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Walter Gross
American musician
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Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
2
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
3
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
4
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
5
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
6
Jaki Byard
American musician
7
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
8
John McCabe
English composer and pianist
9
Mike Longo
American musician
10
Richard M. Jones
American musician
11
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
12
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
13
Bill Le Sage
British musician
14
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
15
Robert Irving III
American pianist and composer
16
Mel Powell
American composer
17
Horace Ott
American musician
18
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
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Christian McBride
American musician
21
Gordon Beck
British musician
22
Frank Glazer
American musician
23
Gary Husband
British musician
24
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
25
Larry Willis
American pianist
26
Vahagn Hayrapetyan
Soviet composer, jazz musician and pianist
27
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
28
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Mark Morgan
American musician and score composer for video games, television and films (born 1961)
