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Bill Pierce

American musician

1

Ira Coleman

American musician

2

Juan Luis Guerra

Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer

3

Makoto Ozone

Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1961-)

4

Gary Burton

American vibraphonist

5

Joe Lovano

American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist

6

Al Di Meola

American guitarist

7

John Scofield

American jazz guitarist and composer

8

Patrice Rushen

American musician

9

Sadao Watanabe

Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)

10

Arif Mardin

Turkish-American songwriter & record producer

11

Joanne Brackeen

American musician and jazz educator

12

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

13

Esperanza Spalding

American jazz bassist and singer

14

Frank Tiberi

American musician

15

Gary Willis

American musician

16

Reuben Rogers

American musician

17

Herb Pomeroy

American trumpeter

18

Tia Fuller

American musician

19

Giovanni Hidalgo

Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator

20

Christian Scott

American jazz composer and trumpeter

21

Gil Goldstein

American jazz pianist and accordionist

22

Hiromi Uehara

Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)

23

Fred Lipsius

American musician

24

Albhy Galuten

American Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor

25

Claude Kelly

American singer, songwriter and music producer

26

Bill Frisell

American musician

27

Kendrick Scott

American musician

28

Mulatu Astatke

Ethiopian musician.

29

Kenny Garrett

American musician

30

Ray Santisi

Pianist, composer, arranger, college professor, recording artist

31

David Fiuczynski

American musician

32

Phil Wilson

American jazz musician

33

Dave Samuels

American musician

34

Terri Lyne Carrington

American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur

35

Eli Degibri

Israeli-born jazz saxophonists and composer

36

Richie Beirach

jazz pianist and composer

37

Miguel Zenón

Puerto Rican alto saxophonist

38

Steve Rochinski

American musician

39

Danilo Pérez

Panamanian pianist and composer

40

Al Anderson

American guitarist and songwriter

41

Kenny Barron

American jazz pianist

42

George Garzone

American musician

43

Chris Hinze

Dutch composer and record producer

44

Michael Gibbs

Rhodesian born English jazz composer

45

Antonio Hart

American musician

46

Ron Carter

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer

47

Burning Spear

Jamaican roots reggae musician

48

Mick Goodrick

American musician

49

Heikki Sarmanto

Finnish jazz pianist and composer

50

Art Baron

American musician