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Big John Patton

Talib Kweli, Black Thought, Amel Larrieux, Soulive, Sam Kininger (horn arranger), Dave Matthews, Neal Evans (piano), Neal Evans (hammond b3), Neal Evans (keyboards), Alan Evans (drums), Eric Krasno (guitar), Sam Kininger (alto saxophone)

Ronnie Laws (tenor saxophone), Craig T. Cooper (guitar), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jeffrey Suttles (drums), Darryl Munyungo Jackson (percussion), Jr. (piano), Ronnie Laws (soprano saxophone), Gary Bias (baritone saxophone), Michael Stewart (trumpet), Oscar Brashear (trumpet), Vernell Brown (piano), Patrice Rushen (piano), Larry Antonion (bass), Vernell Brown (organ), William Bryant (drums)

Jacky Terrasson (piano)

Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Ron Carter (bass), James Spaulding (alto saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Tony Williams (drums)

Sonny Rollins

Grant Green (guitar), Al Harewood (drums), Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone), Jack McDuff (organ), Yusef Lateef (flute)

Lou Donaldson

Grant Green (guitar), Baby-Face Willette (organ), Ben Dixon (drums)

Philly Joe Jones (drums), Percy Heath (bass), Lou Donaldson (alto saxophone), Elmo Hope (piano), Clifford Brown (trumpet), "Philly" Joe Jones (drums), Percy Heath (upright bass), John Lewis (piano), Art Blakey (drums), Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone), Art Blakely (drums), Gigi Gryce (flute), Gigi Gryce (saxophone), The Jazz Messengers (drums), Sabu (drums), Russ Freeman (piano), Joe Mondragon (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), Bob Gordon (baritone saxophone), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone), Stu Williamson (trombone), Art Blakey Quintet, Horace Silver (piano), Curly Russell (double bass)

Marc Johnson (bass), Dave Valentin (flute), Satoshi Takeishi (drums), Café (percussion), Eliane Elias (piano), Eddie Gomez (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Eddie Gomez (bass), Eliane Elias (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Portinho (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Marc Johnson (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Portinho (drums), Eliane Elias (synthesizer), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Jack DeJohnette (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Mark Johnson (bass), Carl Allen (drums), Christian McBride (bass)

Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, Stan Kenton (piano), Sture Swenson (baritone saxophone), Billy Root (baritone saxophone), Bill Trijillo (tenor saxophone), Archie LaCoque (trombone), Kent Larsen (trombone), Bill Smiley (bass trombone), Bob Olson (bass trombone), Jim Amlotte (trombone), Richie Kamuca (tenor saxophone), Lennie Niehaus (alto saxophone), Jerry McKenzie (drums), Red Kelly (bass), Frank Huggins (trumpet), Bud Brisbois (trumpet), Joe Burnett (trumpet), Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Roger Middleton (trumpet)

Grant Green (guitar), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums), Sonny Clark (piano), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums)

Charles Mingus

Hank Mobley

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Art Blakey (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass), Bobby Timmons (piano)

Bill Frisell

Jimmy Smith (organ), Donald Bailey (drums), Thornel Schwartz (guitar)

Kenny Burrell (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums), Candido (conga), Tommy Flanagan (piano)

Kevin Hays (piano), Doug Weiss (double bass), Brian Blade (drums), Steve Nelson (vibraphone), Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone)

Koono (keyboards), Cafe (percussion), Bireli Lagrene (guitar), Dennis Chambers (drums), Jeff Andrews (bass guitar), Jeff Andrews (electric bass), Jeff Andrews (fretless bass), Bireli Lagrene (electric bass), Bireli Lagrene (bass guitar)

Howard McGhee (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone, flute), Percy Health (upright bass), Walter Bolden (drums), Tal Farlow (guitar), Horace Silver (piano)

Marlena Shaw

Tony Williams (drums), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Donald Harrison (alto saxophone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Mulgrew Miller (piano), Ron Carter (bass (vocal))

Andru Donalds

Chico Hamilton Quintet, Buddy Collette (flute), Carson Smith (bass), Jim Hall (guitar), Chico Hamilton (drums), Fred Katz (cello)

Earl Klugh (guitar), Gene Dunlap (drums), Dr. Gibbs (percussion), Marcus Miller (bass), Mickie Roquemore (keyboards), Greg Phillinganes (guitar), Mickey Roquemore (piano), Mickey Roquemore (keyboards), Mickie Roquemore (piano), Perry Hughes (electric guitar), David Briggs (piano), Lloyd Green (pedal steel), Reggie Young (electric guitar), Mike Leech (bass), James Bradley, Jr. (drums), Greg Phillinganes (piano), David Saltman (bass)

