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Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. Allen has received many accolades, including the most wins and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Emmy Award and a Tony Award. Allen has also received numerous honors, including an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Benny Goodman
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909–1986)
Alan Greenspan
American economist and financial advisor (born 1926)
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)
Lester Young
American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)
Woody Herman
American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician (1928–1964)
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey (1904–1957)
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist (1907–1970)
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist (1930–2003)
Jimmy Giuffre
American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008)
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1923–2014)
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940)
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist (1939–2018)
Harry Carney
American jazz musician (1910–1974)
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980)
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011)
Tony Scott
American jazz clarinetist, musician (1921-2007)
Les Brown
American bandleader (1912–2001)
Ted Lewis
American singer and bandleader (1890-1971)
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist (1931–2006)
Don Redman
American musician (1900–1964)
Bud Freeman
American musician (1906–1991)
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928–2013)
Richard Stoltzman
American musician
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
Gary Bartz
American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player (1915–2001)
Eddie Daniels
American musician
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930–2016)
Jimmie Noone
American musician (1895–1944)
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist (1933-1991)
Harry Manfredini
American composer
Buddy Tate
American jazz musician (1913–2001)
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
George Lewis
American musician (1900–1968)
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
Perry Robinson
American musician (1938–2018)
Pee Wee Russell
American musician (1906–1969)
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician (1918-2003)
Albert Nicholas
American musician (1900-1973)
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist (1901–1967)
Buster Bailey
American musician (1902-1967)
Lorenzo Tio
American clarinetist (1893–1933)
Joe Marsala
Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter
Don Byron
American musician
Wilbur Sweatman
American musician (1882–1961)
Omer Simeon
American jazz clarinetist (1902–1959)
Buddy Collette
American jazz musician (1921–2010)
Harlan Leonard
American musician (1905–1983)
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
Wendell Harrison
American musician
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
Hal Kemp
American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (1904–1940)