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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
1
Rick Margitza
American musician
2
Mike Richmond
American musician
3
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
4
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
5
David Williams
American jazz musician
6
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
7
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
8
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
9
Cecil McBee
American bassist
10
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
11
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
12
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
13
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
14
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
15
Larry Schneider
American musician
16
Al Foster
American musician
17
Eddie Henderson
American musician
18
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
19
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
20
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
21
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
22
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
23
John Stubblefield
American musician
24
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
25
Eddie Gladden
American musician
26
Peter Erskine
American musician
27
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
28
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
29
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
30
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
31
Louis Hayes
American drummer
32
Philip Catherine
musician
33
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
34
Michael Carvin
American musician
35
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
36
Lewis Nash
American drummer
37
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician
38
Mickey Tucker
American pianist
39
Bennie Wallace
American musician
40
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
41
Billy Harper
American musician
42
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
43
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
44
Scott Colley
American musician
45
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
46
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
47
Albert Dailey
American musician
48
Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
49
George Coleman
American musician
50
Don Grusin
American musician
51
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
52
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
53
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
54
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
55
Marilyn Mazur
Danish musician
56
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
57
Vic Juris
American jazz guitarist
58
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
59
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
60
Ralph Penland
American drummer and musician
61
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
62
Billy Drummond
American musician
63
Steve Slagle
American musician
64
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
65
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
66
Benny Bailey
American musician
67
Red Rodney
American musician
68
Hilton Ruiz
American musician of Puerto Rican descent
69
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
70
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
71
Scott Henderson
jazz fusion and blues guitarist
72
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
73
Wilbur Little
American musician
74
Glenn Ferris
American musician
75
Eddie Allen
jazz musician
76
Chieli Minucci
American musician
77
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
78
James Genus
American musician
79
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
80
Roland Hanna
American pianist
81
John Bernard Riley
American musician
82
Bobby Watson
composer
83
Claudio Roditi
Brazilian musician
84
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
