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Dave Holland
British musician
1
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
2
Eddie Henderson
American musician
3
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
4
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
5
Paul Jackson
American musician
6
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
7
Bill Summers
jazz musician
8
Lenny White
American drummer
9
Tyrone Washington
American musician
10
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
11
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
12
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
13
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
14
Michael Brecker
American musician
15
Woody Shaw
American musician
16
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
17
Larry Young
American jazz musician
18
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
19
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
20
Al Foster
American musician
21
Harvey Mason
American drummer
22
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
23
Harold Vick
American musician
24
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
25
Buster Williams
American musician
26
Arthur Blythe
American musician
27
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
28
Stu Martin
American musician
29
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
30
George Coleman
American musician
31
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
32
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
33
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
34
Albert Heath
American drummer
35
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
36
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
37
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
38
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
39
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
40
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
41
Mike Richmond
American musician
42
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
43
Freddie Waits
American musician
44
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
45
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
46
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
47
Ralph Towner
American musician
48
David T. Walker
American musician
49
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
50
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
51
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
52
Fred Jackson, Jr.
American flautist
53
Eric Gale
American musician
54
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
55
Marky Markowitz
American musician
56
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
57
Badal Roy
musician
58
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
59
Howard Johnson
American musician
60
Cecil McBee
American bassist
61
The Tony Williams Lifetime
62
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
63
Paul Humphrey
American musician
