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Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Curley Russell
American jazz musician
2
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
3
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
4
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
5
Frank Morgan
American musician
6
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
7
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
8
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
9
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
10
Budd Johnson
American musician
11
Walter Davis
American pianist
12
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
13
Don Byas
American musician
14
Sid Catlett
American musician
15
Nelson Boyd
American musician
16
Red Rodney
American musician
17
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
18
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
19
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
20
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
21
George Russell
American pianist and composer
22
Buster Smith
Jazz alto saxophonist
23
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
24
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
25
Stan Levey
American musician
26
Roy Porter
American musician
27
Allen Eager
American musician
28
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
29
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
30
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
31
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
32
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
33
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
34
Joe Albany
American pianist
35
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
36
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
37
Chu Berry
American musician
38
James Moody
American jazz musician
39
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
40
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
41
Cal Massey
American musician
42
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
43
Brew Moore
American musician
