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Vijay Iyer
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Michael Wollny
53,441 listeners
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Alfa Mist
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Aldo Romano
55,339 listeners
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High Pulp
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Charles Lloyd
107,594 listeners
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Chris Potter
77,299 listeners
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The Bad Plus
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Michel Petrucciani
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Michel Petrucciani (December 28, 1962, Orange, France – January 6, 1999, Manhattan), was a French Jazz pianist. Michel Petrucciani came from a Franco-Italian family of a musical background. At an early age he became enthusiastic about the works of Duke Ellington and wished to become a pianist lik… read more