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Lloyd Scott
American bandleader, conductor and jazz musician
1
Fletcher Allen
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
2
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
3
Bill Coleman
American musician
4
Teddy Powell
American musician
5
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
6
Teddy Hill
American musician
7
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
8
Buster Bailey
American musician
9
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
10
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
11
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
12
John Kirby
jazz bassist
13
Dicky Wells
American jazz trombonist
14
Pops Foster
American musician
15
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
16
Cozy Cole
American musician
17
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
18
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
19
Sunny Murray
American drummer
20
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
21
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
22
Dick Cary
American jazz pianist
23
Freddy Randall
British musician
24
Chu Berry
American musician
25
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
26
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
27
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
28
John Patton
American organist
29
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
30
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
31
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
32
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
33
Benny Moten
American musician
34
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
35
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
36
Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
37
Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
38
Fred Robinson
American musician
39
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
40
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
41
Bob Howard
American musician and pianist
42
Lloyd Trotman
American musician
43
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
44
Johnny Stein
American musician
45
Don Redman
American musician
46
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
47
Wingy Manone
American musician
48
Gene Ludwig
American musician
49
Buster Harding
Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
50
Cecil McBee
American bassist
51
Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
52
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
53
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
54
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
55
Elmer Snowden
American musician
56
Teddy McRae
American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger
57
Terry Waldo
American musician
58
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
59
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
60
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
61
Bunny Berigan
American musician
62
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
63
Pete Brown
American musician
64
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
65
Al Levitt
American musician
66
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
67
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
68
Teddy Kotick
American musician
69
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
70
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
71
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
72
Bobby Hutcherson
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player
73
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
74
Nat Towles
jazz musician
75
Louis Hayes
American drummer
76
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
77
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
78
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
American jazz and dance band from the 1920s and 1930s
79
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
80
Dewey Jackson
American jazz musician
81
Sonny Clay
American musician
82
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
83
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
84
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
85
Harold Mabern
American pianist
86
Jimmie Noone
American musician
87
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
