Art Tatum - b. 1910; d. 11/5/1956; piano
• Alan Wakeman - b. 1947; soprano/tenor & baritone saxes/clarinet
• Tommy Whittle - b. 1926; tenor sax/clarinet & bass clarinet/flute

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• Garrison Fewell - b. 1953; guitar
• Dusko Goykovic - b. 1931; trumpet/flugelhorn/composer/arranger
• John Graas - b. 1924; d. 4/13/1962; French horn
• Colin Hodgkinson - b. 1945; bass & el-bass/guitar/vocals
• Chris Karan - b. 1939; drums
• Red McKenzie - b. 1899; d. 2/7/1948; vocals/comb/leader
• Jan Morks - b. 1925; d. 9/4/1984; clarinet/soprano & tenor sax/drums
• Alan T. Nash - b. 1922; trumpet & flugelhorn/vocals
• Fritz Pauer - b. 1943; piano
• Pierre Vaiana - b. 1955; tenor & soprano saxes
• Kazumi Watanabe - b. 1953; guitar
• Spencer Williams - b. 1889; d. 7/14/1965; composer: Music: Squeeze Me, I Found a New Baby, Basin Street Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody

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• Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - b. 1938; d. 8/2/1997; singer/songwriter/trumpet/sax/keyboard/leader
• Mickey Baker - b. 1925; guitar
• Bill Charlap - b. 1966; piano
• Herman Chittison - b. 1908; d. 3/8/1967; piano
• Bent Clausen - b. 1952; drums/vibes/composer
• Freddy Cole - b. 1931; piano/vocal
• Palle Danielsson - b. 1946; bass
• Alan Elsdon - b. 1934; trumpet & flugelhorn/leader
• Betty Farmer - b. 1938; d. 9/11/2001; vocals
• Thore Jederby - b. 1913; d. 1/10/1984; bass
• Al Killian - b. 1916; d. 9/5/1950; trumpet
• Nellie Lutcher - b. 1912 or 1915; d. 6/8/2007 - Los Angeles; piano/vocal
• Henrik Bolberg Pedersen - b. 1960; trumpet & flugelhorn
• John Plonsky - b. 1926; trumpet
• Charles Remue - b. 1903; d. 2/5/1971; alto sax/clarinet
• Joe Roccisano - b. 1939; d. 11/9/1997; saxophone/bandleader
• Joe Sanders - b. 1896; d. 5/14 or 15/1965; piano/bandleader
• Victoria Spivey - b. 1906; d. 10/3/1976; vocal
• Bo Stief - b. 1946; bass
• Paul Tanner - b. 1917; trombone
• Moe Wechsler - b. 1920; piano
• Robert Wells - b. 1922; composer/lyricist: Music: When Joanna Loved Me, Here's to the Losers. Lyrics: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Born to be Blue, From Here to Eternity

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• Ray Anderson - b. 1952; trombone/tuba/trumpet/vocals
• Ben Aronov - b. 1932; piano
• Tim Berne - b. 1954; alto & baritone sax/composer
• Lenny Hambro - b. 1923; alto sax/clarinet/flute
• Roy Hargrove - b. 1969; trumpet
• Anthony Kerr - b. 1965; vibes/composer/leader
• Henry W. Ragas - b. 1891; d. 2/18/1919; piano
• Ron Simmonds - b. 1928; d. 10/24/2005; trumpet/arranger/vocal
• Neil J. B. Steeper - b. 1938; trumpet/valve trombone/leader/vocals
• Blanche Thomas - b. 1922; d. 4/21/1977; vocals
• Buck Washington - b. 1903; d. 1/31/1955; vocals/dancer/piano/trumpet/comic
• Big Joe Williams - b. 1903; d. 12/17/1982; guitar-singer

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• Howard Alden - b. 1958; guitar
• David Bee - b. 1903; arranger
• Sathima Bea Benjamin - b. 1936; vocal
• Luiz Bonfa - b. 1922; d. 1/12/2001; guitar/vocal/composer
• Joseph Bowie - b. 1953; trombone
• John "Picket" Brunious - b. 1920; piano/trumpet
• Cozy Cole - b. 1906 or 1909; d. 1/29/1981; drums
• Lee Collins - b. 1901; d. 7/3/1960; trumpet
• Liz Gorrill - b. 1949; piano
• Jimmy Harrison - b. 1900; d. 7/23/1931; trombone
• Barney Kessel - b. 1923; d. 5/6/2004; guitar
• Jan Sima - b. 1911; arranger/leader
• Leslie Thompson - b. 1901; d. 12/26/1987; trumpet/trombone

