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Walter Perkins
American drummer
1
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
2
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
3
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
4
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
5
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
6
Don Butterfield
American musician
7
Louis Hayes
American drummer
8
George Duvivier
American musician
9
Seldon Powell
American musician
10
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
11
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
12
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
13
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
14
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
15
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
16
Joe Newman
American musician
17
Mel Lewis
American musician
18
James Buffington
American musician
19
Harold Vick
American musician
20
Connie Kay
American musician
21
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
22
Willie Bobo
American musician
23
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
24
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
25
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
26
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
27
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
28
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
29
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
30
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
31
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
32
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
33
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
34
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
35
Albert Heath
American drummer
36
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
37
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
38
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
39
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
40
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
41
Billy Butler
American musician
42
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
43
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
44
Warren Smith
American musician
45
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
46
Henry Coker
American musician
47
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
48
Bob Bushnell
musician
49
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
50
Ben Riley
American drummer
51
Percy Heath
American musician
52
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
53
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
54
Charlie Rouse
American musician
55
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
56
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
57
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
58
Alan Dawson
American musician
59
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
60
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
61
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
62
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
63
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
64
Harold Land
American musician
65
Albert Dailey
American musician
66
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
67
Cecil McBee
American bassist
68
Jimmy Raney
American musician
69
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
70
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
71
Pete La Roca
American drummer
72
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
73
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
74
Larry Bunker
American musician
75
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
76
Roy Brooks
American drummer
77
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
78
Milt Jackson
American musician
79
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
80
Quentin Jackson
American musician
81
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
