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O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
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David Matthews
American musician
2
Jon Faddis
Jazz trumpet player
3
Warren Bernhardt
American pianist
4
Alan Rubin
Jazz trumpeter, Blues Brothers member
5
Bill Watrous
American trombonist
6
Burt Collins
American trumpeter and musician
7
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
8
Eddie Daniels
American musician
9
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
10
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
11
Lew Soloff
American musician
12
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
13
Ethel Ennis
American musician
14
Jack Wilkins
American musician
15
Eddie Bert
American musician
16
Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
17
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
19
Joe Temperley
Scottish musician
20
Dick Katz
American musician
21
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
22
Manny Albam
musician and composer
23
Tom Malone
American musician
24
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
25
George Benson
American recording artist, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Barry Rogers
American musician
27
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
29
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
30
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
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Creed Taylor
American record producer
32
Roland Hanna
American pianist
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
34
Jessica Williams
American jazz pianist
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Jeremy Steig
son of William Steig
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Ellis Larkins
American recording artist; jazz pianist
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Mike Longo
American musician
38
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
39
Gene Bertoncini
American jazz guitarist
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Hubert Laws
American flutist and saxophonist
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Eric Gale
American musician
43
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
44
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
45
Horace Ott
American musician
46
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
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Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
48
Warren Smith
American musician
49
Milt Jackson
American musician
50
David Hazeltine
American musician
51
Don Grolnick
American musician
52
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
53
James Buffington
American musician
54
Eubie Blake
Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)
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Ronnie Foster
American organist and record producer
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Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
57
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
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Chester Thompson
American drummer
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Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
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Bobby Broom
American musician
61
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
