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Simon Spillett
British musician
1
Mornington Lockett
English jazz saxophonist
2
Don Weller
English jazz musician
3
Stan Tracey
British pianist
4
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
5
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
6
Bobby Wellins
Scottish jazz musician
7
Peter King
British musician
8
Martin Drew
British musician
9
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
10
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
11
Alan Skidmore
British saxophonist
12
Sonny Clark
American musician
13
Ronnie Scott
British musician
14
Phil Seamen
English jazz drummer
15
Percy Heath
American musician
16
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
17
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
18
Graham Collier
English jazz bassist, bandleader and composer
19
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
20
Gene Ramey
American musician
21
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
22
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
23
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
24
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
25
Tina Brooks
American musician
26
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
27
Art Pepper
American musician
28
Alexis Korner
British blues musician and radio broadcaster
29
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
30
Wardell Gray
American musician
31
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
32
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
33
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
34
Ronnie Ross
Jazz saxophonist
35
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
36
Graham Bond
British musician
37
Johnny Griffin
American musician
38
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
39
Dave Green
British bassist
40
Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
41
Bennie Wallace
American musician
42
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
43
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
44
Richie Kamuca
American musician
45
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
46
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
47
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
48
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
49
Ray Warleigh
Australian musician
50
Spike Heatley
British musician
51
Glenn Spearman
American musician
52
Bobby Watson
composer
