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Billy Taylor
male - Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential African-America
n pianists,...
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Carla Bley
female - Carla Bley, née Borg is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz movement of the 1960s, s...
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Symphony Sid
male, deceased - Sid Torin (born Sidney Tarnopol on December 14,1909- died September 14, 1984) was a long-time jazz disk jockey in the United States. Born on New...
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Pee Wee Marquette
male - Pee Wee Marquette (born William Crayton Marquette in Montgomery, Alabama) was the master of ceremonies at New York City's Birdland (jazz club)....
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Morris Levy
male, deceased - Morris Levy (August 27,1927 - May 21,1990) was an American music industry executive, who is best known as the owner of the record label Roulette...
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Beryl Booker
female, deceased - Beryl Booker (June 7, 1922-September 30, 1978) was a swing pianist of the 1950s. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, she played with Slam Stewart's trio...
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Marcy Heisler
female - Marcy Heisler is a musical theater writer who was born in Deerfield, Illinois. As a performer, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, and...
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Satoshi Inoue
male - Satoshi Inoue is a jazz guitarist. Jim Hall calls his former protege, "an excellent jazz guitarist with a keen musical imagination." The two...
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Walter F. Parkes
male - Walter F. Parkes, born Walter Fishman, is a film producer. After graduating from Yale, he made the documentary "The California Reich" with partner...
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James Gordon Williams
male - James Gordon Williams (1970-present) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz pianist and composer James Gordon Williams was born to a...
