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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Woody Shaw
American musician
2
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
3
Bill Hardman
American musician
4
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
5
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
6
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
7
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
8
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
9
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
10
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
11
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
12
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
13
Gary Bartz
American musician
14
Alphonse Mouzon
American musician (1948-2016)
15
David Schnitter
American musician
16
Stafford James
American musician
17
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
18
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
19
Leon Lee Dorsey
American musician
20
Eddie Daniels
American musician
21
Albert Dailey
American musician
22
Billy Harper
American musician
23
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
24
Louis Hayes
American drummer
25
Hadley Caliman
American saxophonist
26
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
27
Wallace Roney
American musician
28
Kenny Garrett
American musician
29
Joanne Brackeen
American musician and jazz educator
30
Norman Connors
American musician
31
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
32
Lenny White
American drummer
33
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
34
Roland Hanna
American pianist
35
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
36
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
37
Chuck Mangione
American jazz musician
38
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
39
Walter Davis
American pianist
40
Dale Barlow
Australian musician
41
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
42
Duke Pearson
American pianist
43
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
44
Cecil McBee
American bassist
45
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
46
Reggie Johnson
American musician
47
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
48
David T. Walker
American musician
49
Benny Green
American musician
50
Brad Jones
American jazz bassist
51
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
52
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
53
Larry Young
American jazz musician
54
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
55
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
56
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
57
Buddy Terry
American musician
58
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
59
Eddie Henderson
American musician
60
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
61
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
62
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
63
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
64
Michael Carvin
American musician
65
Montego Joe
Jamaican jazz musician and music educator
66
Reggie Lucas
American musician
67
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
68
James Williams
American jazz pianist
69
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
70
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
71
Javon Jackson
American musician
72
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
73
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
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Mickey Tucker
American pianist
75
Onaje Allan Gumbs
American musician
76
Mayuto Correa
Brazilian jazz musician
77
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
