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Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
1
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
2
Matthew Gee
American musician
3
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
4
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
5
Skeeter Best
American musician
6
Duke Jordan
American musician
7
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
8
Seldon Powell
American musician
9
George Duvivier
American musician
10
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
11
Les Spann
American guitarist
12
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
13
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
14
Budd Johnson
American musician
15
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
16
Bennie Green
American musician
17
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
18
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
19
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
20
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
21
Joe Benjamin
American musician
22
Russell Procope
American musician
23
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
24
Ray Nance
American musician
25
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
26
Eddie Preston
American musician
27
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
28
Mel Lewis
American musician
29
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
30
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
31
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
32
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
33
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
34
Emmett Berry
American musician
35
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
36
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
37
Joe Newman
American musician
38
Al Grey
American jazz musician
39
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
40
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
41
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
42
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
43
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
44
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
45
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
46
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
47
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
48
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
49
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
50
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
51
Percy Heath
American musician
52
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
53
George Coleman
American musician
54
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
55
Roland Hanna
American pianist
56
Billy Butler
American musician
57
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
58
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
59
Jimmy Raney
American musician
60
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
61
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
62
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
63
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
64
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
65
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
66
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
67
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
68
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
69
Alvin Stoller
American musician
70
Louis Hayes
American drummer
71
Connie Kay
American musician
72
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
73
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
74
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
75
Bill Berry
American musician
76
Willie Smith
American musician
77
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
78
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
79
James Buffington
American musician
80
Eddie Bert
American musician
81
Al Hendrickson
American musician
82
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
83
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
84
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
