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Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

1

Eric Dolphy

American jazz musician

2

Harry Carney

American jazz musician

3

Jimmy Knepper

American musician

4

Charlie Parker

American jazz saxophonist and composer

5

Jaki Byard

American musician

6

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger

7

Dannie Richmond

American drummer

8

Bob Hammer

American pianist

9

Roland Hanna

American pianist

10

Charles McPherson

American jazz alto saxophonist

11

Jimmy Owens

jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator

12

Don Pullen

American jazz pianist and organist

13

Mal Waldron

American jazz pianist and composer

14

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician

15

George Adams

musician

16

John Dankworth

British musician (1927-2010)

17

Pepper Adams

American saxophonist

18

Duke Ellington

American jazz musician, composer and band leader

19

Eddie Bert

American musician

20

Cootie Williams

American trumpeter

21

J. J. Johnson

American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)

22

Bud Powell

American pianist and composer

23

Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

24

Teddy Charles

American musician

25

Hampton Hawes

American jazz pianist

26

Oscar Pettiford

American musician

27

Elvin Jones

American jazz drummer

28

Jackie McLean

American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader

29

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

30

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

31

Britt Woodman

American jazz trombonist

32

Jon Faddis

Jazz trumpet player

33

Richard Williams

American jazz trumpeter

34

Lennie Tristano

American jazz pianist and composer

35

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

36

Ricky Ford

American jazz tenor saxophonist

37

Rolf Ericson

Swedish musician

38

Jack Walrath

Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader

39

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

40

Lee Konitz

American jazz musician

41

Quentin Jackson

American musician

42

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter

43

Teo Macero

American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer

44

Gil Evans

American pianist

45

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

46

Buck Clayton

American jazz trumpeter

47

Modern Jazz Quartet

American jazz ensemble

48

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

49

Vienna Art Orchestra

big band

50

Mulgrew Miller

American pianist

51

Eddie Preston

American musician

52

Cat Anderson

American jazz trumpeter

53

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer

54

Red Norvo

American musician

55

Jim Hall

American jazz guitarist, composer

56

Keith Jarrett

American jazz and classical music pianist and composer