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Jazz musicians from Detroit

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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist (1932–2013)
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
Milt Jackson
American musician (1923–1999)
Joe Henderson
American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist (1930-2001)
Paul Chambers
American jazz double bassist (1935–1969)
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017)
Kenny Garrett
American musician
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician (1932–2021)
Barry Harris
American jazz pianist and educator (1929–2021)
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader (1928–2011)
James Carter
American musician
Regina Carter
American jazz violinist
Wardell Gray
American musician (1921–1955)
Louis Hayes
American drummer
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)
Eddie Locke
American musician (1930–2009)
Milt Buckner
American jazz pianist and organist (1915–1977)
Bennie Maupin
American musician
Jean Goldkette
American musician (1899–1962)
Sonny Red
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1932–1981)
Dave Pike
American jazz musician (1938–2015)
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter (1936–2015)
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician (1921-1977)
Oliver Jackson
American jazz drummer (1933–1994)
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist (1934-1962)
Kirk Lightsey
American musician
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
Sandy Mosse
American musician (1929-1983)
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
Joe Brazil
American musician (1927-2008)
Herman Wright
American jazz musician (1930–1997)
Carlos McKinney
American record producer and jazz pianist
Ali Jackson
American jazz drummer
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
Bobby Battle
American musician
Johnny O'Neal
American musician
Claude Black
American pianist and jazz musician