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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
2
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
3
Joe Newman
American musician
4
Henry Coker
American musician
5
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
6
George Duvivier
American musician
7
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
8
Gus Johnson
American musician
9
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
10
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
11
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
12
A. K. Salim
American musician
13
Eddie Jones
American musician
14
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
15
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
16
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
17
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Mel Lewis
American musician
19
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
20
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
21
Eddie Bert
American musician
22
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
23
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
24
Earl May
American musician
25
Nat Pierce
American musician
26
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
27
Joe Puma
American musician
28
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
29
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
30
Roger Guérin
French jazz trumpeter and singer
31
Charlie Rouse
American musician
32
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
33
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
34
Frank Rehak
American musician
35
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
36
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
37
Tommy Potter
American musician
38
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
39
Emmett Berry
American musician
40
George Barrow
American jazz musician
41
Al Grey
American jazz musician
42
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
43
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
44
Skeeter Best
American musician
45
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
46
Roland Hanna
American pianist
47
Bill Graham
American musician
48
Steve Jordan
American musician
49
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
50
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
51
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
52
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
53
Henderson Chambers
American musician
54
Budd Johnson
American musician
55
Seldon Powell
American musician
56
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
57
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
58
Snooky Young
American musician
59
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
60
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
61
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
62
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
63
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
64
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
65
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
66
Teddy Kotick
American musician
67
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
68
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
69
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
70
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
71
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
72
Milt Jackson
American musician
73
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
74
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
75
Peck Morrison
American musician
76
Percy Heath
American musician
77
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
78
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
79
Gene Ramey
American musician
80
Matthew Gee
American musician
81
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
82
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
83
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
84
Quentin Jackson
American musician
85
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
86
Bennie Green
American musician
