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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
1
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
2
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
3
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
4
Percy Heath
American musician
5
Albert Heath
American drummer
6
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
7
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
8
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
9
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
10
Walter Perkins
American drummer
11
Don Butterfield
American musician
12
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
13
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
14
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
15
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
16
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
17
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
18
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
19
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
20
Duke Jordan
American musician
21
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
22
Teddy Charles
American musician
23
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
24
George Duvivier
American musician
25
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
26
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
27
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
28
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
29
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
30
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
31
Alan Dawson
American musician
32
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
33
Charlie Rouse
American musician
34
Walter Davis
American pianist
35
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
36
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
37
Conte Candoli
American musician
38
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
39
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
40
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
41
Joe Benjamin
American musician
42
Bill Hardman
American musician
43
Al Dreares
American jazz drummer
44
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
45
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
46
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
47
Peck Morrison
American musician
48
Jimmy Raney
American musician
49
Earl Coleman
American singer
50
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
51
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
52
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
53
Earl May
American musician
54
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
55
Herbie Lewis
American musician
56
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
57
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
58
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer
59
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
60
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
61
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
62
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
63
Marvin Smith
American musician
64
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
65
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
