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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
1
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
2
Marshal Royal
American musician
3
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
4
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
5
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
6
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
7
Eddie Jones
American musician
8
Henry Coker
American musician
9
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
10
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
11
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
12
Joe Newman
American musician
13
Reunald Jones
American musician
14
Bobby Plater
American musician
15
Gus Johnson
American musician
16
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
17
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
18
Al Grey
American jazz musician
19
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
20
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
21
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
22
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
23
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
24
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Nat Pierce
American musician
26
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
27
Sonny Cohn
American musician
28
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
29
Quentin Jackson
American musician
30
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
31
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
32
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
33
George Duvivier
American musician
34
Henderson Chambers
American musician
35
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
36
Speedy Jones
American drummer
37
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
38
A. K. Salim
American musician
39
Bill Graham
American musician
40
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
41
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
42
Eddie Bert
American musician
43
Bennie Green
American musician
44
Norman Keenan
American musician
45
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
46
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
47
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
48
Snooky Young
American musician
49
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
50
Matthew Gee
American musician
51
Manny Albam
musician and composer
52
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
53
Alvin Stoller
American musician
54
Wallace Davenport
American musician
55
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
56
Russell Procope
American musician
57
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
58
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
59
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
60
Richard Boone
American singer
61
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
62
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
63
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
64
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
65
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
66
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
67
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
68
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
69
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
70
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
71
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
72
George Roberts
American trombonist
73
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
74
Bill Berry
American musician
75
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
