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Alvin Fielder
American drummer
1
Billy Bang
American musician
2
Craig S. Harris
American musician
3
Charles Brackeen
American musician
4
Charles Moffett
American drummer
5
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
6
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
7
Sirone
American musician
8
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
9
Alex Blake
American musician
10
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
11
Malachi Favors
American bassist
12
Dennis González
American musician
13
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
14
Charles Tyler
American musician
15
Roger Blank
American drummer
16
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
17
Steve Swell
American musician
18
Joseph Bowie
American musician
19
Olu Dara
American musician
20
William Hooker
American musician
21
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
22
Dick Griffin
American musician
23
David S. Ware
jazz musician
24
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
25
Clint Houston
American musician
26
Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
27
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
28
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
29
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
30
Michael Bisio
American jazz musician
31
William Parker
American jazz musician
32
Michael Carvin
American musician
33
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
34
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
35
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
36
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
37
Charles Davis
American musician
38
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
39
Burton Greene
American musician
40
Daniel Carter
American musician
41
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
42
Marc Edwards
Jazz Musician
43
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
44
Kevin Whitehead
American author
45
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
46
Snooky Young
American musician
47
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
48
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
49
Chris Potter
American musician
50
Cecil McBee
American bassist
51
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
52
Tyler Mitchell
American screenwriter
53
John Betsch
American musician
