W Jazz Musician Guides

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Walter Smith III

Tenor saxophone · Composer · Bandleader · Educator

Walter Smith III is a tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose projects span Blue Note quartets and collaborative ensembles.

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Wayne Escoffery

Tenor saxophone · Soprano saxophone · Composer · Educator

Wayne Escoffery is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose work spans his quartet, Mingus ensembles, and Black Art Jazz Collective.

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Welf Dorr

Alto saxophone · Composer · Bandleader · Improviser

Welf Dorr is a New York alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who leads Welf Dorr Unit and Underground Horns across jazz, funk, and brass-band settings.

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Will Calhoun

Drums · Composer · Producer · Educator

Will Calhoun is a drummer, composer, producer, bandleader, and educator whose work connects Living Colour with jazz, world-rhythm, and electronic projects.

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William Hill III

Piano · Composer · Arranger · Bandleader

William Hill III is a Detroit-raised, New York-based pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer building a leader catalog around his working trio.

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Willie Jones III

Drums · Bandleader · Producer · Educator

Willie Jones III is a drummer, bandleader, producer, label founder, and educator whose work joins hard-bop leader groups with a wide sideman career.

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Wolfgang Muthspiel

Guitar · Composer · Bandleader · Educator

Wolfgang Muthspiel is a guitarist, composer, vocalist, bandleader, label founder, and educator whose projects span trio, quintet, solo, strings, and song forms.

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Wycliffe Gordon

Trombone · Composer · Arranger · Conductor

Wycliffe Gordon is a trombonist, composer, arranger, conductor, vocalist, bandleader, and educator whose projects span small groups, orchestras, gospel, and silent film.