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Milt Jackson
American musician
1
Walter Benton
American jazz musician
2
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
3
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
4
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
5
Skeeter Best
American musician
6
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
7
Johnny Letman
American musician
8
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
9
Percy Heath
American musician
10
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
11
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
12
James Moody
American jazz musician
13
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
14
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
15
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
16
Wallace Bishop
American musician
17
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
18
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
19
Elmon Wright
American musician
20
Eddie Jones
American musician
21
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
22
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
23
Quincy Jones
American record producer
24
Mike LeDonne
American musician
25
Abu Talib
musician
26
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
27
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
28
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
29
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
30
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
31
Anthony Ortega
American musician and clarinetist
32
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
33
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
34
Fapy Lafertin
jazz guitarist
35
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
36
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
37
Jeff Clayton
American musician
38
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
39
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
40
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
41
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
42
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
43
Buddy Childers
American musician
44
Snooky Young
American musician
45
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
46
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
47
Milt Bernhart
American musician
48
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
49
Quentin Jackson
American musician
50
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
51
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
52
Nelson Boyd
American musician
53
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
54
Freddie Redd
American pianist
55
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
56
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
57
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
58
Don Preston
American musician
59
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
60
Bill Pemberton
American musician
61
Henry Coker
American musician
62
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
63
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
64
Don Byas
American musician
65
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
66
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
67
Rita Reys
Dutch jazz singer
68
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
69
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
70
Tiny Parham
Canadian musician
71
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
72
Brian Torff
American musician
73
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
74
Benny Bailey
American musician
75
Bill Berry
American musician
76
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
77
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
78
Bill Crow
American bassist
79
Henry Franklin
American musician
80
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
81
Ed Bickert
Canadian musician
82
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
83
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
84
Larance Marable
American musician
85
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
86
J. C. Heard
American musician
87
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
