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Ralph Hepola

tuba

Dr. Mark Lomax, II

drums

Ron Jackson

guitar

Phaze II Jazz

band/orchestra

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Kit Eakle

violin

John and Kelly Fumo with Fumosonic

band/orchestra

Joseph Patrick Moore

bass

Vincent Houdijk

vibraphone

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Mathias Heise Quadrillion

band/orchestra

Sylvia Brooks

vocalist

Ron Jones

composer/conductor

Kenney Polson

saxophone

Renato Diz

piano

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Luiza Zan

vocalist

Mauricio de Souza

drums

Charlie Harrington

drums

Jamie Taylor

guitar

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Laszlo Gardony

piano

Synia Carroll

vocalist

Paul Wertico

drums

Maria Jacobs

vocalist

Benjamin Deschamps

saxophone, alto

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Markus Rutz

trumpet

Michael Jefry Stevens

piano

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Erik Borelius

guitar

Maria Muldaur

vocalist

Ken Field

saxophone, alto

Michaela Rabitsch

trumpet

Laura Valle

vocalist

Machrijam

guitar

Linus Wyrsch

clarinet

Uralskiy Dixieland

band/orchestra

Jay Hoggard

vibraphone

Neil Clarke

percussion

Teodross Avery

saxophone

Matthew Green

piano

Jamie Taylor

guitar

Antoine Pierre

drums

Jean-Paul Estiévenart

trumpet

Marco Colonna

woodwind

Moppa Elliott

bass

Aaron Dolman

drums

Jimmy Bennington

drums

David John Miller

harmonica

Suzanne Burgess

vocalist

Omer Ashano

violin

Matt Lavelle

trumpet

Miles Davis

trumpet

Charlie Harrington

drums

Pat Metheny

guitar

John Coltrane

saxophone

Keith Jarrett

piano

Brad Mehldau

piano

Dexter Gordon

saxophone, tenor

Bill Evans

piano

Wayne Shorter

saxophone

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

band/orchestra

John Scofield

guitar

Wynton Marsalis

trumpet

Dave Holland

bass

The Beatles

band/orchestra

Mort Weiss

clarinet

Gregory Porter

vocalist

Kurt Rosenwinkel

guitar

Joshua Redman

saxophone

Chris Potter

woodwind

Lester Young

saxophone

John McLaughlin

guitar

Branford Marsalis

saxophone

Samo Salamon

guitar

Lee Ritenour

guitar

Christian McBride

bass

Sam Rivers

saxophone, tenor

Louis Armstrong

trumpet

Bobo Stenson

piano

Bill Frisell

guitar

Lionel Loueke

guitar

Mark Egan

bass

Joe Henderson

saxophone, tenor

Miles Davis

trumpet

Duke Ellington

piano

The Beatles

band/orchestra

Mark Haskins

guitar

Keith Jarrett

piano

Louis Armstrong

trumpet

John Coltrane

saxophone

Pat Metheny

guitar

Ella Fitzgerald

vocalist

Thelonious Monk

piano

Charlie Harrington

drums

Charlie Parker

saxophone, alto

Bill Evans

piano

Dizzy Gillespie

trumpet

Hank Jones

piano

Bucky Pizzarelli

guitar

Russell Malone

guitar, electric

Billie Holiday

vocalist

Ahmad Jamal

piano

Jaco Pastorius

bass, electric

Herbie Hancock

piano

Jimi Hendrix

guitar, electric

Lester Young

saxophone

Kenny Burrell

guitar

John McLaughlin

guitar

Chet Baker

trumpet

Chick Corea

piano

Stan Getz

saxophone, tenor

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

saxophone

Max Roach

drums

Frank Sinatra

vocalist

Benny Golson

saxophone, tenor

NYO Jazz

band/orchestra

Matthew Green

piano

Aaron Dolman

drums

Gabriele Donati

bass, acoustic

Jim Lower Jazz Orchestra

drums

Leora Cashe

vocalist

Machrijam

guitar

Koji Yoneyama

guitar

Chris Gamper

drums

Dariusz Petera

piano

Russell Farhang

violin

Takahiro Izumikawa

piano

Black Spirituals

composer/conductor

The Quash Wagon Reclusion

composer/conductor

La Monte Young

composer/conductor

Mario Alberto Silva

trumpet

Joy Tribbitt Massie

vocalist

Natalie Hanna Mendoza

vocalist

JoGo Project

band/orchestra

Roz

saxophone, alto

Silvio Caroli

piano

Colt Hutchinson

saxophone, tenor

Tihomir Stojiljkovic

piano

Matt Harrison

piano

PreDestined

drums

Danols

guitar, electric

Rufus Roundtree and Da B'more Brass Factory

band/orchestra

Matthew Joy

guitar, acoustic

Suede Wave

vocalist

Shirley Cook

vocalist

Gypsy Vendetta

band/orchestra

Mavis Pan

piano

Doris Day

1922–2019
vocalist

Mansur Scott

–2019
percussion

Dave Samuels

1948–2019
vibraphone

Hal Blaine

1929–2019
drums

Jacques Loussier

1934–2019
piano

Ed Bickert

1932–2019
guitar

Andre Previn

1929–2019
piano

Jim Miller

1954–2019
drums

Michel Legrand

1932–2019
piano

Oliver Mtukudzi

1952–2019
guitar

Ethel Ennis

1932–2019
vocalist

Joseph Jarman

1937–2019
saxophone

Urbie Green

1926–2018
trombone

Nancy Wilson

1937–2018
vocalist

Perry Robinson

1938–2018
clarinet

Wolfgang Schlüter

1933–2018
vibraphone

Roy Hargrove

1969–2018
trumpet

Sonny Fortune

1939–2018
saxophone, alto

Hamiet Bluiett

1940–2018
saxophone, baritone

Jerry Gonzalez

1949–2018
trumpet

Big Jay McNeely

1927–2018
saxophone, tenor

Randy Weston

1926–2018
piano

Jimmy Wilkins

1921–2018
trombone

Jack Costanzo

1922–2018
bongos

Aretha Franklin

1942–2018
vocalist

Tomasz Stanko

1942–2018
trumpet

Henry Butler

1949–2018
piano

Bill Watrous

1939–2018
trombone

Rebecca Parris

1951–2018
vocalist

Jack Reilly

1932–2018
piano

Bob Dorough

1923–2018
piano

Butch Lacy

1947–2018
piano

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Jazz Birthdays

Archie Shepp
b.1937
saxophone
Ben Monder
b.1962
guitar
Charles Earland
1941 - 1999
organ, Hammond B3
Bob Dylan
b.1941
vocalist
Francesco Cafiso
b.1989
saxophone
Ken Schaphorst
b.1960
composer/conductor
Vardan Ovsepian
b.1975
piano

Track of the Day

Track
Gêmeos

Artist/Band
Conrado Paulino

Album
Quatro Climas ("Four Climates") - Conrado Paulino Quarteto

Featured Albums

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Jimmie Vaughan
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Ayumi Ishito
Self Produced
Five Roads
Mauricio de Souza
Self Produced
Dark Matter Horns - Live at Kenny Dorham's Backyard
Willie Oteri
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Jazz Story

By Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra
Member since: 2012

I was first exposed to jazz in NYC. Even though, as a musician, I was playing & singing mostly R&B, after someone took me to see the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, followed by a concert with Ella Fitzgerald

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