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George Sheraing

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Bebop Piano

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Jim Hall

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Cool Guitar

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Serge Chaloff

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Bebop Four Brothers

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George Benson

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Hard Bop Guitar

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Carl Fontana

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Cool Trombone Player Considered by many as second to JJ Johnson

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Kenny Burrell

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Harp Bop Guitar (most recorded jazz guitarist ever)

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Cannonball Adderly

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Hard Bop Alto Sax

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Dave Brubeck

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Cool Piano Player Leader of his own quartet Two albums: “Jazz goes to college” and “Time Out”

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John Coletrane

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Hard Bop Tenor Sax and composer

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Max Roach (no era)

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Hard Bop and Bebop Drummer

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Shorty Rogers

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Cool Trumpet Composer and arranger

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Wes Montgomery (signature trademark?)

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Hard Bop Guitar

Played with his thumb

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Art Farmer

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Cool Trumpet Flugel Horn

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Ray Brown

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Bebop Bass Player Known as one of the masters of the walking bass style, where the bass player is “backing up” the soloist.

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Ahmad Jamal

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Hard Bop Piano

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Stan Kenton (no era)

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Band Leader

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Lester Young

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Influenced both hard bop and cool Tenor sax and clarinet

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Bud Powell

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Bebop Piano

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Dizzy Gillespie

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Bebop Trumpet, band leader, composer

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Benny Golson

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Hard Bop Tenor Sax

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Curtis Fuller

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Hard Bop Trombone

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Shelly Mane

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Cool Drummer

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JJ Johnson (multiple eras)

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Hard Bop and Bebop Trombone

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Horace Silver

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Hard Bop Piano Composer and arranger

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Stan Getz
Bebop Four Brothers Tenor Sax
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Philly Joe Jones
Hard Bop Drummer
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Thelonius Monk
Bebop Piano and composer
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Paul Desmond
Cool Alto Saxophone Featured member of Dave Brubeck quartet
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Gerry Mulligan
Cool Baritone Saxophone, composer and arranger
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Lee Morgan
Hard Bop Trumpet Composer
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Thad Jones
Hard Bop Trumpet, Composer, big band leader
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Tommy Flanagan
Hard Bop Piano
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Gerald Wilson
Hard Bop Trumpet, composer, big band leader
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Jimmy Smith
Hard Bop Organ
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Cedar Walton
Hard Bop Piano
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Lennie Tristano
Cool Pianist/composer/band leader Played with "locked hands" (hands together or moving in the same fashion) Used collective improvisation (more than one improviser playing at a given time)
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"Brother" Jack McDuff
Hard Bop Organ
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Gene Ammons
Hard Bop Tenor Sax
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Pat Martino
Hard Bop Guitar
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Art Pepper
Cool Alto Saxophone
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Jimmy Giuffre
Cool Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, and arranger
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Art Tatum
Bebop Piano
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Oscar Pettiford
Bebop Bass
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Oscar Petersen
Bebop Piano
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Maynard Ferguson
Hard Bop Only caucasian big band leader
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Chico Hamilton
Cool Drummer
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Zoot Sims
Bebeop Four Brothers
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Sonny Rollins
Hard Bop Tenor Sax Composer and band leader
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Lee Konitz
Cool Alto Saxophone
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Frank Rosolino
Cool Trombone
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John Coletrane (no era)
Tenor sax, band leader, composer
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Miles Davis (no era)
Trumpet
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Charlie Parker
Bebop Alto and tenor sax Very important saxophonist and improviser
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Art Blakey
Hard Bop Drummer Jazz messengers
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Gil Evans
Cool "Birth of the Cool" composer with Miles Davis
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Kenny Clarke
Bebop Drummer
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Sonny Stitt
Bebop Tenor sax
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Bob Brookmeyer
Cool Trombone Arranger and Composer
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Freddie Hubbard
Hard Bop Trumpet
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Dexter Gordon
Bebop tenor sax
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Grant Green
Hard Bop Guitar
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Joe Henderson
Hard Bop Tenor Sax and composer
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Charles Mingus
Bebop Bass Composer and band leader
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Joe Pass
Hard Bop Guitar
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Fatz Navarro
Bebop Trumpet
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Chet Baker
Cool Trumpet
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Herbie Steward
Bebop Four Brothers
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Tad Dammeron
Bebop Composer
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Jack Sheldon
Cool Trumpet
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Jimmy McGriff
Hard Bop Organ
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Clifford Brown
Hard Bop Trumpet
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Bill Evans
Cool Piano and composer
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Al Hiag
Bebop Piano
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McCoy Tyner
Piano John Coletrane Quartet
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Jimmy Garrison
Bass John Coletrane Quartet
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Elvin Jones
Hard Bop Drummer John Coletrane Quartet
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Charlie Chrisitian
Bebop and Cool Guitar
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Brother Nat Adderly
Hard Bop Trumpet
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Mel Lewis (no era)
Drummer Band Leader
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Woody Herman (no era)
Clarinet, Alto and Soprano Sax, Band Leader

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