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Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
1
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
2
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
3
Cecil McBee
American bassist
4
Daniel Humair
Swiss drummer and painter
5
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
6
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
7
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
8
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
9
Jim Pepper
Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician
10
Bennie Wallace
American musician
11
Howard Johnson
American musician
12
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
13
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
14
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
15
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer
16
Cameron Brown
American musician
17
Philip Catherine
musician
18
Roland Hanna
American pianist
19
Benny Bailey
American musician
20
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
21
Mark Helias
American musician
22
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
23
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
24
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
25
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
26
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
27
Glenn Ferris
American musician
28
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
29
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
30
Don Moye
American percussionist
31
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
32
Franco Ambrosetti
Swiss musician
33
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
34
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
35
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
36
Perry Robinson
American musician
37
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
38
Jasper van 't Hof
Dutch musician
39
Jeff Hirshfield
American musician
40
Marvin Peterson
American jazz trumpeter and composer
41
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
42
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
43
Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
44
John Betsch
American musician
45
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
46
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
47
James Emery
American musician
48
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
49
Dave Holland
British musician
50
Richie Beirach
jazz pianist and composer
51
Albert Dailey
American musician
52
David Williams
American jazz musician
53
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
54
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
55
Robin Eubanks
American musician
56
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
57
Ellery Eskelin
musician
58
Howard Levy
American musician
59
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
60
Lew Soloff
American musician
61
Dave Taylor
American musician
62
Dave Bailey
American drummer
63
Bobby Previte
American drummer
64
Johnny Griffin
American musician
65
David Friedman
American jazz percussionist
66
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
67
Glen Moore
American musician
68
Enrico Rava
Italian trumpeter
69
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
70
Mark Dresser
American musician
71
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
72
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist
73
Tom Varner
American musician
74
Karl Ratzer
Austrian composer
75
Mark Feldman
American violinist
76
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
77
Walter Norris
American pianist
78
Manolo Badrena
Puerto Rican musician
79
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
80
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
81
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
82
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
83
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
84
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
85
Vitold Rek
Polish musician
86
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
87
Steve LaSpina
American musician, artist, educator
88
Reggie Johnson
American musician
89
Bill Elgart
American musician
