Notable Alumni of Manhattan School of Music [Sorted List]

1. Jaleel Shaw

1978-. (aged 48)

saxophonist musician

Jaleel Shaw is an American jazz alto saxophonist.

2. Salvatore Di Vittorio

1967-. (aged 59)

composer conductor

Salvatore Di Vittorio is an Italian composer and conductor. He is the music director and conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York.

3. Sam Most

1930-2013 (aged 83)

clarinetist saxophonist flautist composer jazz musician

Samuel Most was an American jazz flutist, clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, based in Los Angeles. He was "probably the first great jazz flutist", according to jazz historian Leonard Feather.

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4. Alex Shapiro

1962-. (aged 64)

composer

Alex Shapiro is an American composer and creator advocate. Her acoustic and electroacoustic music concert works are characterized by their genre eclecticism incorporating influences including minimalism, 12-tone serialism, pop, jazz, electronic dance music, and cinematically inspired sound worlds.

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5. Wang Jie

1980-. (aged 46)

composer

Wang Jie is a Chinese-born American composer.

6. Jeremy Davenport

1970-. (aged 56)

jazz musician

Jeremy Davenport is an American jazz trumpeter and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

7. Katherine Hoover

1937-2018 (aged 81)

composer conductor music educator flautist

Katherine Hoover was an American composer of contemporary classical music and chamber music, flutist, composition and theory educator, poet, and conductor. Her career as a composer began in the 1970s, when few women composers earned recognition in classical music. She composed pieces for solo flute, mixed ensembles, chamber orchestra, choir, full orchestra, and many other combinations of instruments and voice....

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8. Ross Mintzer

1987-. (aged 39)

singer guitarist songwriter saxophonist jazz musician

Ross Philip Mintzer is an American musician, singer‑songwriter, and bandleader. Since 2012, he has been the lead vocalist and frontman of the Ross Mintzer Band. In June 2005, he appeared as a performer on National Public Radio's From the Top. In 2011, he started a girls' choir in Karachi, Pakistan and has been recognized by the National Association for Music...

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9. Astrith Baltsan

1956-. (aged 70)

pianist musicologist lecturer

Astrith Baltsan,is a concert pianist, winner of Israel Emmy Award 2025 and Israel Culture Prize for lifetime achievement in music 2024, known for her Beethoven interpretations and her concert style, mediating classical music to large audiences. Her concerts, some in collaboration with leading Israeli orchestras, were described as a "revolutionary multisciplinary approach to presenting classical music". She is also known...

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10. Franck Amsallem

1961-. (aged 65)

pianist jazz musician

Franck Amsallem is a French-American jazz pianist, arranger, composer, singer and educator. He was born in 1961 in Oran, French Algeria, but grew up in Nice, France.

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11. Anne-Marie McDermott

1963-. (aged 63)

pianist

Anne-Marie McDermott is an American classical pianist and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She is also the artistic director of the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, the Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival in Key Largo, Florida, and the Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curaçao.

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12. Simon O'Neill

1971-. (aged 55)

opera singer

Simon O'Neill ONZM is a New Zealand operatic tenor internationally recognised for his performances of the major Heldentenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner.

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13. Joe Wilder

1922-2014 (aged 92)

composer jazz musician

Joseph Benjamin Wilder was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

14. Mitchel Forman

1956-. (aged 70)

pianist composer jazz musician

Mitchel Forman is an American jazz and fusion keyboard player.

15. Max Neuhaus

1939-2009 (aged 70)

sound artist composer percussionist video artist visual artist

Max Neuhaus was an American musician, sound artist, and noted interpreter of contemporary and experimental percussion music in the 1960s. He created dozens of permanent and short-term sound installations during his career, which spanned four decades.

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16. Ryan Kisor

1973-. (aged 53)

jazz musician

Ryan Kisor is an American jazz trumpeter.

17. Ben Lanzarone

1938-2024 (aged 86)

composer pianist

Benjamin Anthony Lanzarone was an American composer, arranger and music director. He was best known for composing incidental soundtrack music for television shows, including episodes of Dynasty, Happy Days and The Tracey Ullman Show.

