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Joel Futterman
American musician
1
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
2
Dennis González
American musician
3
Malachi Favors
American bassist
4
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
5
William Parker
American jazz musician
6
Olu Dara
American musician
7
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
8
Ernest Dawkins
jazz musician
9
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
10
William Hooker
American musician
11
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
12
Damon Smith
musical artist
13
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
14
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
15
Douglas Ewart
American musician
16
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
17
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
18
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
19
Richard Teitelbaum
American composer
20
Malachi Thompson
American musician
21
Sirone
American musician
22
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
23
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
24
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
25
John Stevens
English drummer
26
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
27
Bob French
American jazz drummer
28
Tiger Onitsuka
Japanese jazz drummer (1998-)
29
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
30
Paul Murphy
American musician
31
Abbey Rader
American Musician
32
Charles Gayle
American jazz musician
33
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
34
Peter Brötzmann
German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
35
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
36
Karen Borca
American musician
37
Charles Tyler
American musician
38
Vernel Fournier
American musician
39
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
40
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
41
Joseph Bowie
American musician
42
Bobby Previte
American drummer
43
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
44
Raymond Burke
American jazz musician
45
Marlon Jordan
American musician
46
Edward Wilkerson
American bandleader
47
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
48
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
49
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
50
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
51
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre
American saxophonist
52
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
53
Nicholas Payton
American musician
54
Barry Guy
British musician
55
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
56
Marco Benevento
pianist, organist and composer
57
Connie Jones
American musician
58
Mwata Bowden
American musician
59
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
