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Flute: James Galway, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carol Wincenc, Jasmine Choi, Marina Piccinini, Robert Willoughby, Robert Aitken, Paula Robison, William Bennett, Jeanne Baxtresser, Emmanuel Pahud, Michel Debost, Julius Baker (he was the flute player from the Beauty and the Beast movie!), Marcel Moyse, Walfrid Kujala, Robert Dick, Ian Clarke, Jean Ferrandis, Raffeale Trevisani, Manuela Weisler, Mary Karen Clardy, Marianne Gedigian, Amy Porter, Jennifer Higdon, Jeffrey Khaner,
Baroque flute: Lisa Benusiek, Janet See
Piccolo: Jan Vinci, Dombourian-Eby, Christine Beard, Walfrid Kujala,
Oboe: Alex Klein, John Mack, Diana Doherty, Elaine Douvas
Bassoon: Milan Turkovic, Arthur Weisburg, Julie Price, Klaus Thunemann
Clarinet: Martin Frost, David Shifrin, Colin Parr, James Campbell, Ricardo Morales, Robert Spring, Peter Cigleris, NY Phil Recordings with Stanley Drucker as principal, Ken Poplowski, Dietrich Klocker, Sabine Meyer, Karl Leister, Sharon Kam, Harold Wright, Eddie Daniels (also jazz)
French Horn: Stefan Dohr, Sarah Willis, Barry Tuckwell, Andrew Bain, Philip Farkus, Julie Landsmann
Saxophonists:
Classical(Alto and Tenor): Greg Banaszak, Philip Barham, Serge Bertocchi, Ronald Caravan, Paul Cohen, Vincent David, Daniel Deffayet, Claude Delangle, Amy Dickson, Steve Duke, Jay C. Easton, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Alfred Gallodoro, John Harle, Frederick L. Hemke, James Houlik, Trent Kynaston, Jean-Marie Londeix, Joseph Lulloff, Brandford Marsalis, Tim McAllister, Marcel Mule, Stephen Page, Harvey Pittel, Kenneth Radnofsky, Sigurd Racher, Eugene Rousseau, Erin Royer, John Sampen, Colin Stetson, Donald Sinta, Kenneth Tse, Mark Walton, Steve Mauk, Tim Mccalister, Lynn Klock
Jazz(Alto and Tenor): Pepper Adams, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Sidney Bechet, Jerry Bergonzi, Michael Brecker, Benny Carter, Jeff Coffin, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Paul Desmond, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Dorsey, Paquito D’Rivera, Brooker Ervin, Stan Getz, Benny Golson, Paul Gonsalves, Benny Goodman, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Johnny Hodges, Dave Koz, Lee Konitz, Joe Lovano, Jackie McLean, Brandford Marsalis, Bob Mitzer, Hank Mobley, Gerry Mulligan, Lennie Niehaus, Charlie Parker, Joshua Redman, Sonny Rollins, Ronnie Scott, Wayne Shorter, Phil Woods, Lester Young,
Trumpeters:
Classical: Maurice Andre, Ryan Anthony, Alison Balsom, Mary Bowden, Herbert L. Clarke, Kevin Cobb, Timofei Dokschitzer, Armando Ghitalla, Mark Gould, Hakan Hardenberger, Tine Thing Helseth, Adolph “Bud” Herseth, David Hickman, Caleb Hudson, Jens Lindemann, Christopher Martin, Wynton Marsalis, Amy McCabe, Rafael Mendez, Sergei Nakariakov, Charles Schlueter, Gerard Schwarz, Philip Smith, Thomas Stevens, Edward Tarr, James Thompson, William Vacchiano, Allen Vizzutti,
Jazz: Nat Adderley, William “Cat” Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Wayne Bergeron, Terence Blanchard, Donald Byrd, Bill Chase, Miles Davies, Kenny Dorham, Dave Douglas, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Roy Eldridge, Jon Faddis, Art Farmer, Maynard Ferguson, Thomas Gansch, John “Dizzy” Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Don Jacoby, Ingrid Johnson, Sean Jones, Thad Jones, Chuck Mangione, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Fats Navarro, Nicholas Payton, Mark Pender, Herb Pomeroy, Louis Prima, Claudio Roditi, Chase Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Doc Severinsen, Woody Shaw, Bobby Shew, Lew Soloff, Terell Stafford, Clark Terry,
Trombonists:
Classical: Joseph Alessi, Herbert Ausman, Allen Barnhill, Ian Bousfield, Eric Carlson, David Finlayson, Jay Friedman, James Gilbertson, Nick Hudson, John R. Huling, Carol Jarvis, Katy Jones, Mark Kellogg, David Langlitz, Don Lucas ,John Marcellus ,James Markey, Craig Mulcahy, Michael Mulcahy, Toby Oft, Olaf Ott, Michael Powell, Weston Sprott, Amanda Stewart, Ronald Barron, Norman Bolter, Frank Crisafulli, Mark Lawerence, Mark Hetzler, Christian Lindberg, Charlie Vernon
Jazz: Bob Brookmeyer, Tommy Dorsey, John Fedchock, Curtis Fuller, Wycliffe Gordon, Slide Hampton, Conrad Herwig, J. J. Johnson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Glenn Miller, Kid Ory, Don Sebesky, Trombone Shorty, Steve Turre, Bill Watrous
Percussion:
Classical Percussionists: Evelynn Glennie (Her "Touch the Sound" is a must-have DVD.), Steven Schick, Gary Burton, Glen Velez ("world" music), James Blades (his books are useful), Nancy Zeltsman, Rob Knopper, Jonathan Singer, Timothy Adams, Keith Aleo, Matthew Strauss, Shannon Wood (timpani), David Herbert (timpani)
