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Ben Pollack
American musician
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Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
2
Ernie Caceres
American musician
3
Teddy Grace
American jazz singer
4
Carson Smith
American musician
5
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Charlie Spivak
bandleader
7
Jack McVea
American musician
8
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician
10
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
11
Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Red Norvo
American musician
13
Charlie La Vere
American pianist
14
Buddy Greco
American singer and pianist
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Jack Jones
American singer and actor
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Sammy Kaye
American big band leader and musician
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Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
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Milt Herth
Jazz organist
19
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
20
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
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Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
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Jackie Paris
American singer
23
Bill Harris
American jazz trombonist
24
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
25
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
27
Don Costa
American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
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J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Eddie South
American musician
30
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
31
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Allan Reuss
American jazz guitarist
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Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Stan Wrightsman
American pianist (1910-1975)
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Nappy Lamare
American musician
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Buddy Montgomery
American vibraphonist
39
Peanuts Hucko
American jazz musician
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Gil Evans
American pianist
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Norma Teagarden
American musician
42
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
44
Gil Rodin
American musician
45
Min Leibrook
Bassist, tubist
46
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
47
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
48
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
49
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
50
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
51
Gordon Jenkins
American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Miff Mole
American jazz musician
54
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Larry Gatlin
American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter
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Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
60
Johnny Hartman
Jazz Singer
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Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Thurman Teague
63
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Adrian Rollini
American musician
65
Dave Tough
American drummer
66
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
67
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
69
Yusef Lateef
American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
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Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer
72
Red Nichols
American jazz musician
73
Ray Bauduc
American musician
74
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
75
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
76
David Benoit
American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953)
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Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
78
Milt Jackson
American musician
79
Manny Albam
musician and composer
80
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
81
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
82
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
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Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
84
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
85
Michael Brecker
American musician
86
The Brothers Johnson
Funk Band
87
Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
88
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
89
Carl Fontana
American musician
