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Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
1
Regina Carter
American musician
2
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
3
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
4
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
5
Charnett Moffett
American musician
6
Gary Thomas
American musician
7
Doug Wamble
American musician
8
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
9
Jean-Paul Bourelly
American jazz fusion guitarist
10
Eric Reed
American musician
11
Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
12
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
13
Russell Malone
jazz guitarist
14
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
15
Junko Onishi
Japanese jazz pianist (1967-)
16
Graham Haynes
American musician
17
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
18
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
19
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
20
Kenny Davis
American musician
21
Greg Osby
American musician
22
Dave Holland
British musician
23
Terri Lyne Carrington
American jazz drummer, composer, record producer and entrepreneur
24
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
25
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
26
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
27
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
28
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
29
James Carter
American musician
30
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
31
Mino Cinelu
French musician
32
Ryan Kisor
American musician
33
Shirley Horn
American singer
34
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
35
Ted Nash
American musician
36
Herlin Riley
American musician
37
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
38
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
39
Marvin Smith
American musician
40
Marlena Shaw
American singer
41
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
42
Victor Goines
American musician
43
Don Byron
American musician
44
Phil Bowler
American musician
45
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
46
Kenny Garrett
American musician
47
Olu Dara
American musician
48
Robin Eubanks
American musician
49
Marcus Roberts
American musician
50
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
51
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
52
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
53
Stephen Scott
American musician
54
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
55
Dwayne Dolphin
American jazz bassist
56
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
57
Lester Bowie
American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)
58
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
59
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
60
Jacky Terrasson
jazz musician
61
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
62
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
63
Jayne Cortez
Avant-garde jazz poet
64
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
65
Leon Lee Dorsey
American musician
66
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
67
Les Spann
American guitarist
68
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
