0
Budd Johnson
American musician
1
Harlan Lattimore
American singer
2
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
3
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
4
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
5
Alvin Stoller
American musician
6
Henry Coker
American musician
7
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
8
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
9
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
10
Arthur Prysock
American singer
11
George Roberts
American trombonist
12
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
13
Hal Mooney
American composer
14
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
15
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
16
Panama Francis
American musician
17
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
18
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
19
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
20
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
21
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
22
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
23
Al Grey
American jazz musician
24
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
25
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
26
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
27
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
28
Joe Newman
American musician
29
Tommy Pederson
American musician
30
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
31
Patti Bown
American musician
32
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
33
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
34
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
35
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
36
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
37
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
38
King Kolax
American musician
39
Kim Weston
singer
40
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
41
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
42
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
43
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
44
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
45
Rudy Rutherford
46
Eddie Bert
American musician
47
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
48
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
49
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
50
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
51
Claus Ogerman
German composer
52
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
53
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
54
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
55
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
56
Plas Johnson
American musician
57
Frank Rehak
American musician
58
Ernie Andrews
American singer
59
Milt Bernhart
American musician
60
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
61
George Duvivier
American musician
62
Phil Moore
American musician
63
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
64
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
65
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
66
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
67
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
68
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
69
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
70
Cozy Cole
American musician
71
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
72
Arnold Ross
American musician and pianist
73
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
74
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
75
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
76
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
77
Reunald Jones
American musician
78
Charles Earland
jazz musician
79
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
80
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
81
Wardell Gray
American musician
82
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
83
Willie Smith
American musician
84
Mack Rice
American singer, songwriter and producer
85
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
