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Joe Nay
German drummer
1
Peter Trunk
German composer
2
Leszek Żądło
Polish jazz musician
3
Oscar Valdambrini
Italian trumpeter
4
Wolfgang Dauner
German musician
5
Dave Pike
American jazz musician
6
Ack van Rooyen
Dutch trumpeter
7
Peter Herbolzheimer
German musician
8
Michael Moore
American jazz bassist
9
Eberhard Weber
German musician
10
Duško Gojković
Serbian musician
11
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer
12
Tony Lakatos
Hungarian saxophonist
13
Sal Nistico
American musician
14
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
15
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
16
Kurt Edelhagen
German musician
17
Mike Carr
British musician
18
Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
19
Zbigniew Seifert
Polish musician
20
Barbara Thompson
English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
21
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
22
Bud Freeman
American musician
23
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
24
Ian Carr
British trumpeter
25
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
26
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
27
Dick Willebrandts
Dutch pianist
28
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
29
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
30
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
31
Ralf-Rainer Hübner
German drummer
32
Harold Vick
American musician
33
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
34
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
35
Ed Blackwell
American musician
36
Cornelis Hazevoet
Dutch ornithologist and jazz musician
37
Jaki Byard
American musician
38
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
39
Louis Freichel
German pianist and songwriter
40
Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
41
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
42
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
43
Harold Mabern
American pianist
44
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
45
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
46
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
47
Rudy Van Gelder
American recording engineer
48
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
49
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
50
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
51
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
52
Budd Johnson
American musician
53
Larry Young
American jazz musician
54
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
55
Al De Lory
American record producer, arranger and musician
56
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
57
Manfred Mann
South African–British keyboardist player and vocalist
58
Alfred Ellis
American saxophonist
59
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
60
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
61
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
62
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
63
Warren Smith
American musician
64
Bernt Rosengren
Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer
65
Pim Jacobs
Dutch musician
66
Creed Taylor
American record producer
67
Jake Porter
American musician, record label owner
68
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
69
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
70
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
71
Peter Appleyard
Canadian vibraphonist
72
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
73
Caleb Quaye
British musician
74
Buster Williams
American musician
75
Ray Bryant
American pianist
76
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
77
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
78
Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulele player
