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Frank Capp
American musician
1
Carl Frederick Tandberg
American musician
2
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
3
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
4
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
5
Nat Pierce
American musician
6
Chico Hamilton
American musician
7
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
8
Al Viola
American musician
9
Marshal Royal
American musician
10
Bobby Bradford
American musician
11
Arvell Shaw
American musician
12
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
13
Bill Perkins
American jazz musician
14
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
15
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
16
Les Baxter
American musician, singer, composer
17
Ellery Eskelin
musician
18
Dick Nash
American musician
19
Jimmie Noone
American musician
20
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
Paul Tanner
American trombonist
22
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
23
Buddy Collette
American musician
24
Gary Foster
Musician, Instrumentalist
25
Joe Comfort
American musician
26
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
27
Arthur Blythe
American musician
28
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
29
Lee Young
American musician
30
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
31
Thomas Raymond Kelly
American musician
32
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
33
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
34
Laurindo Almeida
Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer
35
Conte Candoli
American musician
36
Theo Jörgensmann
German musician
37
John Carter
American jazz musician
38
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
39
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
40
Larry Bunker
American musician
41
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
42
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
43
Plas Johnson
American musician
44
Ed Schuller
American musician
45
Snooky Young
American musician
46
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
47
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
48
Jesse Fuller
American one-man band musician, songwriter
49
Jack Costanzo
American musician
50
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
51
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
band
52
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
53
Panama Francis
American musician
54
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
55
Don Bagley
American jazz bassist
56
Frank Marocco
musician
57
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
58
Willie Smith
American musician
59
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
60
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
61
Pete Jolly
American musician
62
Alex Cline
American musician
63
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist
64
Mike Kowalski
American drummer and percussionist
65
George Roberts
American trombonist
66
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
67
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
68
Jackie Kelso
musician
69
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
70
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
71
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
72
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
73
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
74
Milt Holland
American drummer, percussionist, musicologist and writer
75
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
76
Bud Shank
American saxophonist and flautist
77
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
78
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
79
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
80
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
81
Chuck Domanico
American musician
82
Colin Bailey
British musician