The Wood Brothers, Dr. John, Cassandra Wilson (guitar), Keith "Keefus" Ciancia (keyboards), Keith "Keefus" Ciancia (piano), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jay A. Bellerose (percussion), Marc Ribot (guitar), Reginald Veal (bass), Jay A. Bellerose (drums), T-Bone Burnett (guitar), Jaron Olevsky Abercrombie (bass), Nate Skiles (mandolin), Jaron Olevsky (bass), Norah Jones (organ), Amos Lee (guitar), Fred Berman (drums), Norah Jones (piano), Norah Jones (background vocalist), The Little Willies, Dan Rieser (drums), Lee Alexander (bass), Richard Julian (guitar), Jim Campilongo (electric guitar), Tim Luntzel (upright bass), Jenifer Jackson (background vocalist), Kenny Wollsen (vibraphone), K.A. Zeidel (programmer), K.A. Zeidel (guitar), Denis Benarrosh (drums), Laurent Vernerey (bass), Karen Brunon (violin), K.A. Zeidel (keyboards), Jeremy Turner (cello), John Medeski (keyboards), Billy Martin (drums), Billy Martin (percussion), DJ Logic (programming), Chris Wood (bass), Anoushka Shankar (keyboards), Kevin Cooper (bass), Jesse Charnow (drums), Ajay Prasanna (wooden flute), Bikram Ghosh (tabla), Raul Midón, Grégoire Maret (harmonica), Eric Revis (bass), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Jackie Allen, John Moulder (guitar), Ben Lewis (organ), Dane Richeson (drums), Dane Richeson (percussion), Sue Conway (background vocalist), Suzanne Palmer (background vocalist), Yvonne Gage (background vocalist), Ben Lewis (piano), Hans Sturm (bass)

Billy Gardner (organ), Grant Green (guitar), Hugh Walker (drums), George Braith (tenor saxophone), George Braith (soprano saxophone)

George Braith (saxophone), Grant Green (guitar), Clarence Johnston (drums), Billy Gardner (organ)

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill, Ben Riley (drums), Greg Osby (saxophone), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Rufus Reid (bass guitar)

Marlena Shaw

Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone), Al Harewood (drums), Butch Warren (bass), Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Sonny Clark (piano), Kenny Burrell (guitar)

Pete La Roca, Pete Larocca Sims

Bill Pierce (soprano saxophone), Mulgrew Miller (bass), Ira Coleman (bass), Bill Pierce (tenor saxophone), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Tony Williams (drums)

Yaron Herman (piano), Ziv Ravitz (drums & percussion)

Mose Allison

Donald Byrd (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet), Dexter Gordon (tenorsaxophone), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drumkit), Jackie McLean (altosaxophone), Tony Williams (drumkit), Hank Mobley (tenorsaxophone), Chuck Israels (bass), Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Grant Green (guitar), Paul Chambers (bass), Willie Bobo (percussion, drumkit, timbales), Oswaldo 'Chihuahua' Martinez (percussion), Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez (congas), Ron Carter (bass, doublebass), George Coleman (tenorsaxophone, saxophone), Anthony Williams (drumkit), Wayne Shorter (saxophone), Joe Chambers (drumkit), Reggie Workman (bass), Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Thad Jones (flugelhorn), Peter Phillips (trombone), Jerry Dodgion (altoflute), Mickey Roker (drumkit), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Garnett Brown (trombone), Tony Studd (trombone, basstrombone), Hubert Laws (flute), Joe Henderson (tenorsaxophone, altoflute), Charles Buster Williams (bass), Albert "Tootie" Heath (drumkit), Jerome Richardson (bassclarinet, flute), Buster Williams (bass), Jack Jeffers (trombone), Romeo Penque (bassclarinet), Martin Lastie (cornet), Eric Gale (guitar), Billy Butler (guitar), Bernard Purdie (drumkit), Stanley Turrentine (tenorsaxophone)

Takuya Kuroda (trumpet), Ai Kuwabara (piano), Ryuta Tsunoda (upright bass, electric bass), Shun Ishiwaka (drums), Akihiro Nishiguchi (tenor saxophone), Jun Miyakawa (hammond b3, piano), Tomo Kanno (drums), May Inoue (guitar)

Clare Fischer (piano), Gary Peacock (bass (vocal)), Gene Stone (drums)

The Don Pullen - George Adams Quartet, Cameron Brown (bass), Dannie Richmond (drumkit), Don Pullen (piano), George Adams (tenor)

Out Of The Blue, Ralph Peterson (drums), Kenny Garrett (alto saxophone), Robert Hurst (bass), Ralph Bowen (tenor saxophone), Michael Philip Mossman (trumpet)

Elvin Jones (drums), Omar Clay (percussion), Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone), Gene Perla (electric bass), Cornell Dupree (electric guitar), Frank Foster (tenor saxophone), Steve Grossman (tenor saxophone), Wilbur Little (bass), George Coleman (tenor saxophone), Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet)

