0
Ethan Iverson
American pianist
1
Robin Eubanks
American musician
2
Bob Moses
American musician
3
Mark Feldman
American violinist
4
Tom Varner
American musician
5
Marvin Smith
American musician
6
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
7
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
8
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
9
John Stubblefield
American musician
10
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
11
Gary Bartz
American musician
12
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
13
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
14
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
15
George Adams
musician
16
Dave Holland
British musician
17
Ben Street
American musician
18
Arthur Blythe
American musician
19
Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
20
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
21
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
22
Howard Johnson
American musician
23
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
24
John Clark
American jazz horn player and composer
25
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
26
Cecil McBee
American bassist
27
Ed Schuller
American musician
28
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
29
Francisco Mela
Cuban percussionist
30
Bobby Previte
American drummer
31
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
32
Aaron Scott
American composer and jazz drummer
33
Bill McHenry
American saxophone player
34
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
35
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
36
Drew Gress
American musician
37
Eddie Henderson
American musician
38
Jane Ira Bloom
American jazz saxophonist and composer
39
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
40
Josh Roseman
American musician
41
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
42
Lewis Nash
American drummer
43
Eric Harland
American musician
44
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
45
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
46
Chris Potter
American musician
47
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
48
Antonio Hart
American musician
49
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
50
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
51
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
52
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
53
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
54
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
55
Terell Stafford
American musician
56
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
57
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
58
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
59
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
60
James Newton
American flautist, composer, and conductor
61
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
62
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
63
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
64
Larry Gray
American musician
65
Nasheet Waits
American musician
66
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
67
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
68
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
69
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
70
Chris Speed
American musician
71
John Medeski
American jazz keyboards player and composer
72
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