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18. Herbert Deutsch

1932-2022 (aged 90)

composer inventor university teacher musician

Herbert Arnold "Herb" Deutsch was an American composer, inventor, and educator. Until his death in 2022, he was professor emeritus of electronic music and composition at Hofstra University. He was best known for co-inventing the Moog synthesizer with Bob Moog in 1964.

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19. Lauren Jelencovich

opera singer

Lauren Jelencovich is an American singer.

20. Stefon Harris

1973-. (aged 53)

jazz musician

Stefon DeLeon Harris is an American jazz vibraphonist.

21. Catherine Malfitano

1948-. (aged 78)

opera singer creator performing artist music educator musician

Catherine Malfitano is an American operatic soprano and opera director. Malfitano was born in New York City, the daughter of a ballet dancer mother, Maria Maslova, and a violinist father, Joseph Malfitano. She attended the High School of Music and Art and studied at the Frank Corsaro Studio and Manhattan School of Music, graduating in 1971. She often mentions that...

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22. Tobias Picker

1954-. (aged 72)

composer

Tobias Picker is an American composer, pianist, and conductor, noted for his orchestral works Old and Lost Rivers, Keys To The City, and The Encantadas, as well as his operas Emmeline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, An American Tragedy and Lili Elbe, among many other works.

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23. Eric Lewis

1973-. (aged 53)

pianist jazz musician

Eric Robert Lewis, popularly known as ELEW, is an American jazz pianist who has found cross-over success playing rock and pop music. He is known for his unconventional and physical playing style, which eschews a piano bench and includes reaching inside the piano lid to pull at the strings directly, as well as the creation that he calls "Rockjazz", a...

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24. Simon Shaheen

1955-. (aged 71)

violinist composer oud player

Simon Shaheen is an American oud and violin player, and composer.

25. Miguel Zenón

1976-. (aged 50)

flautist saxophonist jazz musician university teacher

Miguel Zenón is a Puerto Rican alto saxophonist, composer, band leader, music producer, and educator. He is a Grammy Award winner, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Doris Duke Artist Award. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree in the Arts from Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. Zenón has released many albums as a band leader...

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26. Adolphus Hailstork

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher music educator composer

Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III is an American composer and educator. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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27. Sullivan Fortner

1986-. (aged 40)

pianist jazz musician

Sullivan Joseph Fortner is an American jazz pianist. He was the regular pianist in trumpeter Roy Hargrove's band from 2010 to 2017, and has released two albums on Impulse! Records. He has received three Grammy Awards, including Best Jazz Performance for his collaboration with Samara Joy on the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me".

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28. Larry Willis

1942-2019 (aged 77)

pianist jazz musician musician

Lawrence Elliott Willis was an American jazz pianist and composer. He performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop, and avant-garde.

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29. Hyung-ki Joo

1973-. (aged 53)

composer pianist

Hyung-ki Joo is a British-Korean pianist, composer, comedian and one half of the comedy-musical duo Igudesman & Joo. Billy Joel chose Joo to arrange and record his classical piano pieces for the album Fantasies & Delusions. It was recorded in the Mozart Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus.

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30. Kenny Werner

1951-. (aged 75)

composer jazz pianist pianist music educator

Kenny Werner is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.

31. Christian Sands

1989-. (aged 37)

pianist jazz pianist composer

Christian Sylvester Sands is an American jazz pianist and composer. His third album for Mack Avenue Records, Be Water, was released in 2020 and received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Instrumental Composition category for the song "Be Water II".

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32. Aaron Parks

1983-. (aged 43)

pianist jazz musician

Aaron Parks is an American jazz pianist.

33. Art Tripp

1944-. (aged 82)

percussionist drummer musician

Arthur Dyer Tripp III is an American retired musician who is best known for his work as a percussionist with the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention during the 1960s and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band during the 1970s. Thereafter, Tripp retired from music. He attended an accredited chiropractic college in Los Angeles from 1980...

