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Andy Sheppard
Andy Sheppard
English musician
1
Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
2
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
3
Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
4
Mark Mondesir
Mark Mondesir
British drummer
5
Graeme Bell
Graeme Bell
Australian jazz musician
6
Dennis Rollins
Dennis Rollins
British musician
7
Orphy Robinson
Orphy Robinson
British musician
8
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
9
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
10
Donald Ayler
Donald Ayler
American musician
11
Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
12
Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
13
Buddy Collette
Buddy Collette
American musician
14
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
15
Jackie McLean
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
16
Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
17
Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
18
John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
19
Bobby Few
Bobby Few
American musician
20
Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
21
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
22
Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler
American jazz saxophonist
23
Arthur Doyle
Arthur Doyle
American musician
24
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
25
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
26
Dizzy Reece
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
27
Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
28
Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
29
Old and New Dreams
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
30
Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
31
Simon Spillett
Simon Spillett
British musician
32
Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
33
Danny Bank
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
34
Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
35
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
36
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
37
Dennis Irwin
Dennis Irwin
American jazz musician
38
John Mayer
John Mayer
Indian composer and musician
39
David Sanborn
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
40
Mike Sanchez
Mike Sanchez
British singer, pianist and songwriter
41
Chris Potter
Chris Potter
American musician
42
The Blue Notes
The Blue Notes
South African jazz sextet
43
Don Weller
Don Weller
English jazz musician
44
Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy
British musician
45
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
46
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
47
Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
48
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
49
Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
50
Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
51
Elvin Jones
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
52
Booker Ervin
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
53
Kadri Gopalnath
Kadri Gopalnath
Indian musician
54
Sonny Greenwich
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
55
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
56
Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
57
Jean Toussaint
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
58
Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
59
Stan Tracey
Stan Tracey
British pianist
60
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
61
Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
62
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
American jazz bassist, producer, educator
63
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
64
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
65
Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
66
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce
Scottish musician, bassist of Cream
67
Harold Ashby
Harold Ashby
American musician
68
Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
69
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
70
Marshall Allen
Marshall Allen
American saxophonist
71
Chico Hamilton
Chico Hamilton
American musician
72
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
73
Andy Scott
Andy Scott
Saxophonist and composer
74
Lauderic Caton
Lauderic Caton
Trinidad and Tobago musician
75
Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
76
Flavio Boltro
Flavio Boltro
Italian musician
77
Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
78
Derek Smith
Derek Smith
British musician
79
Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
80
Johnny Moynihan
Johnny Moynihan
Irish singer
Andy Hamilton
British musician

Andy Hamilton

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British musician
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Member of the Order of the British Empire

Andy Raphael Thomas Hamilton, MBE (26 March 1918 – 3 June 2012) was a Jamaican-born British jazz saxophonist, and composer who migrated to the UK in 1949. He recorded his debut album in his early 70s.