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• Mervyn Afrika - b. 1950; vocals/piano/synthesizer/keyboards/percussion
• Chris Albertson - b. 1931; writer
• Stump Evans - b. 1904; d. 8/29/1928; alto, soprano & baritone saxes/clarinet
• Allyn Ferguson - b. 1924; piano/arranger/composer
• Jack Peter "Jumping Jack" Gilbert - b. 1938; clarinet
• Michel Graillier - b. 1946; d. 2/18/2003; piano
• Annette Hanshaw - b. 1910; d. 3/13/1985; vocals
• Bent Jaedig - b. 1935; d. 6/9/2004; tenor sax
• Chris Kelly - b. 1885 or 1890; d. 8/19/1929; cornet
• Conrad Lanoue - b. 1908; d. 10/15/1972; piano
• Wynton Marsalis - b. 1961; trumpet
• J. C. Moses - b. 1936; d. 1977; drums
• Laura Nyro - b. 1948; composer: Music & Lyrics: Stoney End, And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues, Eli's Coming
• Anita O'Day - b. 1919; d. 11/23/2006; vocal
• Dave Rutledge - b. 1923; reeds/flute
• Marshall Stearns - b. 1908; d. 12/18/1966; writer/historian
• Bill Stewart - b. 1966; drums
• Johnnie Temple - b. 1906; d. 11/22/1968; vocal/bass
• Bross Townsend - b. 1933; d. 5/12/2003; piano
• Bobby Troup - b. 1918; d. 2/7/1999; piano/vocal/songwriter: Music & Lyrics: Route 66; Baby, Baby All the Time; You're Lookin' at Me; The Meaning of the Blues. Lyrics: Girl Talk
• Myron Walden - b. 1973; alto sax/composer
• George Washington - b. 1907; trombone

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• Ronnie Burrage - b. 1959; drums/vibes/marimba/keyboards/vocals
• Pete Chilver - b. 1924; guitar
• John Crocker - b. 1937; clarinet/saxes/flute/harmonica/vocals
• Eddie Daniels - b. 1941; clarinet/tenor sax
• Tim Garland - b. 1966; tenor & soprano saxbass clarinet/flutes/synthsizer/arranger/director
• Jesse Graham - b. 1955; reeds/flute/arrnger/composer
• Ronnie Greb - b. 1938; drums
• Dave Guardala - b. 1959; saxophone/engineer
• Spike Hughes - b. 1908; d. 2/28/1987; composer/arranger/bass/piano/leader
• Art Jarrett - b. 1909; vocals/leader
• Tommy "Madman" Jones - b. 1922; tenor sax
• Roger Wolfe Kahn - b. 1907; d. 7/12/1962; leader/alto & tenor sax/composer
• Carol Kidd - b. 1948; vocal
• Sylvester Lewis - b. 1908; d. 1974; trumpet
• John Mills, Jr. - b. 1910; d. 1/24/1936; vocal
• Jack Noren
• Alphonse Picou - b. 1878; d. 2/4/1961; clarinet
• Red Richards - b. 1912; d. 3/12/1998; piano
• Leon Sash - b. 1922; accordion
• Jack Segal - b. 1918; composer/lyricist: Lyrics: When Sunny Gets Blue, Scarlet Ribbons, When Joanna Loved Me, Here's to the Losers. Music & Lyrics: More Love
• Howard Smith - b.1910; piano

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• Johnny Best - b. 1913; d. 9/19/2003; trumpet
• Anouar Brahem - b. 1957; oud
• Bill Chase - b. 1934; d. 8/9/1974; trumpet/leader
• Tom Dowd - b. or Jan 1/1925; d. 10/27/2002; engineer/producer
• Dick Gibson - b. 1925; d. ; promoter
• Russell Gunn - b. 1971; trumpet
• Adelaide Hall - b. 1904; d. 11/7/1993; vocal
• Mal Hallett - b. 1893; d. 11/20/1952; leader
• Eddie Harris - b. 1934; d. 11/5/1996; tenor sax
• Willie Jones - b. 1929; drums
• Carl Kress - b. 1907; d. 6/10/1965; guitar
• Ray Linn - b. 1920; d. 11/8/1996; trumpet
• Jon Lloyd - b. 1958; soprano & alto sax
• Dado Maroni - b. 1962; piano/bass
• Jelly Roll Morton - b. 1884 or 1890 or 9/13; d. 7/10/1941; piano/vocal/composer
• Edward O. "Poggy" Pogson - b. 1904; d. 1/31/1980; reeds/violin/ocals
• Craig Scott - b. 1956; bass
• Daniel Stokart - b. 1960; alto & soprano saxes/flute
• Martin Taylor - b. 1956; guitar

