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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
1
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
2
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
3
Louis Hayes
American drummer
4
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
5
Sonny Red
American musician
6
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
7
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
8
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
9
Johnny Griffin
American musician
10
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
11
Larry Gales
American musician
12
Ben Riley
American drummer
13
Walter Davis
American pianist
14
Dolo Coker
American musician
15
Charlie Rouse
American musician
16
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
17
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
18
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
19
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
20
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
21
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
22
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
23
Albert Heath
American drummer
24
Wilbur Ware
American musician
25
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
26
George Duvivier
American musician
27
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
28
Alan Dawson
American musician
29
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
30
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
31
Roy Brooks
American drummer
32
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
33
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
34
Walter Perkins
American drummer
35
Jimmy Raney
American musician
36
Larry Ridley
American musician
37
Tommy Potter
American musician
38
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
39
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
40
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
41
Bill Hardman
American musician
42
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
43
Duke Jordan
American musician
44
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
45
Sonny Clark
American musician
46
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
47
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
48
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
49
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
50
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
51
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
52
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
53
James Buffington
American musician
54
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
55
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
56
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
57
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
58
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
59
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
60
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
61
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
62
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
63
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
64
George Tucker
American musician
65
Harold Land
American musician
66
John Ore
American musician
67
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
68
Teddy Kotick
American musician
69
Elmo Hope
American musician
70
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
71
Seldon Powell
American musician
72
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
73
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
74
Junior Mance
American musician
75
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
76
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
77
Joe Benjamin
American musician
78
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
79
Les Spann
American guitarist
80
Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
81
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
82
Budd Johnson
American musician
83
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
84
Percy Heath
American musician
85
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
86
Reggie Johnson
American musician
87
Nelson Boyd
American musician
88
Art Davis
American double-bassist
89
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
