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Marty Sheller
American jazz trumpeter
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A. K. Salim
American musician
2
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
3
Michael Brecker
American musician
4
Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
5
Jim Beard
American musician
6
Tito Puente
American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)
7
Luis Bonilla
American musician
8
Tom Malone
American musician
9
Marc Quiñones
Drummer of the Allman Brothers Band
10
Lew Soloff
American musician
11
Jorge Dalto
Argentinian jazz pianist
12
Samuel Torres
Colombian musician
13
Willie Bobo
American musician
14
Jay Migliori
American saxophonist
15
Walter Afanasieff
Brazilian-American musician, songwriter, record producer and composer
16
Barry Rogers
American musician
17
Pete Yellin
American jazz musician
18
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
band
19
Marcus Rojas
American musician
20
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
21
Chuck Wilson
American musician (1948-2018)
22
Machito
Latin jazz musician
23
Tito Nieves
Puerto Rican musician
24
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
25
Russ DeSalvo
American musician
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Alfredo de la Fé
Cuban musician
27
Don Menza
American saxophonist
28
Victor Wooten
American bass guitarist
29
Omar Hakim
musician
30
Vitín Avilés
singer
31
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
32
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
34
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
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Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
37
Wayne Bergeron
American musician
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Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
