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Barry Rogers

American musician

1

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

2

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

3

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

4

Randy Brecker

American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)

5

Cecil McBee

American bassist

6

Wayne Andre

American trombonist

7

Leroy Vinnegar

American bassist

8

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

9

Teddy Edwards

American jazz tenor saxophonist

10

Billy Harper

American musician

11

Oliver Lake

American musician

12

Barry Finnerty

American musician

13

Marvin Stamm

American trumpeter

14

Cecil Bridgewater

American jazz trumpeter

15

Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

16

Sonny Fortune

American saxophonist

17

Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

18

Anthony Jackson

American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter

19

Cornell Dupree

American R&B/soul jazz guitarist

20

Harold Vick

American musician

21

Marvin Peterson

American jazz trumpeter and composer

22

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

23

Eric Gale

American musician

24

Jerry Dodgion

American musician

25

Larry Coryell

American guitarist

26

Mike Mainieri

American vibraphonist

27

Oscar Brashear

American trumpeter

28

Airto Moreira

Brazilian musician

29

Michael Carvin

American musician

30

Chuck Rainey

American bass guitar session musician

31

Billy Cobham

American jazz drummer

32

Howard Johnson

American musician

33

Ray Copeland

American musician

34

Toninho Horta

Brazilian musician

35

Abbey Lincoln

American singer (1930-2010)

36

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

37

Rob Mounsey

American musician, composer, and arranger

38

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

39

Idris Muhammad

American drummer

40

Clifford Jarvis

American drummer

41

George Adams

musician

42

Mel Lewis

American musician

43

Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

44

Panama Francis

American musician

45

Bob Berg

American musician

46

Benny Powell

American jazz trombonist

47

Milt Jackson

American musician

48

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

49

Eddie Henderson

American musician

50

George Duvivier

American musician

51

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

52

Michał Urbaniak

Polish musician

53

Hiram Bullock

American jazz guitarist

54

Al Grey

American jazz musician

55

Urbie Green

American jazz trombonist

56

Yōsuke Yamashita

Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)

57

George Andrew Cables

American jazz pianist

58

Roy Brooks

American drummer

59

Joe Farrell

American saxophonist

60

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

61

Tom Malone

American musician

62

Marky Markowitz

American musician

63

Dave Taylor

American musician

64

Paul Humphrey

American musician

65

Bill Mays

American pianist

66

Janice Robinson

67

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

68

Mundell Lowe

American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)

69

James Buffington

American musician

70

Jeremy Steig

son of William Steig

71

Lester Bowie

American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)

72

Dave Burrell

American musician

73

Ronnie Mathews

American musician

74

Tom Scott

American jazz musician

75

Britt Woodman

American jazz trombonist

76

Frank Rosolino

American jazz trombonist

77

Manolo Badrena

Puerto Rican musician

78

Kazumi Watanabe

Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)

79

Rhoda Scott

American musician

80

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

81

André Ceccarelli

French musician

82

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer