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George Duvivier
American musician
1
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
2
James Buffington
American musician
3
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
4
Lex Humphries
American drummer
5
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
6
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
7
Cecil McBee
American bassist
8
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
9
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
10
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
11
Al Grey
American jazz musician
12
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
13
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
14
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
15
Joe Newman
American musician
16
Henry Coker
American musician
17
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
18
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
19
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
20
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
21
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
22
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
23
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
24
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
25
Quentin Jackson
American musician
26
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
27
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
28
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
29
Milt Jackson
American musician
30
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
31
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
32
Tommy Potter
American musician
33
Snooky Young
American musician
34
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
35
George Coleman
American musician
36
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
37
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
38
Al McKibbon
American musician
39
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
40
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
41
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
42
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
43
James Moody
American jazz musician
44
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
45
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
46
Walter Davis
American pianist
47
Eddie Jones
American musician
48
Rudy Collins
American musician
49
Percy Heath
American musician
50
Gary Bartz
American musician
51
Billy Butler
American musician
52
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
53
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
54
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
55
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
56
Budd Johnson
American musician
57
Louis Hayes
American drummer
58
Nelson Boyd
American musician
59
Don Butterfield
American musician
60
Benny Bailey
American musician
61
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
62
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
63
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
64
Johnny Griffin
American musician
65
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
66
A. K. Salim
American musician
67
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
68
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
69
Conte Candoli
American musician
70
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
71
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
72
Frank Rehak
American musician
73
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
74
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
75
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
76
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
