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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
1
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
2
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
3
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
4
Don Ewell
American musician
5
Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau
New Orleans jazz musician
6
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
7
George Lewis
American musician
8
Jimmie Noone
American musician
9
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
10
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
11
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
12
Johnny Windhurst
American jazz trumpet player
13
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
14
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
15
Baby Dodds
American musician
16
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
17
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
18
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
19
Ray Nance
American musician
20
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
21
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
22
Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
23
Wooden Joe Nicholas
American musician
24
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
25
Cliff Jackson
American pianist
26
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
27
Cousin Joe
American blues and jazz singer
28
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
29
Budd Johnson
American musician
30
Teddy Buckner
American musician
31
Earl Bostic
American musician
32
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
33
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
34
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
35
Wycliffe Gordon
American musician
36
Don Byas
American musician
37
George Baquet
American musician
38
Pops Foster
American musician
39
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
40
Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
41
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
42
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
43
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
44
Chris Barber
English trombonist
45
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
46
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
47
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
48
Paul Barbarin
American musician
49
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
50
Kansas Fields
American musician
51
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
52
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
53
Albert "June" Gardner
New Orleans jazz musician
54
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
55
Joseph Petit
American musician
56
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
57
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
58
Wilson Myers
American musician
59
Conrad Gozzo
American musician
