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Walter Davis
American pianist
1
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
2
Don Byas
American musician
3
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
4
James Moody
American jazz musician
5
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
6
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
7
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
8
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
9
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
10
Roland Alexander
musician
11
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
12
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
13
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
14
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
15
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
16
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
17
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
18
Freddie Webster
American musician
19
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
20
Johnny Griffin
American musician
21
Milt Jackson
American musician
22
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
23
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
24
Shooby Taylor
American scat singer
25
Sonny Clark
American musician
26
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
27
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
28
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
29
Al Haig
American pianist
30
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
31
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
32
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
33
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
34
Brew Moore
American musician
35
Rudy Williams
American musician
36
Elmo Hope
American musician
37
Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
38
Woody Shaw
American musician
39
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
40
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
41
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
42
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
43
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
44
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
45
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
46
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
47
Ron Holloway
American tenor saxophonist
48
Freddie Redd
American pianist
49
Leo Parker
American musician
50
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
