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Prince Lasha
American musician
1
Ahmed Abdullah
jazz musician
2
David Izenzon
American musician
3
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
4
Charnett Moffett
American musician
5
Malachi Favors
American bassist
6
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
7
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
8
Henry Franklin
American musician
9
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
10
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
11
Sonny Simmons
American saxophonist
12
Roger Blank
American drummer
13
Marion Brown
American saxophonist
14
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
15
Dave Burrell
American musician
16
Charles Brackeen
American musician
17
David S. Ware
jazz musician
18
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
19
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
21
Charles Davis
American musician
22
Joseph Bowie
American musician
23
Sirone
American musician
24
Carlos Ward
American musician
25
Charles Tyler
American musician
26
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
27
Beaver Harris
American musician
28
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
29
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
30
Ken Filiano
American musician
31
Marzette Watts
American jazz musician
32
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
33
Denis Charles
American jazz drummer
34
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
35
Ray Draper
American musician
36
Walter Norris
American pianist
37
Cal Massey
American musician
38
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
39
Charles Gayle
American jazz musician
40
Lewis Worrell
American musician
41
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
42
Matt Lavelle
American musician
43
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
44
John Carter
American jazz musician
45
Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
46
Old and New Dreams
band that plays jazz
47
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
48
Alex Blake
American musician
49
Perry Robinson
American musician
50
Michael Bisio
American jazz musician
51
Clifford Thornton
American musician
52
Steve Swell
American musician
53
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
54
George Barrow
American jazz musician
55
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
56
Henry Grimes
American musician
57
Bob Thiele
American record producer, music executive (1922-1996)
58
Burton Greene
American musician
59
Alvin Fielder
American drummer
60
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
61
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
62
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
63
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
64
Calo Scott
musical artist
65
Bobby Bradford
American musician
66
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
67
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
68
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
69
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
70
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
