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Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
2
George Baquet
American musician
3
Joseph Petit
American musician
4
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
5
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
6
George Lewis
American musician
7
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
8
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
9
Bunk Johnson
American musician
10
Olympia Brass Band
musical group
11
Paul Barbarin
American musician
12
Wingy Manone
American musician
13
Nat Towles
jazz musician
14
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
15
Kid Howard
American musician
16
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
17
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
18
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
19
Chester Zardis
American jazz double-bassist
20
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
21
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
22
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
23
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
24
Baby Dodds
American musician
25
Muggsy Spanier
American musician
26
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
27
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
28
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
29
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
30
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
31
Pete Fountain
American clarinetist (1930-2016)
32
Wooden Joe Nicholas
American musician
33
Nicholas Payton
American musician
34
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
35
Ed Blackwell
American musician
36
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
37
Jimmie Noone
American musician
38
Andrew Hilaire
American jazz drummers
39
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
40
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
41
Albert Nicholas
American musician
42
Irving Banister
American R&B musician
43
Joe Darensbourg
American musician
44
Larry Shields
American jazz musician
45
Joe Newman
American musician
46
Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
47
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
48
Roy Palmer
American musician
49
Buddy Holly
American singer-songwriter
50
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
51
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
52
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
53
Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
54
Paul Bacon
Designer of book and album covers
55
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Cozy Cole
American musician
57
Coco Robicheaux
American blues musician and artist
