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Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
2
Armando Peraza
Cuban percussionist
3
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
4
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
5
Poncho Sanchez
American musician
6
Willie Bobo
American musician
7
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
8
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
9
Matthew Gee
American musician
10
Don Butterfield
American musician
11
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
12
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
13
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
14
Herbie Nichols
American musician
15
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
16
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
17
Nelson Boyd
American musician
18
George Duvivier
American musician
19
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
20
Ronnell Bright
American musician
21
Israel Crosby
American musician
22
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
23
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
25
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
26
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
27
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
28
Eddie Duran
American jazz guitarist
29
Tommy Bryant
American musician
30
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
31
Dave Bailey
American drummer
32
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
33
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
34
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
35
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
36
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
37
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
38
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
39
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
40
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
41
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
42
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
43
A. K. Salim
American musician
44
Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
45
Bill Graham
American musician
46
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
47
Vince Guaraldi
American jazz pianist and composer (1928-1976)
48
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
49
James Buffington
American musician
50
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
51
Manny Albam
musician and composer
52
Joe Newman
American musician
53
Sonny Clark
American musician
54
Mel Lewis
American musician
55
Budd Johnson
American musician
56
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
57
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
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Stuff Smith
American musician
60
Aaron Bell
American musician
61
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
62
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
63
Jimmy Raney
American musician
64
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
65
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
66
Pete Brown
American musician
67
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
68
Seldon Powell
American musician
69
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
