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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
2
Willie Smith
American musician
3
Nat Towles
jazz musician
4
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
5
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Walter Page
American jazz musician
7
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
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Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
9
Al Killian
American jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader
10
Sammy Nestico
American composer and arranger
11
Tommy Pederson
American musician
12
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
13
Russell Procope
American musician
14
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
15
Mills Blue Rhythm Band
band that plays jazz
16
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
18
Ralph Burns
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
19
Dave Matthews
American musician
20
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
21
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
22
Don Byas
American musician
23
Aaron Bell
American musician
24
Joe Garland
American musician
25
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
26
Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician
27
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
28
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
29
Johnny Richards
American jazz arranger and composer
30
Joe Castro
American musician
31
Enoch Light
American musician
32
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
33
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
34
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
35
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
36
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
37
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
38
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
39
Budd Johnson
American musician
40
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
41
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
42
Alvin Stoller
American musician
43
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
44
Frances Wayne
American singer
45
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Mercer Ellington
American musician
47
Reunald Jones
American musician
48
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Don Redman
American musician