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• Rob Amster - b. 1964; bass
• Jerry Bergonzi - b. 1947; tenor sax
• Don Byas - 1912 (d. Aug. 24, 1972); tenor sax
• Gus Clark - b. 1913; d. 4/10/1979; piano
• Cosimo DiCeglie - b.1913 (d. 1980)
• Don Elliot - 1926; d. July 5,1984; vibraphone/mellophonium/trumpetvocal
• Bobby Few - b. 1935; piano
• Dizzy Gillespie - b. 1917; d. 1/6/1993; trumpet/leader/composer/vocals
• John Michael Healy - b. 1945; bass
• Fred Hersch - b. 1955; piano
• Marc Johnson - b. 1953; bass
• Fran Landesman - b. 1927; lyricist: Lyrics: Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Ballad of the Sad Young Men, There Are Days When I Don't Think of You at All, This Life We've Led, Nothing Like You
• Don Rader - b. 1935; trumpet/educator
• Ali Ryerson - b. 1952, New York City; flute/alto flute
• Crown Prince Waterford - b. 1919; vocal
• Cleveland Watkiss - b. 1959; vocals
• David Weiss - b. 1964; trumpet & flugelhorn/composer/arranger
• Chauncey Leon "Lord" Westbrook - b. 1921; guitar

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• Jacques Berrocal - b. 1946; trumpet/flute/cornet/trombone/valve trombone/vocals & percussion
• Cyril Blake - b. 1897; d. 112/3/1951; trumpet/guitar/vocals/lader
• Jane Bunnett - b. 1956; soprano sax/flute
• Sylvia Dee - b. 1914; lyricist: Lyrics: My Sugar Is So Refined, Too Young, A House with Love in It
• Frank Donnison - b. 1921; bass
• Jesse Drakes - b. 1926; trumpet
• Ursula Dudziak - b. 1943; vocal
• Clare Fischer - b. 1928; piano/organ/arranger
• Giorgio Gaslini - b. 1929; piano/composer
• Tyrone Hill - b. 1948; trombone
• Peck Kelley - b. 1898; d. 12/26/1980; piano
• Joseph Kosma - b. or Oct 12/1905; d. 8/7/1969; composer
• Boris Midney - b. 1937; clarinet/alto & tenor sax
• John Neves - b. 1930; d. 1988; bass
• Ralph Yaw - b. 1898; arranger/composer

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• William Alsop - b. 1905; alto sax/clarinet
• Betty Bennett - b. 1921; vocal
• Sonny Criss - b. 1927; d. 11/19/1977; alto sax
• Jimmy Dale - b. 1935; piano/organ
• Frank Hewitt - b. 1935; d. 9/5/2002; piano
• Tristan Honsinger - b. 1949; cello
• Geoffrey William Kitchen - b. 1929; reeds/leader/compose/arranger
• Gary McFarland - b. 1933; d. 11/3/1971; vibraphone/arranger/composer
• Bernard Peiffer - b. 1922; d. 9/7/1976; piano/composer
• Dianne Reeves - b. 1956; vocal
• Fats Sadi (Lallemand) - b. 1927; vibraphone/percussion
• Samuel "Sammy" Sharp - b. 1919; trumpet/trombone/leader/arranger
• Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman) - b. 1892; d. 1/2/1973; piano
• Jean Warland - b. 1926; bass/arranger/composer
• Ernie Watts - b. 1945; alto & tenor saxes/flute
• Roy Zimmerman - b. 1913; piano

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• Jay Anderson - b. 1955; bass/composer
• Louis Barbarin - b. 1902; d. 5/12/1997; drums
• Stella Brooks - b. or 11/24, 1915; d. 12/13/2002; vocalist
• Ralph "Cricket" Brown - b. 1901; d. 1972; bass/leader/tuba
• Tony Carr - b. 1930; percussion
• Anthony Cox - b. 1954; bass
• Rein De Graaff - b. 1942; piano
• Andre Ekyan - b. 1907; d. 8/9/1972; alto & tenor sax/clarinet/vocal
• Banu Gibson - b. 1947; vocal
• Kristian Hauger - b. 1905; d. 10/18/1977; piano
• Rick Margitza - b. 1961; tenor sax
• Lawrence Marrero - b. 1900; d. June 5 or 6, 1959; banjo
• Wendell Marshall - b. 1920; d. 2/6/2002; bass
• Dan Morgenstern - b. 1929; writer
• Seppo Paakkunainen - b. 1943; tenor & baritone sax/flute
• Odean Pope - b. 1938; tenor sax/leader
• Jimmy Powell - b. 1914; alto & tenor sax/clarinet/flute
• Douglas "Dougle" Robinson -b. 1921; alto sax/clarinet/flute
• Sonny Terry
• Joe Watkins - b. 1900; d. 9/13/1969; drums
• Sandy Williams - b. 1906; d. 3/25/1991; trombone

