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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American musician
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
American musician
Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle
American lyricist, vocalist, band leader, and civic official
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American musician
Count Basie
Count Basie
American musician
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American musician
Glenn Miller, c. 1940.
Glenn Miller
American composer and musician
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
American musician
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American musician
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
Dizzy Gillespie
American musician
Harry James in the early 1940s.
Harry James
American musician
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and musician
American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and singer Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste
American musician, composer, arranger, and singer
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American musician
Fletcher Henderson and his band
Fletcher Henderson
American musician
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American musician
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American composer and singer
Bill Monroe
American musician
Earl (“Fatha”) Hines, c. 1945.
Earl Hines
American musician

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