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Oliver Jones
Canadian musician
1
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
musician
2
Monty Alexander
Jamaican pianist
3
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
4
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
5
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
6
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
7
Frank Morgan
American musician
8
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
9
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
10
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
11
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
12
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
13
Milt Jackson
American musician
14
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
15
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
16
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
17
Henry Grimes
American musician
18
Albert Heath
American drummer
19
J. C. Heard
American musician
20
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
21
Don Thompson
Canadian musician
22
Peter Leitch
Canadian musician
23
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
24
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
25
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
26
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
27
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
28
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
29
Sonny Greenwich
Canadian jazz guitarist
30
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
31
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
32
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
33
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
34
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
35
Taru Alexander
American drummer
36
Phil Dwyer
Jazz saxophonist and pianist
37
Digby Fairweather
British musician
38
Paul Chambers
American musician
39
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
40
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
41
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
42
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
43
Little Charlie & the Nightcats
American blues band
44
Brian Torff
American musician
45
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
46
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
47
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
48
Ranee Lee
Canadian musician
49
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
50
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
51
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
52
Joe Nay
German drummer
53
Bob Mover
American musician
54
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
55
Peter King
British musician
56
Snooky Young
American musician
57
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
58
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
59
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
60
Guido Basso
Canadian jazz trumpeter
