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Duke Ellington　

Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his car ..more

Dave Brubeck　

In the 1950s and ’60s, few American jazz artists were as influential, and fewer still were as popular, as Dave Brubeck. At a time when the cooler sounds of West Coast jazz began to dominate the pub ..more

Dizzy Gillespie　

Dizzy Gillespie’s contributions to jazz were huge. One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time (some would say the best), Gillespie was such a complex player that his contemporaries en ..more

Dexter Gordon　

Dexter Gordon had such a colorful and eventful life (with three separate comebacks) that his story would make a great Hollywood movie. The top tenor saxophonist to emerge during the bop era and ..more

T-SQUARE　

Deodato (Eumir Deodato)　

Despite a productive career, Deodato will always be best-known for a 1972 hit record, his catchy adaptation of Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Theme From 2001： A Space Odyssey). He began his career ..more

Tete Montoliu　

An outstanding veteran pianist from Spain, Tete Montoliu was born blind. He learned to read music in Braille when he was seven and developed impressive technique on piano. He recorded with Lionel ..more

David Sanborn　

David Sanborn has been the most influential saxophonist on pop, R＆B, and crossover players of the past 20 years. Most of his recordings have been in the dance music/R＆B vein, although { ..more

Duke Jordan　

Although he had a long career, Duke Jordan will always be best known for being pianist with Charlie Parker’s classic 1947 quintet. A little earlier, he worked with the Savoy Sultans, Colema ..more

David Murray　

Initially an inheritor of an abstract/expressionist improvising style originated in the ’60s by such saxophonists as Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp, David Murray eventually evolved into someth ..more

Dimension　

Dave Koz　

A contender for the instrumental pop saxophone throne, Dave Koz came out of nowhere after his self-titled 1990 release made it onto the Billboard contemporary jazz charts and stayed there several w ..more

Duke Pearson　

Duke Pearson was an accomplished, lyrical, and logical -- if rather cautious -- pianist who played a big part in shaping the Blue Note label’s hard bop direction in the 1960s as a producer. He w ..more

Naoko Terai　

Till Bronner　

Trumpeter and crooner Till Bronner was the most famous German jazz musician of his generation, updating traditional bebop sensibilities via elements of contemporary R＆B and hip-hop. Bor ..more

Tingvall Trio　

David Binney　

Alto saxophonist David Binney has established himself as a true original and critically acclaimed performer in progressive jazz of modern times. Born in Miami, FL, August 2, 1961, he spent some tim ..more

Yoko Teramura