Sheree Brown (vocalist), The Ridgeways, Gene Dunlap, Natalie Cole, Gary Bartz (piano, altosaxophone, vocalist, sopranosaxophone, synthesizer), George Cables (piano), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Bill Summers (percussion), David T. Walker (guitar), Juewett Bostick (guitar), Welton Gite (bass), Jason Mizell (keyboard, vocalist), Howard King (drumkit), Ray Brown (trumpet), Alphonze Mouzon, Alphonse Mouzon (vocalist, drumkit, mellotron, percussion), Buster Williams (bassguitar), Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. (electricbassguitar), Buddy Terry (sopranosaxophone), Sonny Fortune (altosaxophone), Larry Willis (piano), Chico Hamilton (drums), Ronnie Laws (tenorsaxophone), Carmen McRae (vocalist), Buddy Childers (trumpet), Bobby Shew (trumpet), Al Aarons (trumpet), Lew McCreary (trombone), George Bhanon (trombone), Kenny Shroyer (trombone), Bill Perkins (woodwinds), Lanny Morgan (woodwinds), Harry Klee (woodwinds), Abe Most (woodwinds), Bill Green (woodwinds), Artie Kane (piano), Marshall Otwell (piano), Dennis Budimard (guitar), Joe Mondragon (bass), Harvey Mason (drumkit), Nat Adderley Sextet, Stephanie Spruill, Nat Adderley (cornet), Rick Holmes (narrator), Margo Thunder, Patti Drew, Art Tatum (piano), Everett Barksdale (guitar), Slam Stewart (bass), 100% Pure Poison, Gene Harris (piano), Minnie Riperton (vocalist), Larry Carlton

Richard Elliot (saxophone, tenorsaxophone), Tim Heintz (keyboard, piano, organ), Leon Bisquera (keyboard), Lil' John Roberts (drumkit, percussion), Lenny Castro (percussion), Wah Wah Watson (guitar), Alex Al (bass), Paul Jackson (guitar), Luis Conte (percussion), Siedah Garrett (vocalist), Robbie Nevil (guitar), Steven Dubin (drumprogrammer, musician, drumkit), Tony Maiden (guitar), Michael Sims (guitar), Mitchel Forman (keyboard), Peter White (acousticguitar), Mitch Forman (keyboard), Dwight Sills (guitar)

Bobby Hutcherson (vibraphone), George Cables (piano), Kenneth Nash (percussion), Eddie Marshall (drums), James Leary (bass)

Donald Byrd (trumpet), Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Doug Watkins (bass (vocal), bass guitar), Teddy Robinson (drums)

Eddie Henderson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Paul Jackson (bass), John Bowen (synthesizer), Julian Priester (trombone), Bennie Maupin (tenor saxophone), Mtume (piano, conga), Bill Summers (conga, percussion), Ray Obiedo (guitar), Hubert Laws (flute), Herbie Hancock (synthesizer, clavichord, rhodes), Howard King (drums)

The Fourth Way, Eddie Marshall (drums), Ron McClure (electric bass), Mike Nock (rhodes), Michael White (electric violin)

Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone), Billy Higgins (drums), Cedar Walton (piano), Paul Chambers (bass)

Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Elvin Jones (drums), Reginald Workman (bass), Lee Morgan (trumpet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Reggie Workman (upright bass), Ron Carter (bass), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (upright bass), Tony Williams (drums), James Spaulding (alto saxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Joe Chambers (drums), Freddie Hubbard (flugelhorn), Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Reggie Workman (bass), Curtis Fuller (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone), John McLaughlin (guitar), Jack De Johnette (drums), Airto Moreira (percussion), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Sonny Sharrock (guitar), Chick Corea (vibraphone), Chick Corea (drums), Billy Hart (drums), Frank Cuomo (drums), Frank Cuomo (percussion), Alphonse Mouzon (drums), Dave Friedman (vibraphone), Gene Bertoncini (guitar), David Friedman (vibraphone), David Friedman (marimba), Al Mouson (drums)

James Francies

James Hurt

Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Mike Clarke (drums), James Mtume (conga), James Mtume (piano), James Mtume (percussion), Mtume (conga), Mtume (percussion), Mtume (piano), Paul Jackson (bass guitar), Patrice Rushen (synthesizer), Julian Priester (trombone), Julian Priester (bass trombone), Eddie Henderson (flugelhorn), Hadley Caliman (flute), Hadley Caliman (soprano saxophone), Patrice Rushen (piano), Julian Preister (bass trombone), Julian Preister (trombone), Hadley Caliman (bass clarinet), Patrice Rushen (keyboards), Sunship Woody Theus (drums), Billy Hart (drums)

Tim Hagans, Marcus Printup (trumpet), Javon Jackson (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Vincent Herring (musicians (emi load: do not use)), Javon Jackson (trumpet), Javon Jackson (tenor saxophone), Vincent Herring (alto saxophone)

The Three Sounds, Donald Bailey (drums), Andrew Simpkins (bass), Gene Harris (piano), Gene Harris (organ)

Jimmy Smith (organ), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Donald Bailey (drums)

Nat King Cole Gordon Jenkins

Sonny Clark, Wesley Landers (drums), Jymie Merritt (bass)