Jazz Musicians born on January 17

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Arlo Bigazzi

bass
born 1960

Big Sid Catlett

drums
born 1910

Billy Harper

saxophone
born 1943

Bopa King Carré

percussion
born 1918

Carl Testa

bass, acoustic
born 1984

Cedar Walton

piano
born 1934

Cheryl Bentyne

voice / vocals
born 1954

Claus Waidtlow

saxophone, tenor
born 1967

Cyrus Chestnut

piano
born 1963

Dami Lee

voice / vocals
born 1992

Dave Moss

bass
born 1979

Dulce Resillas

piano
born 1986

Eartha Kitt

voice / vocals
born 1927

Harvey Boyer

piano
born 1975

Jeff Berlin

bass
born 1953

Jesse Lewis

guitar
born 1978

João Santos

voice / vocals
born 1989

Johnny Costa

piano
born 1922

Kristian B. Jacobsen

bass
born 1992

Larry Sonn

trumpet
born 1919

Lucious Conway

voice / vocals
born 1963

Matt Marantz

saxophone
born 1986

Orbay Yazganarıkan

drums
born 1970

Philippe

saxophone, tenor
born 1976

Ryuichi Sakamoto

composer/conductor
born 1952

Scott Anderson

trumpet
born 1975

Stephane Escoms

accordion
born 1972

Steven Faivus

saxophone, alto
born 1962

Tomchess

various

Zeki Caglar Namli

multi-instrumentalist
born 1981

Zeki Çağlar Namlı

multi-instrumentalist
born 1981

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