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34. Iiro Rantala

1970-. (aged 56)

jazz musician pianist film score composer composer music educator

Iiro Rantala is a Finnish jazz pianist. He studied piano in the jazz department of Sibelius Academy and classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music. He is one of the best known Finnish jazz pianists, both in Finland and abroad. Rantala is a pianist and composer with Trio Töykeät, a Finnish jazz trio. In addition to jazz, he has...

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35. Anthony Roth Costanzo

1982-. (aged 44)

writer record producer performing artist countertenor actor

Anthony Roth Costanzo is an American countertenor and opera director. He began his career in musical theater at the age of 11. Costanzo is a graduate of Princeton University and of the Manhattan School of Music. In 2012, he won first place at the Operalia competition. In 2009, he was a Grand Finals Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council...

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36. John Frizzell

1966-. (aged 60)

composer film score composer

John Frizzell is an American film and television composer, known for his work with Mike Judge. He scored Judge's films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Office Space and Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022), and he supplied the music for Judge's television sitcom King of the Hill. Frizzell also gained notice for his score to Crime of the Century...

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37. Edwin Birdsong

1941-2019 (aged 78)

musician keyboardist record producer jazz musician organist

Edwin L. Birdsong was an American keyboardist and organist, known in the 1970s and 1980s for his experimental funk/disco music. Birdsong did not achieve much chart success, but developed a strong fan base. Birdsong has also been sampled by other artists many times, most famously by Daft Punk who sampled "Cola Bottle Baby" in "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", and Gang...

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38. Robert Ashley

1930-2014 (aged 84)

university teacher film producer composer

Robert Reynolds Ashley was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. His works often involve intertwining narratives and take a surreal multidisciplinary approach to sound, theatrics and writing, and have been continuously performed by various interpreters during and after his life, including Automatic Writing...

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39. Kirill Gerstein

1979-. (aged 47)

pianist

Kirill Gerstein is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based in Berlin. Between 2007-2017, he led piano classes at the Stuttgart Musik Hochschule. In 2018, he took up the post of Professor of Piano at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin...

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40. Ambrose Akinmusire

1982-. (aged 44)

trumpeter composer jazz musician

Ambrose Olusiji Akinmusire is an American avant-garde jazz composer and trumpeter.

41. David Amram

1930-. (aged 96)

autobiographer composer singer-songwriter conductor jazz musician

David Werner Amram III is an American composer, arranger, and conductor of orchestral, chamber, and choral works, many with jazz flavorings. He plays piano, French horn, Spanish guitar, and pennywhistle, and sings.

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42. Jonathan Tetelman

1988-. (aged 38)

opera singer

Jonathan Tetelman is an American operatic tenor who has established an international career, especially in Europe, in such roles as Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata, the title role in Jules Massenets Werther, Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Loris Ipanov in Umberto Giordano's Fedora (opera).

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43. Charles Calello

1938-. (aged 88)

singer songwriter composer record producer conductor

Charles Calello is an American arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, and singer born in Newark, New Jersey. Calello attended Newark Arts High School and the Manhattan School of Music, in New York City. His track record of successfully collaborating with various artists to produce or arrange Billboard hit songs led to his nickname in the industry as the "Hit Man".

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44. Catherine Russell

1956-. (aged 70)

singer jazz musician singer-songwriter

Catherine Russell is an American jazz and blues singer. She is best known for her 2016 album Harlem on My Mind and for touring with David Bowie and Steely Dan.

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45. Kristjan Järvi

1972-. (aged 54)

composer pianist conductor record producer

Kristjan Järvi is an Estonian conductor, composer and producer. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, he is the younger son of the conductor Neeme Järvi and brother of conductor Paavo Järvi and flutist Maarika Järvi.

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46. Jason Moran

1975-. (aged 51)

composer jazz pianist recording artist music educator

Jason Moran is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations.

47. Jane Monheit

1977-. (aged 49)

singer jazz musician

Jane Monheit is an American jazz and traditional pop singer.

