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Harold McNair
Jamaican musician
1
Allan Ganley
British musician
2
Charles Davis
American musician
3
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
4
Dave Holland
British musician
5
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
6
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
7
Don Rendell
British saxophonist
8
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
9
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
10
Spencer Davis
British musician
11
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
12
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
13
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
14
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
15
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
16
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
17
Peter King
British musician
18
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
19
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
20
Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
21
John Altman
composer
22
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
23
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
24
Cleo Laine
English jazz singer and actress
25
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
26
Colin Purbrook
British pianist
27
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
28
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
29
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
30
Eddie Higgins
American musician
31
Tim Hinkley
English singer-songwriter, keyboardist and record producer
32
Frankie Laine
American popular singer (1913-2007)
33
The Echoes
musical artist
34
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
35
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
36
Art Davis
American double-bassist
37
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
38
Pat Smythe
British musician
39
Lew Stone
British bandleader and arranger
40
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
41
Tubby Hayes
British jazz musician
42
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
43
Denis Preston
British record producer
44
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
45
John Mayall
English blues musician
46
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
47
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
48
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
49
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
50
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
51
Tony Kinsey
British musician
52
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
53
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
54
John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
55
Derek Smith
British musician
56
Victor Feldman
English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist
57
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
58
Buddy Collette
American musician
59
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
60
Mike Ratledge
British musician
61
Mike Zwerin
American jazz musician
62
Butch Ballard
American jazz drummer
63
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
64
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
65
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
66
Ronnie Scott
British musician
67
Johnny Griffin
American musician
68
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
69
Barry Miles
American musician
70
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
71
Denny Laine
British rock musician
72
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
73
Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist
74
Neil Ardley
British jazz musician
75
Johnny Heartsman
American electric blues and soul blues musician
76
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
77
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
78
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
79
John D'earth
American musician
