This is a list of jazz musicians on whom Wikipedia has articles.
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“I made a list of things I have
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but I see they are the same list.”
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“How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
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