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Papa Jack Laine
American musician
1
George Baquet
American musician
2
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
3
Eddie Edwards
American jazz musician
4
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
5
Emile Christian
American musician
6
George Lewis
American musician
7
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
8
June Clark
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist
9
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
10
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
11
Lee Collins
American musician
12
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
13
Tony Parenti
American musician
14
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
15
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
16
Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
17
Bunk Johnson
American musician
18
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
19
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
20
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
21
Tony Sbarbaro
American jazz drummer
22
Papa Bue
Danish trombonist and bandleader
23
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
24
George Porter
American musician
25
George Brunies
American musician
26
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
27
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
28
Jimmy Durante
American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor
29
Tony Garnier
American musician
30
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
31
Leo Nocentelli
guitarist, musician
32
Emmett Hardy
American musician
33
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
34
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
35
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
36
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
37
Blanche Thomas
American musician
38
Jimmie Noone
American musician
39
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
40
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
41
Ted Lewis
American singer (1890-1971)
42
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
43
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
44
Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
45
Ben Pollack
American musician
46
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
47
Jeanette Kimball
Jazz pianist and composer
48
Pops Foster
American musician
49
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
50
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
51
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
52
Chris Barber
English trombonist
53
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