Jazz: Baby Dodds (old school New Orleans drummer), Jimmy Cobb (across genres), Max Roach (across genres), Elvin Jones (polyrhythms), Tony Williams (intensity), Ed Thigpen (played with Ray Brown), Jeff Hamilton (also played with Ray, master of brushes), Philly Joe Jones (simple feel, killer time), Terreon Gully (hip-hop/breakbeat/jazz), Chris "Daddy" Dave (hip-hop/jazz fusion), Matt Wilson (a lot of fun to watch, funny, and innovative), Joey Barron, Louis Bellson, Ed Blackwell, Brian Blade, Art Blakey, Roy Brooks, Terri Byne Carrington, Joe Chambers, Kenny Clarke, Billy Cobham, Steve Davis, Billy Drummond, Peter Erskine, Joe Farnsworth, Al Foster, Billy Hart, Roy Haynes, Tootie Heath, BIlly Higgins, Roger Humphries, Jack DeJohnette, Elvin Jones, Connie Kay, Stan Levy, Shelly Manne, Bobby Moses, Paul Motian, Alphonse Mouzon, Idris Muhammed, Adam Nussbaum, Ralph Peterson, Tony Reedus, Buddy Rich, Danny Richmond, Max Roach, Micky Roker, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Ed Soph, Bill Stewart, Grady Tate, Art Taylor, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Dave Weckl, Lenny White, Tony Williams
Euphonium: David Thornton, Demondrae Thurman, Tormod Flaten, Ben Pierce, David Childs, Bente Illevold, Mai Kokubo
Tuba: Arnold Jacobs, Carol Jantsch, Oysten Badsvik, Velvet Brown, Alan Baer, Samantha Lake
Percussion ensembles: Nexus, Kroumata, So Percussion, Amadinda soloists (marimba and percussion): Michael Burritt, Gordon Stout, Marta Klimasara, Eric Sammut, Anders Astrand, Thomas Burritt, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Ivana Bilic, Nancy Zeltsman, Bill Cahn, Bob Becker
Jazz Guitar: Howard Alden, George Benson, Peter Bernstein, Joshua Breakstone, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Christian, Dave Cliff, Joe Cohn, Larry Coryell, Herb Ellis, Steve Erquiaga, Tal Farlow, Chris Flory, Bill Frisell, Mick Goodrick, Grant Green, Jerry Hahn, Jim Hall, Scott Henderson, Charlie Hunter, Vic Juris, Barney Kessel, Earl Klugh, Peter Leich, Pat Martino, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Ben Monder, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Doug Raney, Jimmy Raney, Django Reinhardt, Emily Remier, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Dave Stryker, Attila Zoller
Jazz Piano: Geri Allen, Lynne Arriale, Kenny Barron, Bruce Barth, Paul Bley, Dave Brubeck, Ray Bryant, George Cables, Joey Calderazzo, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea, Kenny Drew, George Duke, Bill Evans, Victor Feldman, Tommy Flanagan, Hal Galper, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Larry Goldings, Benny Green, Dan Haerle, Al Haig, Herbie Hancock, Roland Hanna, Hampton Hawes, Fred Hersch, Andrew Hill, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, Hank Jones, Geoff Keezer, Wynton Kelly, Andy LaVerne, Mike LeDonne, Mark Levine, John Lewis, Harold Mabern, Ronnie Mathews, Brad Meldhau, Mulgrew Miller, Thelonius Monk, Michel Petrucciani, Harry Pickens, Phineas Newborn Jr., Makoto Ozone, Danilo Perez, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Renee Rosnes, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Horace Silver, Art Tatum, Jacky Terrasson, Bobby Timmons, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Kenny Werner, James Williams, Mary Lou Williams, Joe Zawinul, Denny Zeitlin
Chamber Ensembles(2-9 members): Genghis Barbie (Horn Quartet), PRISM Sax Quartet,
Brass Quintets- 2 trumpets, 1 Trombone, 1 French Horn, 1 Tuba: Canadian Brass, American Brass Quintet, Boston Brass, New England Brass Quintet, Synergy Brass Quintet
Woodwind Quintet- Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Oboe: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Windjammers Woodwind Quintet,
Large Ensembles: United States Marine Band, Mnozil Brass
Jazz Bands: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Airmen of Note, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Count Basie, Louis Bellson, Carla Bley, Francy Boland, Duke Ellington, Don Ellis, Gil Evans, Jimmy Dorsey, Maynard Ferguson, Bob Florence, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Conrad Herwig's Latin Big Band, Bill Holman, Thad Jones/Lewis, Stan Kenton, Mel Lewis/Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Rob mcConnell, Charles Mingus, Mingus Dynasty Big Band, Bob Mitzer, Monday Night Vanguard Orchestra, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Sun Ra, Buddy Rich, George Russell, Maria Schneider, Lew Tabackin, Bill Watrous, Randy Weston, Gerald Wilson