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Miles Davis
male, deceased - Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 - September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered one of the most influential of the 20th... More
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Dizzy Gillespie
male, deceased - John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in... More
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Thelonious Monk
male, deceased (Rocky Mount, nc, United States) - Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational
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Bud Powell
male, deceased - Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 271924 - July 311966 in New York City) was one of the most influential pianists in the history of jazz. Along... More
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Ornette Coleman
male - Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the... More
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Coleman Hawkins
male, deceased - Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21 1904-May 19 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was a prominent jazz tenor saxophonist. He is... More
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Dexter Gordon
male, deceased - Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated
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John Scofield
male - John Scofield (born December 26 1951 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who played and eventually collaborated with Miles... More
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