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Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
1
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
2
Henry Coker
American musician
3
Marshal Royal
American musician
4
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
5
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
6
Joe Newman
American musician
7
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
8
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
9
Bobby Plater
American musician
10
Eddie Jones
American musician
11
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
12
Reunald Jones
American musician
13
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
14
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
15
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
16
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
17
Gus Johnson
American musician
18
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
19
Alvin Stoller
American musician
20
Henderson Chambers
American musician
21
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
22
Al Grey
American jazz musician
23
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
24
Sonny Cohn
American musician
25
Quentin Jackson
American musician
26
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
27
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
28
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
29
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
30
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
31
George Duvivier
American musician
32
Nat Pierce
American musician
33
Bill Graham
American musician
34
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
35
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
36
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
37
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
38
Buster Cooper
American trombonist
39
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
40
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
41
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
42
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
43
Speedy Jones
American drummer
44
Larry Bunker
American musician
45
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
46
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
47
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
48
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
49
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
50
Bennie Green
American musician
51
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
52
Al Viola
American musician
53
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
54
Russell Procope
American musician
55
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
56
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
57
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
58
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
59
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
60
Eddie Preston
American musician
61
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
62
Eddie Bert
American musician
63
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
64
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
65
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
66
A. K. Salim
American musician
67
George Roberts
American trombonist
68
Norman Keenan
American musician
69
Tommy Pederson
American musician
70
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
71
John Pisano
American musician
72
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
73
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
74
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
75
Stuff Smith
American musician
76
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
77
Snooky Young
American musician
78
Gene Ramey
American musician
79
Percy Heath
American musician
80
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator
81
Joe Comfort
American musician
82
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
83
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
