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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
2
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
3
Mel Powell
American composer
4
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
5
Buster Bailey
American musician
6
Dick Hyman
American jazz pianist and composer
7
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
8
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
9
The Charleston Chasers
series of recording groups that did not exist outside of the studios
10
Fred Van Eps
American banjoist
11
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
12
Gene Krupa
drummer, composer, bandleader
13
Jaki Byard
American musician
14
Derek Smith
British musician
15
Tony Parenti
American musician
16
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
17
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
18
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
19
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
20
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
21
Rube Bloom
American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author
22
Terry Waldo
American musician
23
Jess Stacy
American musician
24
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
25
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
26
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
27
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
28
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
29
Bunny Berigan
American musician
30
Wardell Gray
American musician
31
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
32
Adrian Rollini
American musician
33
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
34
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
35
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
36
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
37
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
38
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
39
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
40
Sammy Price
American pianist
41
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
42
Earl Washington
American musician
43
Reginald Foresythe
British musician
44
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
45
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
46
Panama Francis
American musician
47
Dave Barbour
American jazz guitarist
48
John Bunch
American jazz pianist
49
Ben Pollack
American musician
50
Tom Ranier
Musician, Instrumentalist
51
Billy Maxted
American musician
52
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
53
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
54
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
55
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
56
Joe Bushkin
American jazz pianist, songwriter
57
Walt Levinsky
American musician
58
Mike LeDonne
American musician
59
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
60
Remo Palmier
American jazz guitarist
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
