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Bobby Durham
American musician
1
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
2
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
3
Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
4
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
5
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
6
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
7
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
8
George Duvivier
American musician
9
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
10
Chris Columbus
American jazz drummer
11
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
12
Aaron Bell
American musician
13
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
14
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
15
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
16
Ben Riley
American drummer
17
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
18
Al Grey
American jazz musician
19
Snooky Young
American musician
20
Quentin Jackson
American musician
21
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
22
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
23
Speedy Jones
American drummer
24
Les Spann
American guitarist
25
Russell Procope
American musician
26
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
27
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
28
Joe Newman
American musician
29
Charlie Rice
jazz musician
30
Steve Ellington
American musician
31
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
32
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
33
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
34
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
35
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
36
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
37
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
38
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
39
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
40
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
41
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
42
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
43
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
44
Johnny Griffin
American musician
45
Walter Page
American jazz musician
46
Art Davis
American double-bassist
47
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
48
John Dankworth
British musician (1927-2010)
49
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
50
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
51
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
52
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
53
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
54
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
55
Charles Davis
American musician
56
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
57
Chick Webb
American musician
58
Reunald Jones
American musician
59
Ray Nance
American musician
60
Bill Ramsay
American jazz saxophonist & bandleader
61
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
62
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
63
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
