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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Phil Moore
American musician
2
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
3
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
4
John Graas
American musician
5
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
6
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
7
Joe Castro
American musician
8
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
9
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
10
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
11
Sonny Burke
American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914-1980)
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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
13
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
14
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
15
Ronnie Ball
British musician
16
Gil Evans
American pianist
17
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
18
Hal Mooney
American composer
19
Bill Cunliffe
American musician
20
Vernel Fournier
American musician
21
Harold Mabern
American pianist
22
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Hal Galper
American pianist
24
Billy Eckstine
American musician
25
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
26
David Kikoski
American musician
27
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
28
Ray Bryant
American pianist
29
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
30
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
31
Howard Johnson
American musician
32
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
33
Bill Finegan
American bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer
34
Pete Rugolo
American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer (1915-2011)
35
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
36
Herbie Jones
American musician
37
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
38
Johnny Varro
American pianist
39
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
41
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
42
Bobby Tucker
American pianist and arranger
43
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
44
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
45
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
46
Benny Morton
American musician
47
Richard Stoltzman
American musician
48
George Duvivier
American musician
49
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
50
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
51
Ed Summerlin
American musician
52
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
53
Johnny Richards
American jazz arranger and composer
54
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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A. K. Salim
American musician
56
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
57
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
58
Leonard Feather
British musician
59
Russ Freeman
American jazz musician and composer
60
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Danish jazz upright bassist
61
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
62
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
63
Johnny Mandel
American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz (1925-2020)
64
Shelly Berg
American musician
65
Ivor Raymonde
British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor (1926-1990)
66
Buddy Deppenschmidt
American jazz drummer
67
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
68
Warren Smith
American musician
69
Quentin Jackson
American musician
70
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
71
Charlie Barnet
American saxophonist, composer, bandleader
72
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
73
Billy Childs
American jazz pianist
74
Elmo Hope
American musician
75
Frank Capp
American musician
76
Shirley Horn
American singer
77
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
78
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Patrick Williams
American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television (1938-2018)
