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Fats Sadi
Belgian musician
1
Ack van Rooyen
Dutch trumpeter
2
Francis Coppieters
Belgian pianist
3
Michel Portal
French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
4
Benny Vasseur
French jazz trombonist (1926-2015)
5
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
6
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
7
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
8
Serge Gainsbourg
French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director (1928-1991)
9
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist
10
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
11
Bill Coleman
American musician
12
Paul Mauriat
French orchestra leader
13
Django Reinhardt
Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer
14
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
15
Jean-Claude-René Naudé
French composer and songwriter
16
Boris Vian
French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer (1920-1959)
17
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
18
Ray Draper
American musician
19
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
20
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
21
Henri Salvador
French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter
22
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
23
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
24
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
25
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
26
Michel Warlop
French classical and jazz violinist
27
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
28
Noël Chiboust
French composer and bandleader
29
Nino Ferrer
Italian-French singer, recording artist, songwriter
30
Johnny Claes
Belgian racing driver
31
André Ceccarelli
French musician
32
Charlie Spivak
bandleader
33
Raymond Scott
American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)
34
Don Byas
American musician
35
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
36
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
37
Bunny Berigan
American musician
38
Mary Osborne
American musician
39
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
40
François Guin
French conductor and trumpeter
41
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
42
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
43
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
44
Johnny Griffin
American musician
45
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
46
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
47
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
48
Chick Webb
American musician
49
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
50
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician
51
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
