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The list Black Lion Records artists includes Bo Diddley, Duke Ellington, Dudley Moore, Carmen McRae and Count Basie. The list consists of 64 members.

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Black Lion Records
British jazz record company
  • 1.

    Bo Diddley
    American guitarist (1928–2008)
    Bo Diddley
    Overview: Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates; December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from ...
    Date of birth: 30 December 1928
    Date of death: 2 June 2008
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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    African American adoptees 21T
    African-American male singer-songwriters 286T
    Singer-songwriters from Mississippi 152T
  • 2.

    Duke Ellington
    American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
    Duke Ellington
    Overview: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than ...
    Date of birth: 29 April 1899
    Date of death: 24 May 1974
    Age: 75 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Pianist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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    American male jazz pianists 7T
    American male film score composers 623T
    Composers from New York City 37T
  • 3.

    Dudley Moore
    English actor, comedian, musician (1935–2002)
    Dudley Moore
    Overview: Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire ...
    Date of birth: 19 April 1935
    Date of death: 27 March 2002
    Age: 66 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)
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    British male jazz musicians 333T
    British male organists 680T
    20th-century English comedians 250T
  • 4.

    Carmen McRae
    American jazz singer (1920–1994)
    Carmen McRae
    Overview: Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her ...
    Date of birth: 8 April 1922
    Date of death: 10 November 1994
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Vocalist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century American LGBT people 1,589T
    Stroke-related deaths in California 142T
    20th-century African-American women singers 859T
  • 5.

    Count Basie
    American musician
    Count Basie
    Overview: William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra ...
    Date of birth: 21 August 1904
    Date of death: 26 April 1984
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Composer
    Gender: Male
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    American male organists 374T
    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    People from St. Albans, Queens 31T
  • 6.

    Buddy Rich
    Jazz drummer and bandleader
    Buddy Rich
    Overview: Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time.
    Date of birth: 30 September 1917
    Date of death: 2 April 1987
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
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    Hep Records artists 25T
    American male jazz composers 567T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
  • 7.

    André Previn
    German-American conductor, pianist, and composer (1929–2019)
    André Previn
    Overview: André George Previn KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
    Date of birth: 6 April 1930
    Date of death: 28 February 2019
    Age: 88 (age at death)
    Nationality: German
    Occupation: Composer
    Gender: Male
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    Jewish American film score composers 50T
    Broadway composers and lyricists 196T
    20th-century German male musicians 664T
  • 8.

    Steve Lacy
    American jazz musician (1934–2004)
    Steve Lacy
    Overview: Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming ...
    Date of birth: 23 July 1934
    Date of death: 4 June 2004
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    FMP/Free Music Production artists 29T
    Intakt Records artists 93T
    Sunnyside Records artists 118T
  • 9.

    Dexter Gordon
    American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)
    Dexter Gordon
    Overview: Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy ...
    Date of birth: 27 February 1923
    Date of death: 25 April 1990
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)
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    20th-century African-American musicians 766T
    Sonet Records artists 48T
    American male jazz composers 594T
  • 10.

    Thelonious Monk
    American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982)
    Thelonious Monk
    Overview: Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz ...
    Date of birth: 10 October 1917
    Date of death: 17 February 1982
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)
    Partner: Nellie Smith (Married)
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    American male jazz composers 567T
    The Giants of Jazz members 6T
    Jazz musicians from North Carolina 65T
  • 11.

    Ken Colyer
    British musician
    Ken Colyer
    Overview: Kenneth Colyer (18 April 1928 – 8 March 1988) was an English jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted to New Orleans jazz. His band was also known for skiffle interludes.
    Date of birth: 18 April 1928
    Date of death: 8 March 1988
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    British male jazz musicians 333T
    Skiffle musicians 18T
    Male trumpeters 252T
  • 12.

    Barney Kessel
    American musician
    Barney Kessel
    Overview: Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Noted in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was ...
    Date of birth: 17 October 1923
    Date of death: 6 May 2004
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Sonet Records artists 48T
    American male jazz musicians 3,235T
    20th-century American male musicians 7,842T
  • 13.

    Kenny Clarke
    American musician
    Kenny Clarke
    Overview: Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914 – January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use ...
    Date of birth: 9 January 1914
    Date of death: 26 January 1985
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    Modern Jazz Quartet members 7T
  • 14.

    Earl HInes
    Jazz pianist
    Earl HInes
    Overview: Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of ...
    Date of birth: 28 December 1903
    Date of death: 22 April 1983
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    Sterling Records (US) artists 6T
  • 15.

    Art Tatum
    American jazz pianist
    Art Tatum
    Overview: Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field.
    Date of birth: 13 October 1909
    Date of death: 5 November 1956
    Age: 47 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Pianist
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century African-American musicians 770T
    American male jazz musicians 3,235T
    20th-century American male musicians 7,842T
  • 16.

    Memphis Slim
    Blues musician
    Memphis Slim
    Overview: Memphis Slim (born John Len Chatman, September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988) was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues ...
    Date of birth: 3 September 1915
    Date of death: 24 February 1988
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Pianist
    Gender: Male
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    United Records artists 20T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    Black & Blue Records artists 136T
  • 17.

    Coleman Hawkins
    American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
    Coleman Hawkins
    Overview: Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument ...
    Date of birth: 21 November 1904
    Date of death: 19 May 1969
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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    Deaths from pneumonia in New York City 259T
    20th-century African-American musicians 770T
    Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state) 401T
  • 18.

    Ornette Coleman
    American jazz musician and composer (1930–2015)
    Ornette Coleman
    Overview: Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived ...
    Date of birth: 19 March 1930
    Date of death: 11 June 2015
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    21st-century American saxophonists 498T
    20th-century American saxophonists 553T
    20th-century American violinists 354T
  • 19.

    Cleo Laine
    English jazz singer and actress (born 1927)
    Cleo Laine
    Overview: Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth DBE (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927) is an English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural ...
    Date of birth: 28 October 1927
    Age: 97
    Nationality: Jamaican
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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    21st-century Black British women singers 157T
    20th-century Black British women singers 92T
    Black British women singers 147T
  • 20.

    Chris Barber
    British musician
    Chris Barber
    Overview: Donald Christopher Barber OBE (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers ...
    Date of birth: 17 April 1930
    Date of death: 2 February 2021
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Sonet Records artists 43T
    2021 deaths 4,264T
    British male jazz musicians 333T
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