STANLEY TURRENTINE (1934-2000), Tenor saxophone

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Stanley William Turrentine, a native of Pittsburgh, known to his fans as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", iwas a versatile performer whose saxophone pumps out lush jazz and R&B music.

  HUGH MASEKELA (1939- ), trumpetist

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Hugh Masekela, a native of South Africa, grew up listening to a rich musical palette including  street songs, church songs, migrant labor work songs, township musical groups, political protest songs, sounds of a wide array of South Africa tribal groups.

RAY VEGA (1961- ), trumpet, percussionist, composer

Ray Vega, a native of the South Bronx, has been a featured artists with bands lead by  latin music icons such as Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Mario Bauza, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Hector LaVoe, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez and Louie Ramirez to name a few.

 LARRY CORYELL (1943- ), jazz guitarist

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Larry Coryell, a native of Galveston Texas,  is a legendary guitarist whose body of work includes  straight-ahead jazz, classical music,- funk- rock fusion and light pop.

ALBERTA HUNTER (1895-1985)

Jazz and blues vocalist, composer

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Alberta Hunter, a native of Memphis, Tennesee,  was  a  legendary jazz and blues singer. During the 1920's and 1930's she recorded with Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Eubie Blake, Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin, and Duke Ellington.