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George Andrew Cables
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
2
Cecil Bridgewater
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
3
Alex Blake
Alex Blake
American musician
4
Albert Heath
Albert Heath
American drummer
5
Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
6
Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
7
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
8
Ronnie Mathews
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
9
Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
10
Max Roach
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
11
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
12
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
13
Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
14
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
15
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
16
Duke Jordan
Duke Jordan
American musician
17
Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
18
John Ore
John Ore
American musician
19
Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
20
Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
21
Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
22
Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
23
Randy Weston
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
24
Michael Carvin
Michael Carvin
American musician
25
Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
26
Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
27
Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
28
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
29
Eddie Gladden
Eddie Gladden
American musician
30
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
31
George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
32
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
33
Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
34
Melba Liston
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
35
Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
36
Harold Land
Harold Land
American musician
37
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
American organist
38
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
39
Michał Urbaniak
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
40
Victor Lewis
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
41
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
42
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
43
James Spaulding
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
44
Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
45
Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
46
Lennie McBrowne
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
47
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
48
Ari Brown
Ari Brown
American musician
49
Walter Booker
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
50
Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
51
Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
52
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
53
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver
American musician
54
Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
55
Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
56
Jodie Christian
Jodie Christian
Jazz pianist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
58
Jimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins
American blues musician
59
Ray Copeland
Ray Copeland
American musician
60
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
61
Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
62
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
American musician
63
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
64
Hal Singer
Hal Singer
American musician
65
Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel
American musician
66
Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
67
Carey Bell
Carey Bell
American blues musician
68
Beaver Harris
Beaver Harris
American musician
69
Wilbur Little
Wilbur Little
American musician
70
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
71
Les Spann
Les Spann
American guitarist
72
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
73
George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
74
Freddie Waits
Freddie Waits
American musician
75
Leroy Jenkins
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
76
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
77
Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
78
Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
79
Norris Turney
Norris Turney
American musician
80
Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
81
Dick Oatts
Dick Oatts
American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator
82
Ronnie Burrage
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
83
Café
Café
musician
84
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
85
Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
86
Masabumi Kikuchi
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
87
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
Billy Harper
American musician

Billy Harper

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Billy Harper (born January 17, 1943) is an American jazz saxophonist, "one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument.