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Louis Hayes
American drummer
1
Woody Shaw
American musician
2
Joe Bonner
American musician
3
Gary Bartz
American musician
4
Cecil McBee
American bassist
5
Arthur Blythe
American musician
6
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
7
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
8
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
9
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
10
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
11
Freddie Waits
American musician
12
Michael Carvin
American musician
13
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
14
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
15
Herbie Lewis
American musician
16
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
17
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
18
Joe Ford
American musician
19
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
20
John Stubblefield
American musician
21
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
22
Cal Massey
American musician
23
Art Davis
American double-bassist
24
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
25
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
26
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
27
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
28
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
29
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
30
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
31
Lex Humphries
American drummer
32
Ben Riley
American drummer
33
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
34
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
35
Larry Young
American jazz musician
36
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
37
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
38
Al Foster
American musician
39
Billy Harper
American musician
40
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
41
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
42
Janice Robinson
43
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
44
Gene Orloff
American musician
45
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
46
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
47
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
48
Andrew White
American musician
49
Bennie Maupin
American musician
50
Tina Brooks
American musician
51
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
52
Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
53
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
54
Charles Tolliver
American musician
55
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
56
Stafford James
American musician
57
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
58
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
