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Joe Newman
American musician
1
Eddie Jones
American musician
2
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
3
Al Grey
American jazz musician
4
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
5
George Duvivier
American musician
6
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
7
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
8
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
9
Les Spann
American guitarist
10
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
11
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
12
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
13
Reunald Jones
American musician
14
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
15
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
16
Art Davis
American double-bassist
17
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
18
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
19
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
20
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
21
Henry Coker
American musician
22
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
23
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
24
Budd Johnson
American musician
25
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
26
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
27
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
28
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
29
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
30
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
31
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
32
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
33
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
34
Manny Albam
musician and composer
35
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
36
Gus Johnson
American musician
37
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
38
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
39
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
40
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
41
Nat Pierce
American musician
42
Snooky Young
American musician
43
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
44
Marshal Royal
American musician
45
Quentin Jackson
American musician
46
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
47
Gene Ramey
American musician
48
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
49
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
50
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
51
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
52
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
53
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
54
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
55
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
56
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
57
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
58
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
59
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
60
Arnett Cobb
American jazz tenor saxophonist
61
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
62
Emmett Berry
American musician
63
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
64
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
65
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
66
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
67
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
68
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
69
Charles Thompson
American pianist
70
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
71
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
72
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
73
Benny Bailey
American musician
74
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
75
James Buffington
American musician
76
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