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• Franck Amsallem - b. 1961; piano
• Don Banks - b. 1923; d. 9/5/1980; composer/piano/educator
• Sascha Burland - b. 1927; vocal
• Dave Dallwitz - b. 1914; piano/trombone/cornet/composer/arranger
• Don Davis - b. 1938; alto sax
• Robin Eubanks - b. 1955; trombone
• Ray Gelato - b. 1961; tenor sax/vocal/leader
• Jimmy Heath - b. 1926; tenor & soprano saxes/flute/composer/leader
• Terumasa Hino - b. 1942; trumpet
• Chubby Jackson - b. 1918; d. 10/1/2003; bass
• Eddie Lang - b. 1902; d. 3/26/1933; guitar
• Sam M. Lewis - b. 1885; d. 11/22/1959; lyricist: Lyrics: Gloomy Sunday, For All We Know, Just Friends, I'm Sitting on Top of the World
• Kasper Delmar "Kas" Malone - b. 1909; bass
• Bob McKinney - b. 1924; d. 7/9/2002; trombone/bass/piano
• Earl Palmer - b. 1924; drums
• Marilyn Middleton Pollock - b. 1947; vocal
• Reuben Reeves - b. 1905; d. 9/8/1975; trumpet
• Edmond Doc Souchon - b. 1897; d. 8/24/1968; guitar/banjo/vocal

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• Charlie Barnet - b. 1913; d. 9/4/1991; tenor & soprano saxes/leader
• John Cocuzzi - b. 1964; drums/vibes/piano/electric piano/vocals leader
• Sterling Conaway - b. 1900; d. 1973; banjo/guitar/mandolin
• Hank Duncan - b. 1896; d. 10 6 or /7/1968; piano
• Eddie Henderson - b. 1940; trumpet
• Mahalia Jackson - b. 1911; d. 1/27/1972; vocal
• Ranee Lee - b. 1942; vocals/tenor sax/drums
• Jacques Loussier - b. 1934; piano
• Warne Marsh - b. 1927; d. 12/18/1987; tenor sax
• Milton Nascimento - b. 1942; vocals/guitar/piano
• Kenny O'Brien - b. 1928; bass
• Tony Pastor - b. 1907; d. 10/31/1969; tenor sax, vocal, leader

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• Arild Anderson - b. 1945; bass, 1945
• Scotty Barnhart - b. 1964; trumpet
• Ben Besiakov - b. 1956; piano
• Wendell Brunious - b. 1954; trumpet
• Igor Butman - b. 1961; saxophone
• Phillip Catherine - b. 1942;, guitar
• Sonny Dallas - b. 1931; bass
• Gordon Delamont - b. 1918; d. 1981; composer/leader/teacher
• Folke Eriksberg - b. 1910; d. 6/11/1976; guitar
• Ken Filiano - b. 1952; bass
• Babs Gonzales - b. 1919; d. 1/23/1980; vocal
• David Hazeltine - b. 1958; piano
• Ivan Jullien - b. 1934; trumpet
• Nisse "Bagarn" Lind - b. 1904; d. 10/25/1941; accordion/piano
• Loumel Morgan - b. 1922; piano
• Barre Phillips - b. 1934; bass
• Boyd Raeburn - b. 1913; d. 8/2/1966; soprano, tenor, baritone & bass saxes/arranger/leader
• Ernest Rogers - b. 1897; d. 1967; drums
• Jay Thomas - b. 1949; trumpet/flugelhorn/soprano, alto, & tenor saxes
• Gosta Torner - b. 1912; d. 11/11/1982; trumpet
• George Wallington - b. 1924; d. 1993; piano
• Carl "Bama" Warwick - b. 1917; trumpet
• Elmon Wright - b. 1929; d. 1984; trumpet
• Joh Yamada - b. 1967; alto sax