48. Rhoda Scott

1938-. (aged 88)

jazz singer organist jazz musician

Rhoda Scott is an American soul jazz organist and singer. She is nicknamed "The Barefoot Lady".

49. Nellie McKay

1982-. (aged 44)

stage actor pianist composer singer-songwriter stand-up comedian

Eleanora Marie McKay is an English–American singer and songwriter. She made her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera (2006).

50. Joshua Cohen

1980-. (aged 46)

writer novelist

Joshua Aaron Cohen is an American novelist and story writer, best known for his works Witz (2010), Book of Numbers (2015), and Moving Kings (2017). Cohen won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Netanyahus (2021).

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51. Adam Neely

1988-. (aged 38)

television producer bassist YouTuber vlogger

Adam Neely is an American bassist, YouTuber, and jazz musician based in New York City. His YouTube content includes Q&A videos, vlogs about performing music, and video essays about online music culture. As a musician, he performs with groups including the electro-jazz duo Sungazer (with drummer Shawn Crowder) and the instrumental band Aberdeen.

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52. Phil Woods

1931-2015 (aged 84)

bandleader conductor saxophonist composer jazz musician

Philip Wells Woods was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer.

53. Chris Potter

1971-. (aged 55)

composer saxophonist jazz musician clarinetist

Chris Potter is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.

54. Joseph Trapanese

1984-. (aged 42)

conductor record producer composer orchestrator music arranger

Joseph Trapanese is an American composer, conductor, arranger, and music producer. He works in the production of music for films, television, records, theater, concerts, and interactive media.

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55. Lucia Micarelli

1983-. (aged 43)

violinist television actor jazz musician

Lucia Micarelli is an American violinist, singer and actress best known for her collaborations with Josh Groban, Chris Botti, Jethro Tull, and her role as Annie Talarico in Treme.

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56. Anton Coppola

1917-2020 (aged 103)

composer conductor music educator film score composer

Antonio Francesco Coppola was an American opera conductor and composer. He was the uncle of film director Francis Ford Coppola, academic August Coppola, and actress Talia Shire, as well as the great-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Christopher Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola.

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57. Elliot Goldenthal

1954-. (aged 72)

composer songwriter film score composer lyricist

Elliot Goldenthal is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2002 for his score to...

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58. Herbie Mann

1930-2003 (aged 73)

saxophonist composer jazz musician

Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (including bass clarinet), but Mann was among the first jazz musicians to specialize on the flute. His most popular single was "Hi-Jack", which was a Billboard...

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59. Page Hamilton

1960-. (aged 66)

composer jazz guitarist jazz musician guitarist singer

Page Nye Hamilton is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer who founded the American heavy metal band Helmet in 1989. In the 1990s, Helmet and Hamilton were forerunners of alternative metal with the albums Meantime (1992) and Betty (1994) and are considered one of the most influential metal bands of all time. Although he is mainly known for...

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60. Leo Pellegrino

1991-. (aged 35)

musician

Leonardo Antonio Pellegrino, also known as Leo P, is an American baritone saxophonist from Pittsburgh who is based in New York City. He is a member of the "brass house" band Too Many Zooz and former member of the Lucky Chops brass band. He is known for his energetic dancing that he performs while playing, often in public areas.

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61. Alondra de la Parra

1982-. (aged 44)

pianist conductor musician

Alondra de la Parra is a Mexican conductor.

62. Angela Bofill

1954-2024 (aged 70)

composer songwriter jazz musician singer

Angela Tomasa Bofill was an American singer, songwriter and composer. A New York native, she began her professional career in the mid-1970s and is most known for singles such as "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", "Angel of the Night", and "I Try". Her career spanned over four decades.

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63. Bob McGrath

1932-2022 (aged 90)

singer television actor writer voice actor actor

Robert Emmett McGrath was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2016.

