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Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
2
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
3
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
4
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
5
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
6
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
7
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
8
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
9
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
10
Johnny Griffin
American musician
11
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
12
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
13
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
14
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
15
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
16
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
17
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
18
Percy Heath
American musician
19
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
20
Larry Gales
American musician
21
Henry Coker
American musician
22
Joe Gordon
American trumpeter
23
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
24
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
25
Ray Copeland
American musician
26
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
27
Walter Davis
American pianist
28
Paul Chambers
American musician
29
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
30
John Ore
American musician
31
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
32
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
33
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
34
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
35
Gildo Mahones
American pianist
36
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
37
Tommy Potter
American musician
38
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
39
Eddie Bert
American musician
40
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
41
Sonny Clark
American musician
42
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
43
Al Grey
American jazz musician
44
Bill Hardman
American musician
45
Ron Jefferson
jazz drummer
46
Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
47
Dave Bailey
American drummer
48
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
49
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
50
Teddy Kotick
American musician
51
Milt Jackson
American musician
52
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
53
George Tucker
American musician
54
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
55
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
56
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
57
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
59
Wilbur Ware
American musician
60
Ernie Henry
American musician
61
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
62
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
63
Louis Hayes
American drummer
64
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
65
Joe Puma
American musician
66
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
67
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
68
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
69
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
70
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
71
Sonny Red
American musician
72
Matthew Gee
American musician
73
Peck Morrison
American musician
74
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
75
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
76
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
77
Bennie Green
American musician
78
Bob Northern
American jazz musician
79
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
80
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
81
James Buffington
American musician
82
Harold Land
American musician
83
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
84
Skeeter Best
American musician
