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“Satchmo”

Louis Armstrong

American musician

Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

American composer and singer

Ella Fitzgerald.

Ella Fitzgerald

American singer

Betty Carter

Betty Carter

American singer

Al Jarreau sings into a microphone on stage, wearing dark pants and a patterned shirt, with band equipment and stage lights in the background.

Al Jarreau

American singer and songwriter

The Divine One

Sarah Vaughan

American singer and pianist

Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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