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Born July 23, 1928 • San Francisco • California
Died August 2, 2020 (aged 92) • Baltimore • Maryland
Awards And Honors Kennedy Center Honors (2007)
Count Basie, 1968
Count Basie
American musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
The Genius
Ray Charles
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André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic musician
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American musician
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and musician
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American musician
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas
American conductor and composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American musician
Stan Kenton with Eddie Safranski
Stan Kenton
American musician
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American musician
John Lewis
John Lewis
American musician
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American musician
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Erich Leinsdorf
American musician