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Roy Brooks
American drummer
1
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
2
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
3
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
4
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
5
Louis Hayes
American drummer
6
Art Davis
American double-bassist
7
Howard Johnson
American musician
8
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
9
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
10
Albert Heath
American drummer
11
Alex Blake
American musician
12
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
13
Freddie Waits
American musician
14
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
15
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
16
Al Foster
American musician
17
Lex Humphries
American drummer
18
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
19
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
20
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
21
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
22
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
23
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
24
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
25
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
26
Rashied Ali
American jazz musician
27
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
28
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
29
Joe Newman
American musician
30
Harold Vick
American musician
31
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
32
Sirone
American musician
33
Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
34
Warren Smith
American musician
35
James Buffington
American musician
36
Billy Harper
American musician
37
Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
38
Gary Thomas
American musician
39
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
40
George Duvivier
American musician
41
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
42
Stanley Cowell
American musician
43
Lonnie Liston Smith
American pianist
44
Marvin Peterson
American jazz trumpeter and composer
45
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
46
James Spaulding
American saxophonist
47
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
48
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
49
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
50
Roland Hanna
American pianist
51
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
52
Michael Carvin
American musician
53
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
54
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
55
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
56
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
57
Leroy Jenkins
composer and Avant-garde Jazz violinist and violist
58
Jimmy Hopps
American jazz drummer
59
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
60
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
61
Gary Bartz
American musician
62
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
63
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
64
Eddie Henderson
American musician
65
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
66
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
67
Al Grey
American jazz musician
68
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
69
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
70
Charlie Rouse
American musician
71
Kirk Lightsey
American musician
72
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
73
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
74
Chuck Rainey
American bass guitar session musician
75
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
76
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
77
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
78
Eric Gale
American musician
79
Roland Alexander
musician
80
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
81
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
82
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
83
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
84
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
85
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
86
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