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64. David Campbell

1948-. (aged 78)

composer

David Richard Campbell is a Canadian-American arranger, composer, musician, and conductor. He has composed and arranged music for many films, including North Country (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), August: Osage County (2013), Annie (2014), Foxcatcher (2014), Rock of Ages (2012), Dreamgirls (2006), and Joy (2015). He has also worked on over 450 gold and platinum albums by artists of a wide...

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65. Melissa Manchester

1951-. (aged 75)

musician film actor songwriter television actor singer

Melissa Manchester is an American singer-songwriter and actress. During the 1970s and 1980s, her music found widespread success and popularity, particularly in the adult contemporary market. Throughout her career, she has written many of her own songs, most notably her first mainstream hit single, 1975's "Midnight Blue". She is also well-known for her song "Come In from the Rain", her...

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66. Dave Grusin

1934-. (aged 92)

bandleader pianist actor composer conductor

Robert David Grusin is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and 10 Grammy Awards. Grusin was also a frequent collaborator with director Sydney Pollack, scoring many of his films like Three...

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67. Sophie B. Hawkins

1964-. (aged 62)

singer guitarist composer singer-songwriter songwriter

Sophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New York City, she attended the Manhattan School of Music for a year as a percussionist before leaving to pursue a music career. In the 1990s, she achieved critical and commercial success with her first two albums, producing a string of single hits including "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover",...

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68. Rupert Holmes

1947-. (aged 79)

songwriter recording artist screenwriter film producer singer

Rupert Holmes is a British-born American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his AMC television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer:...

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69. Bernie Williams

1968-. (aged 58)

baseball player jazz musician

Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006.

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70. Dr. Luke

1973-. (aged 53)

songwriter record producer

Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald, known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional music career as the Saturday Night Live Band's lead guitarist in 1996. In 2004 produced Kelly Clarkson's single "Since U Been Gone" with Swedish record producer Max Martin, and later collaborated with Canadian producer...

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71. Ahmed Best

1973-. (aged 53)

percussionist record producer television actor voice actor singer

Ahmed Best is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is known for providing the voice and motion capture for the character Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise.

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72. Steve Gadd

1945-. (aged 81)

session musician drummer jazz musician

Stephen Kendall Gadd is an American drummer and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd's performances on Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1976) and "Late in the Evening" (1980), Herbie Mann's...

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73. Luis Bonilla

1965-. (aged 61)

jazz musician

Luis Diego Bonilla is an American jazz trombonist of Costa Rican descent. He is also a producer, composer, and educator.

74. Ron Miles

1963-2022 (aged 59)

trumpeter recording artist musician

Ronald Glen Miles was an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer. He recorded for the labels Prolific (1986), Capri (1990), and Gramavision. His final album, Old Main Chapel, his second on the Blue Note label, was released posthumously in 2024.

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75. Herbie Hancock

1940-. (aged 86)

bandleader pianist actor keyboardist singer-songwriter

Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, he experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and...

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76. Max Roach

1924-2007 (aged 83)

bandleader jazz musician composer university teacher percussionist

Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington,...

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77. Charlie Puth

1991-. (aged 35)

songwriter YouTuber singer musician

Charles Otto Puth Jr. is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song covers uploaded to YouTube. Puth signed with the record label eleveneleven in 2011.

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78. Yusef Lateef

1920-2013 (aged 93)

jazz saxophonist oboist composer non-fiction writer university teacher

Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States.

79. Donald Byrd

1932-2013 (aged 81)

jazz musician composer recording artist music educator jazz trumpeter

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie...

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80. Dolora Zajick

1952-. (aged 74)

opera singer musician

Dolora Zajick is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who specializes in the Verdian repertoire. Zajick has been described as having "one of the greatest voices in the history of opera".

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81. The Potash Twins

1993-. (aged 33)

musician

Adeev and Ezra Potash professionally known as The Potash Twins are American identical twin musicians and television personalities from Omaha, Nebraska. The twins have hosted several TV shows on Food Network, Bravo TV and Travel Channel.. They have performed with John Legend, Jonas Brothers, Diplo, Snoop Dogg, Lil Baby, Jon Batiste, Robert Glasper, Major Lazer and Wynton Marsalis. In 2025,...

