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Nelson Boyd
American musician
1
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
2
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
3
Budd Johnson
American musician
4
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
5
Tommy Potter
American musician
6
Don Byas
American musician
7
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
8
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
9
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
10
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
11
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
12
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
13
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
14
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
16
Walter Davis
American pianist
17
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
18
Sabu Martinez
American musician
19
Ernie Henry
American musician
20
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
21
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
22
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
23
Johnny Griffin
American musician
24
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
25
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
26
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
27
Charlie Rouse
American musician
28
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
29
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
30
Al Haig
American pianist
31
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
32
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
33
Red Rodney
American musician
34
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
35
Stuff Smith
American musician
36
Al McKibbon
American musician
37
Joe Carroll
American singer
38
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
39
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
40
John Ore
American musician
41
Sid Catlett
American musician
42
Clyde Hart
American musician
43
Bill DeArango
American musician
