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Don Ewell
American musician
1
Marty Grosz
American musician
2
Herb Hall
American musician
3
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
4
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
5
Ernie Carson
American musician
6
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
7
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
8
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
9
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
10
Cliff Leeman
American musician
11
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
12
Teddy Bunn
American musician
13
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
14
Cozy Cole
American musician
15
Tony Jackson
American musician
16
Baby Dodds
American musician
17
Turk Murphy
American musician
18
Tiny Parham
Canadian musician
19
Howard Biggs
American pianist, songwriter and arranger
20
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
21
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
22
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
23
Bob Zurke
American jazz pianist
24
Earl Palmer
American drummer
25
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Paul Bacon
Designer of book and album covers
27
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
28
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
29
Tommy Benford
American jazz drummer
30
The Jelly Roll Kings
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Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
32
Morten Gunnar Larsen
Norwegian musician
33
Lu Watters
American mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, bandleader
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Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
35
Marcus Roberts
American musician
36
Kaiser Marshall
American musician
37
Richie Powell
American pianist
38
Glover Compton
American musician
39
Frank Froeba
American musician
