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Porter Kilbert
American musician
1
Benny Krueger
American jazz saxophonist
2
Russell Procope
American musician
3
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
4
Christian McBride
American musician
5
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
6
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
7
Ben Pollack
American musician
8
Budd Johnson
American musician
9
Murray McEachern
Canadian musician
10
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
11
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
12
Grant Stewart
Canadian musical artist
13
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
14
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
15
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
16
Junior Mance
American musician
17
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
18
Tina Brooks
American musician
19
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
20
Lee Young
American musician
21
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
22
Eddie Barefield
American musician
23
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
24
Benny Waters
American musician
25
Al Klink
American musician
26
Dave Pell
American musician
27
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
28
Willie Smith
American musician
29
Javon Jackson
American musician
30
Ernie Caceres
American musician
31
Joe Albany
American pianist
32
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
33
Jerry Jerome
saxophonist
34
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
35
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
36
Hymie Shertzer
American musician
37
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
38
Charlie Johnson
American bandleader
39
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
40
Charles Redland
Swedish composer and musician
41
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
42
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
43
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
44
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
45
Ike Quebec
American jazz tenor saxophonist
46
Harold Ashby
American musician
47
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
48
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
49
Charles Davis
American musician
50
Buddy Tate
American musician
51
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
52
J. C. Heard
American musician
53
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
54
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
55
Elmer Snowden
American musician
56
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
57
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
58
Fud Livingston
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, and composer
59
Sherman Ferguson
American musician
60
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer
61
Hans Koller
Austrian jazz musician (1921-2003)
62
Eddie Sauter
American composer and bandleader (1914-1981)
63
Roger Neumann
American musician
64
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
65
Loren Schoenberg
American musician
66
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
67
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
68
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
