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Billy Butler
American musician
1
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
2
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
3
Gene Orloff
American musician
4
Herbie Lewis
American musician
5
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
6
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
7
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
8
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
9
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
10
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
11
Roland Hanna
American pianist
12
Benny Bailey
American musician
13
Albert Heath
American drummer
14
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
15
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
16
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
17
Percy Heath
American musician
18
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
19
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
20
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
21
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
22
Eric Gale
American musician
23
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
24
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
25
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
26
George Duvivier
American musician
27
Art Davis
American double-bassist
28
Joe Newman
American musician
29
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
30
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
31
Quentin Jackson
American musician
32
Milt Jackson
American musician
33
Jamil Nasser
American bassist
34
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
35
Al Grey
American jazz musician
36
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
37
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
38
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
39
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
40
Les McCann
American musician
41
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
42
Jimmy Rowser
American bassist
43
Mel Lewis
American musician
44
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
45
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
46
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
47
George Coleman
American musician
48
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
49
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
50
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
51
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
52
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
53
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
54
Snooky Young
American musician
55
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
56
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
57
Donald Dean
American musician
58
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
59
James Buffington
American musician
60
Money Johnson
American musician
61
Connie Kay
American musician
62
Bill Hardman
American musician
63
Harold Vick
American musician
64
Warren Smith
American musician
65
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
66
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
67
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
68
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
69
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
70
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
71
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
72
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
73
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
74
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
75
Budd Johnson
American musician
76
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
77
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
78
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
79
Lex Humphries
American drummer
