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Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
1
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
2
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
3
Claude Williams
American musician
4
Ben Thigpen
American jazz musician
5
Margaret Johnson
American pianist and jazz musician (1919-1939)
6
John Kirby
jazz bassist
7
Pha Terrell
American singer
8
Terrence Holder
American musician
9
Earl Bostic
American musician
10
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
11
Don Byas
American musician
12
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
13
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
14
Andy Sannella
American musician
15
Bill Coleman
American musician
16
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
17
Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
18
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
19
Billy Eckstine
American musician
20
Crown Prince Waterford
American jazz musician
21
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
22
Kansas Fields
American musician
23
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
24
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
25
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
26
Buddy Tate
American musician
27
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
28
Thelma Terry
American musician
29
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
30
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
31
Ken Kersey
Canadian musician
32
Money Johnson
American musician
33
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
34
Bunk Johnson
American musician
35
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
36
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
37
Shorty Baker
American musician
38
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
39
Gid Tanner
American musician
40
Mouse Randolph
American musician
41
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
42
The Tony Williams Lifetime
43
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
44
June Richmond
American singer
45
Ray Nance
American musician
46
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
47
George Barnes
American musician
48
Rudy Vallée
American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer (1901-1986)
49
Guy Lombardo
Canadian-American bandleader
50
Bunny Berigan
American musician
51
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
52
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
53
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
54
Classics IV
American band
55
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
56
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
57
Al Hibbler
American baritone vocalist
