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John McLaughlin
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Wes Montgomery
636,478 listeners
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Herbie Hancock
1,320,712 listeners
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Ike Quebec
166,575 listeners
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Kenny Burrell
382,184 listeners
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Ramsey Lewis
247,716 listeners
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Ahmad Jamal
352,325 listeners
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 2 July 1930; died 16 April 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NE… read more -
Ryo Kawasaki
46,134 listeners
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