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Louis Hayes
American drummer
1
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
2
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
3
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
4
George Coleman
American musician
5
Roy Brooks
American drummer
6
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
7
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
8
Ray Draper
American musician
9
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
10
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
11
Dave Holland
British musician
12
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
13
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
14
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
15
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
16
Snooky Young
American musician
17
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
18
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
19
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
20
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
21
Percy Heath
American musician
22
Paul Chambers
American musician
23
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
24
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
25
George Adams
musician
26
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
27
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
28
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
29
Harold Land
American musician
30
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
31
Johnny Griffin
American musician
32
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
33
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
34
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
35
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
36
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
37
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
38
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
39
Connie Kay
American musician
40
Milt Jackson
American musician
41
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
42
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
43
Pete La Roca
American drummer
44
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
45
Don Elliott
jazz musician
46
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
47
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
48
Billy Harper
American musician
49
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
50
Wilbur Ware
American musician
51
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
52
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
53
Duke Pearson
American pianist
54
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
55
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
56
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
57
Woody Shaw
American musician
58
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
59
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
60
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
61
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
62
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
63
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
64
Frank Butler
American jazz drummer
65
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
66
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
67
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
68
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
69
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
70
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
71
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
72
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
73
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
74
Carmell Jones
American trumpeter
75
Gene Harris
American pianist
76
Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
77
Aynsley Dunbar
British musician
78
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
79
Brian Lynch
American musician
80
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
81
Charnett Moffett
American musician
82
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
83
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
84
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
85
Miles Davis Quintet
American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis
86
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
87
Larry Vuckovich
American jazz pianist from Yugoslavia (born 1936)
88
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