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• Arthur Altman - b. 1912; composer: Music: All or Nothing at All, The Green Years, American Beauty Rose
• Tuck Andress - b. 1952; guitar
• Harold Batiste - b. 1931; soprano, alto & tenor sax/piano/arranger/producer
• Andy Bey - b. 1939; vocal/piano
• Graham John Clifton Bond - b. 1937; d. 5/8/1974; alto sax/organ/piano/vocal
• Jay Clayton - b. 1941; vocal
• Elton Dean - b. 1945; d. 2/8/2006; alto sax
• Bill Harris - b. 1916; d. 8/21/1973; trombone
• Dink Johnson - b. 1892; d. 11/29/1954; piano/clarinet/drums
• Kent Jordan - b. 1958; flute
• Julie Kelly - b. 1947; vocal
• Cleo Laine - b. 1927; vocal
• Glen Moore - b. 1941; bass/piano
• Chico O'Farrill - b. 1921; d. 6/27/2001; composer/arranger
• Michel Pilz - b. 1945; bass clarinet
• Rudy Powell - b. 1907; d. 10/30/1976; alto sax/clarinet
• Kurt Rosenwinkel - b. 1970; guitar
• Barbara Sfraga - b. 1956; vocal

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• John Adams - b. 1938; piano
• Hadda Brooks - b. 1916; d. 11/21/2002; piano/vocal
• Siggy Busch - b. 1943; bass
• David Chesky - b. 1956; keyboards/arranger/producer
• Rollie Culver - b. 1908; d. 12/8/1984; drums
• Walter Dobschinski - b. 1908; d. 1996; trombone/arranger/leader/composer
• King Errisson - b. 1941; percussion
• Mats Gustafsson - b. 1964; saxophones
• Neal Hefti - b. 1922; trumpet/composer/arranger
• Pim Jacobs - b. 1934; d. 7/3/1996; piano
• John Charles Patrick - b. 1931; piano/arranger/composer/leader
• Zoot Sims - b. 1925; d. 3/23/1985; tenor, alto & soprano saxes
• Dr. Michael White - b. 1954; clarinet
• Jens Winther - b. 1960; trumpet/flugelhorn/composer/conductor
• Jimmy Woods - b. 1934; soprano, alto & tenor sax/leader

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• Clifford Brown - b. 1930; d. 6/26/1956; trumpet
• Tom Browne - b. 1954; trumpet
• Charlie Burchell - b. 1925; d. 1986; tenor & baritone sax/flute
• Ray Crane - b. 1930; d. 6/20/1994; trumpet/piano
• Charles Fox - b. 1940; d. 5/9/1991; writer
• Trilok Gurtu - b. 1951; percussion
• Bobby Jones - b. 1928; d. 3/6/1980; altos, soprano & tenor sax/clarinet/flute
• Bob Koester - b. 1932; producer/label owner
• Teo Macero - b. 1925; alto, tenor & baritone saxes/flute/drums/composer/producer
• John Murtaugh - b. 1927; reeds/synthesizer
• Lewis Nash - b. or 12/30/1958; drums
• Errol Parker - b. 1925 or 1930; d. 6/2/1998; piano/drums
• Poncho Sanchez - b. 1951; percussion
• Noah Young - b. 1944; bass

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• Bob Belden - b. 1956; tenor sax/composer/arranger/producer
• Chappy - b. 1905; d. 3/28/1973; drums/leader
• Ray Crane - b. 1930 (or 10/30); d. 8/31/1970; trumpet
• Booker Ervin - b. 1930; d. July or August 31/1970; tenor sax
• Sherman Ferguson - b. 1944; d. 1/22/2006; drums
• Vincent Gardner - b. 1972; trombone
• Bob Graettinger - b. 1923; d. 3/12/1957; composer/arranger/alto & baritone sax
• Chris Griffin - b. 1915; d. 6/18/2005; trumpet
• John Guerin - b. 1939; d. 1/5/2004; drums
• Illinois Jacquet - b. 1922; d. 7/22/2004; tenor & alto sax/bassoon/vocals/arranger/leader
• Jane Jarvis - b. 1915; piano/organ
• Denise King - b. 1954; vocal
• Julia Lee - b. 1902; d. 12/8/1958; vocal/piano
• Toshiyuki Miyama - b. 1921; clarinet & bass clarinet/alto & tenor sax/flute/piccolo/leader
• Melvin Moore - b. 1917; trumpet/vocal
• Ted Nash - b. 1922; alto & tenor saxes/piano
• Dave Parlato - b. 1945; bass & electric bass/piano/percussion
• Marcello Sebastiani - b. 1955; bass
• Ken Sims - b. 1935; trumpet/eader
• Les Tomkins - b. 1930; writer
• Reimer Von Essen - b. 1940; clarinet/leader
• Ethel Waters - b. 1896; d. 9/1/1977; vocal
• Johnny Williams - b. 1936; saxophone
• Tommy Watt - b. 1925; d. 5/20/2006; pianist/leader/arranger/composer