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George Yanagi and Rainy Wood　

George Yanagi　

Gen Hoshino　

Gene Harris　

One of the most accessible of all jazz pianists, Gene Harris’ soulful style (influenced by Oscar Peterson and containing the blues-iness of a Junior Mance) was immediately likable and p ..more

Gene Ammons　

Gene Ammons, who had a huge and immediately recognizable tone on tenor, was a very flexible player who could play bebop with the best (always battling his friend Sonny Stitt to a tie) yet was ..more

G-DRAGON (from BIGBANG)　

God (Korea)　

G.Addict　

Gilberto Gil　

A leader of the tropicalia movement in Brazil in 1967 and 1968, along with artists like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil and other musicians mixed native styles with rock and ..more

GILLE　

Gigliola Cinquetti　

Gigliola Cinquetti, the Italian winner of the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, was born on December 20, 1947, in Verona. She first received attention at age 16, when she triumphed at the annual {~S ..more

George Benson　

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow {\ ..more

George Harrison　

The youngest Beatle, George Harrison was born Februrary 25, 1943 in Liverpool, England to a working class family. He was given a guitar at the age of 13, and he never let go of it. He developed quickl ..more

George Wallington　

George Wallington was one of the first and best bop pianists, ranking up there with Al Haig, just below Bud Powell. He was also the composer of two bop standards that caught on for a ..more

George Clinton　

The mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective during the 1970s, George Clinton broke up both bands by 1981 and began recording solo albums, occasionally performing live with his form ..more

George Winston　

Self-described rural folk piano player George Winston was among the earliest and most successful proponents of the genre of contemporary instrumental music later dubbed new age. Although bo ..more

George Duke　

George Duke is an accomplished keyboardist, producer, arranger, bandleader, and composer. He has been successful in both popular music and jazz, and has straddled both sides of that aisle for most ..more

George Jackson　

Songwriter George Jackson wrote or co-wrote hits for Clarence Carter (the gold single Too Weak to Fight), Wilson Pickett (A Man and a Half), Bob Seger ({＆Old Time Rock and Roll, ..more

George Shearing　

For a long stretch of time in the 1950s and early ’60s, George Shearing had one of the most popular jazz combos on the planet -- so much so that, in the usual jazz tradition of distrusting popular ..more

Giovanni Mirabassi