Al Sears |
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Jazz R&B |
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Duke Ellington Lionel Hampton Johnny Hodges Andy Kirk Elmer Snowden Chick Webb |
Budd Johnson |
Albert Ayler |
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Avant-Garde Blues Bop Free Jazz R&B |
Don Cherry Henry Grimes Beaver Harris Gary Peacock Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Roswell Rudd Stanley Turrentine |
Cecil Taylor |
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Art Pepper |
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Bop Cool Jazz Mainstream Jazz Post-Bop West Coast Jazz |
Frank Butler Conte Candoli Pete Candoli Paul Chambers Jimmy Cobb Jack Costanzo Chuck Flores Al Foster Russ Freeman Red Garland Herb Geller Charlie Haden Philly Joe Jones Wynton Kelly Mel Lewis Shelly Manne Joe Morello Red Norvo Bill Perkins Bud Shank Jack Sheldon Ben Tucker Gerald Wiggins |
Chet Baker Benny Carter Stan Kenton |
Johnny Griffin Freddie Hubbard Elvin Jones Buddy Rich |
Barney Wilen |
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Bop |
Kenny Clarke Miles Davis |
The Jazz Messengers |
John Lewis Bud Powell |
Ben Webster |
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Swing Traditional Pop |
Dave Bailey Ray Brown Richard Davis George Duvivier Harry 'Sweets' Edison Art Farmer Coleman Hawkins Milt Hinton Budd Johnson Hank Jones Jimmy Jones Philly Joe Jones Sam Jones Roger Kellaway Stan Levey Mel Lewis Modern Jazz Quartet Jimmy Rowles Alvin Stoller Ed Thigpen Leroy Vinnegar Joe Zawinul |
Count Basie Willie Bryant Blanche Calloway Cab Calloway Duke Ellington Fletcher Henderson Earl 'Fatha' Hines Andy Kirk Jay McShann Bennie Moten Oscar Peterson |
Ella Fitzgerald Lionel Hampton Woody Herman Billie Holiday Richard 'Groove' Holmes Illinois Jacquet Carmen McRae Gerry Mulligan Dinah Washington |
Benjamin Lundy |
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Bop |
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Tadd Dameron |
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Big Nick Nicholas |
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Bop Swing |
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Tiny Bradshaw Cab Calloway Buck Clayton Miles Davis Duke Ellington J. C. Heard Earl 'Fatha' Hines Hank Jones Lucky Millinder Charles Mingus Hot Lips Page Charlie Parker |
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Billy Harper |
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Jazz |
Billy Cobham Roland Hanna Elvin Jones Harold Mabern George Mraz Jimmy Owens Julian Priester Reggie Workman |
Lee Morgan |
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Billy Root |
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Bop |
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Art Blakey Clifford Brown Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Miles Davis Kenny Dorham Billy Eckstine Roy Eldridge Ella Fitzgerald Dizzy Gillespie Bennie Green J. J. Johnson Stan Kenton John Lewis Hot Lips Page Buddy Rich Red Rodney Sarah Vaughan |
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Bob Cooper |
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West Coast Jazz |
June Christy Bud Shank Snooky Young |
Stan Kenton |
Chet Baker Maynard Ferguson Jimmy Giuffre Barney Kessel Shelly Manne Art Pepper |
Brew Moore |
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Bop |
Al Cohn Kenny Drew Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Sahib Shihab Zoot Sims |
Stan Getz Charlie Parker George Wallington Kai Winding |
Ray Nance Cal Tjader Chuck Wayne |
Bud Freeman |
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Swing |
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Bud Shank |
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Bop Pop Swing |
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Charlie Barnet Stan Kenton |
Chet Baker Maynard Ferguson |
Budd Johnson |
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Big Band Bop |
Nat Adderley Joe Benjamin Ray Bryant George Duvivier Harry 'Sweets' Edison Tommy Flanagan Papa Jo Jones Charli Persip Charlie Shavers Clark Terry Phil Woods |
Louis Armstrong Earl 'Fatha' Hines |
Cannonball Adderley Count Basie Duke Ellington Gil Evans Etta Jones Jimmy McGriff Carmen McRae Jimmy Smith Ben Webster Randy Weston |
Charles Fowlkes |
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Big Band |
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Count Basie Tiny Bradshaw Arnett Cobb Lionel Hampton |
Kenny Clarke Buck Clayton Coleman Hawkins Milt Jackson Yusef Lateef Billy Taylor Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson Frank Wess |
Charles Lloyd |
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Avant-Garde Blues Bop Crossover Jazz Post-Bop Rock |
Ron Carter |
Cannonball Adderley Ornette Coleman Chico Hamilton Bobby Hutcherson |
Les McCann |
Chico Freeman |
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Blues Jazz |
Kenny Barron Lester Bowie Ronnie Burrage George Cables Jack DeJohnette John Hicks Bobby Hutcherson Elvin Jones Cecil McBee Sam Rivers Wallace Roney Buster Williams |
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McCoy Tyner Mal Waldron |
Curtis Porter |
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Bop |
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Charles Mingus Hank Mobley |
Eddie Williams |
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Big Band |
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Wilbur de Paris Ella Fitzgerald Lucky Millinder Jelly Roll Morton Don Redman |
Bennie Green |
Eric Dixon |
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Jazz |
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Count Basie Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis Frank Foster Bennie Green Ahmed Abdul-Malik Mal Waldron Joe Williams |
Kenny Burrell Etta Jones |