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Joe Newman
American musician
1
Henry Coker
American musician
2
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
3
George Duvivier
American musician
4
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
5
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
6
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
7
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
8
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
9
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
10
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
11
Eddie Jones
American musician
12
Gus Johnson
American musician
13
Matthew Gee
American musician
14
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
15
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
16
Bill Graham
American musician
17
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
18
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
19
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
20
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
21
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
22
Les Spann
American guitarist
23
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
24
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
25
Rudy Collins
American musician
26
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
27
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
28
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
29
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
30
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
31
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
32
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
33
Nat Pierce
American musician
34
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
35
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
36
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
37
Willie Bobo
American musician
38
Gene Ramey
American musician
39
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
40
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
41
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
42
Manny Albam
musician and composer
43
Reunald Jones
American musician
44
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
45
Al McKibbon
American musician
46
Quentin Jackson
American musician
47
Ernie Henry
American musician
48
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
49
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
50
J. C. Heard
American musician
51
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
52
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
53
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
54
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
55
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
56
Machito
Latin jazz musician
57
Marshal Royal
American musician
58
Al Grey
American jazz musician
59
Johnny Griffin
American musician
60
Snooky Young
American musician
61
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
62
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
63
Eddie Bert
American musician
64
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
65
Art Davis
American double-bassist
66
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
67
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
68
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
69
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
70
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
71
Budd Johnson
American musician
72
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
73
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
74
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
75
Frank Rehak
American musician
76
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
77
Tommy Potter
American musician
78
Milt Jackson
American musician
79
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
80
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
81
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
82
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
83
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
84
Joe Puma
American musician
85
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
86
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
