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Milt Buckner
American musician
1
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
2
Dick Garcia
American musician
3
Johnny Letman
American musician
4
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
5
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
6
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
7
Milt Gabler
record producer from the United States
8
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
9
Wallace Bishop
American musician
10
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
11
Ted Buckner
American musician
12
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
13
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
14
Sticks Evans
musician
15
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
16
Earle Warren
jazz musician
17
Panama Francis
American musician
18
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
19
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
20
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
21
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
22
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
23
Percy Heath
American musician
24
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
25
Adolphus Alsbrook
American jazz and R&B musician, arranger and composer
26
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
27
Milt Jackson
American musician
28
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
29
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
30
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
31
Anthony Ortega
American musician and clarinetist
32
Albert Heath
American drummer
33
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
34
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
35
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
36
Quentin Jackson
American musician
37
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
38
Henry Franklin
American musician
39
Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
40
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
41
Milt Bernhart
American musician
42
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
43
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
44
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
45
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
46
Billy Butterfield
American musician
47
Roger Humphries
American musician
48
Connie Kay
American musician
49
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
50
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
51
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
52
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
53
Skeeter Best
American musician
54
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
55
Brian Lemon
British musician
56
Joe Locke
American musician
57
Wilton Felder
American musician
58
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
59
Billy Eckstine
American musician
60
Jacky Samson
French bassist
61
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
62
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
63
Mike LeDonne
American musician
64
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
65
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
66
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
67
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
68
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
69
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
70
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
71
Milt Raskin
American musician
72
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
73
Teddy Buckner
American musician
74
Jay Berliner
American musician
75
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
76
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
