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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
1
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
2
George Duvivier
American musician
3
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
4
Joe Newman
American musician
5
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
6
Matthew Gee
American musician
7
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
8
Seldon Powell
American musician
9
Budd Johnson
American musician
10
Les Spann
American guitarist
11
Henry Coker
American musician
12
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
13
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
14
Joe Benjamin
American musician
15
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
16
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
17
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
18
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
19
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
20
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
21
James Buffington
American musician
22
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
23
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
24
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
25
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
26
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
27
Al Grey
American jazz musician
28
Walter Davis
American pianist
29
Art Davis
American double-bassist
30
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
31
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
32
Tommy Potter
American musician
33
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
34
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
35
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
36
Frank Rehak
American musician
37
Walter Perkins
American drummer
38
Tommy Bryant
American musician
39
Percy Heath
American musician
40
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
41
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
42
Bennie Green
American musician
43
Nelson Boyd
American musician
44
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
45
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
46
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
47
Mel Lewis
American musician
48
Reunald Jones
American musician
49
Taft Jordan
Jazz trumpeter
50
Conte Candoli
American musician
51
Eddie Jones
American musician
52
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
53
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
54
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
55
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
56
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
57
Al McKibbon
American musician
58
A. K. Salim
American musician
59
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
60
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
61
Benny Bailey
American musician
62
Billy Butler
American musician
63
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
64
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
65
Emmett Berry
American musician
66
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
67
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
68
Quentin Jackson
American musician
69
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
70
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
71
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
72
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
73
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
74
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
75
Milt Jackson
American musician
76
Lex Humphries
American drummer
77
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
78
Don Butterfield
American musician
79
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
80
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
81
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
82
Willie Ruff
American musician
83
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