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82. Edward W. Hardy

1992-. (aged 34)

instrumentalist violinist musical theatre composer music director classical composer

Edward W. Hardy is an American composer, music director, violinist and violist. He is known as the composer, co-conceiver, music director, and violinist of the Off-Broadway show The Woodsman and is the owner of The Black Violin.

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83. Jared Bernstein

1955-. (aged 71)

writer economist journalist politician

Jared Bernstein is an American government official who was the chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers. He is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama administration. In 2008, Michael D. Shear described Bernstein as...

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84. Harry Connick Jr

1967-. (aged 59)

film producer film actor television actor conductor recording artist

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20...

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85. Megan Marie Hart

1983-. (aged 43)

opera singer

Megan Marie Hart is an American operatic soprano from Eugene, Oregon, performing in leading operatic roles and concerts in America and Europe.

86. David Ludwig

1974-. (aged 52)

composer

David Serkin Ludwig is an American composer, teacher, and Dean of Music at The Juilliard School. His uncle was pianist Peter Serkin, his grandfather was the pianist Rudolf Serkin, and his great-grandfather was the violinist Adolf Busch. He holds positions and residencies with nearly two dozen orchestras and music festivals in the US and abroad. His choral work, The New...

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87. Shuler Hensley

1967-. (aged 59)

actor television actor

Shuler Paul Hensley is an American singer and actor. Shuler has appeared in eight Broadway productions, earning a Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2002 for his performance as Jud Fry in the revival of Oklahoma!, along with several nominations for Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards in his career.

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88. John Lewis

1920-2001 (aged 81)

film score composer composer record producer university teacher pianist

John Robert Lewis was an American civil rights activist and statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.

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89. Susan Graham

1960-. (aged 66)

pianist music educator opera singer

Susan Graham is an American mezzo-soprano.

90. John Bernard Riley

1954-. (aged 72)

musician drummer jazz musician music educator percussionist

John Bernard Riley is an American jazz drummer and educator. He has performed with Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, Gary Peacock, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano, Franck Amsallem, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, John Patitucci, and Bob Berg.

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91. Ron Carter

1937-. (aged 89)

composer university teacher cellist jazz bassist double-bassist

Ronald Carter Jr. is an American former basketball shooting guard. He played college basketball for the VMI Keydets.

92. Miho Hazama

1986-. (aged 40)

bandleader radio personality conductor composer pianist

Miho Hazama is a Tokyo-born composer and jazz musician, based in New York City.

93. Edward Downes

1924-2009 (aged 85)

conductor oboist

Sir Edward Thomas "Ted" Downes, CBE was an English conductor, specialising in opera.

94. Carol Williams

1962-. (aged 64)

organist

Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM is a British-born international concert organist and composer, residing in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016 as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. She was formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San...

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95. Oliver Schnyder

1973-. (aged 53)

pianist musician

Oliver Schnyder is a Swiss classical pianist.

96. Tineke Postma

1978-. (aged 48)

composer jazz saxophonist

Tineke Postma is a Dutch jazz saxophonist and composer.

97. Koh Gabriel Kameda

1975-. (aged 51)

violinist writer musician

Koh Gabriel Kameda is a German and Japanese concert violinist and violin teacher.

98. Antal Zalai

1981-. (aged 45)

violinist

Antal Zalai is a Hungarian concert violinist.

99. Mauro Refosco

1962-. (aged 64)

percussionist musician

Mauro Refosco, is a Brazilian percussionist. He is best known for his work with singer David Byrne and the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was a member of the experimental supergroup Atoms for Peace – featuring Thom Yorke and Flea – and the forró band Forro in the Dark. Refosco was also briefly a member of Dirty...

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100. Linda May Han Oh

1984-. (aged 42)

composer jazz bassist jazz musician double-bassist

Linda May Han Oh is an Australian jazz bassist and composer. She is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.

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