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Lee Morgan

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Horace Silver

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Sonny Clark

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Joe Henderson

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Sonny Stitt

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Kenny Dorham

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McKinley Howard (Kenny) Dorham (August 30, 1924 - December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer born in Fairfield, Texas.