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Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
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Ray Drummond
American musician
2
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
3
George Coleman
American musician
4
Reggie Johnson
American musician
5
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
6
Howard Johnson
American musician
7
Cecil McBee
American bassist
8
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
9
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
10
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
11
Charles Tolliver
American musician
12
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
13
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
14
Tom Varner
American musician
15
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
16
Sal Nistico
American musician
17
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
18
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
19
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
20
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
21
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
22
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
23
Mike Richmond
American musician
24
Bob Berg
American musician
25
Stanley Cowell
American musician
26
Bennie Wallace
American musician
27
Mark Helias
American musician
28
Eddie Henderson
American musician
29
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
30
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
31
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
32
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
33
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
34
Al Foster
American musician
35
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
36
Dave Holland
British musician
37
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
38
Albert Dailey
American musician
39
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
40
David Williams
American jazz musician
41
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
42
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
43
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
44
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
45
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
46
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
47
Franco Ambrosetti
Swiss musician
48
Michael Brecker
American musician
49
Dado Moroni
Italian musician
50
Peter Bernstein
American musician
51
Roland Hanna
American pianist
52
George Adams
musician
53
Carlos Ward
American musician
54
Craig S. Harris
American musician
55
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
56
Stanton Davis
American musician
57
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
58
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
59
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
60
Prince Lasha
American musician
61
Craig Handy
American tenor saxophonist
62
Mike LeDonne
American musician
63
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
64
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
65
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
66
Gianluigi Trovesi
Italian musician
67
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
68
Wilbur Little
American musician
69
Charles Davis
American musician
70
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
71
Steve Reid
American musician
72
Cameron Brown
American musician
73
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
74
George Duvivier
American musician
75
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
76
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
77
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
78
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
79
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
80
Walter Norris
American pianist
81
Marvin Smith
American musician
