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Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
1
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
2
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
3
Omer Simeon
American musician
4
Jimmie Noone
American musician
5
Lee Collins
American musician
6
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
7
Buster Bailey
American musician
8
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
9
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
10
Kid Rena
American musician
11
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
12
Lovie Austin
American pianist
13
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
14
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
15
Budd Johnson
American musician
16
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
17
Pud Brown
American musician
18
Jonah Jones
American musician
19
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
20
Happy Caldwell
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
21
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
22
Minor Hall
American musician
23
Wellman Braud
American musician
24
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
25
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
26
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
27
Baby Dodds
American musician
28
Bill Coleman
American musician
29
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
30
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
31
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
32
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
33
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
34
McClure Morris
American musician
35
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
36
Albert Nicholas
American musician
37
Zue Robertson
American musician
38
Bud Freeman
American musician
39
Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
40
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
41
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
42
Bunk Johnson
American musician
43
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
44
Arnett Nelson
American jazz and blues musician
45
Darnell Howard
American musician
46
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
47
Art Hodes
American musician
48
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
49
Red Saunders
American musician
50
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
51
Arvell Shaw
American musician
52
Al Casey
American jazz guitarist
53
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
54
Eddie Barefield
American musician
55
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
56
Emanuel Sayles
American musician
57
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
58
Junior Mance
American musician
59
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
60
Sonny Clay
American musician
61
Scoops Carry
American jazz saxophonist
62
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
