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Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
1
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
2
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
3
Lars Gullin
Swedish musician
4
Russ Freeman
American musician
5
Claude Williamson
American pianist
6
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
7
Nick Brignola
American musician
8
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
9
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
10
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
11
John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
12
Harold Danko
American musician
13
Carson Smith
American musician
14
Paul Desmond
American recording artist; jazz musician
15
Terry Pollard
jazz pianist prominent in the Detroit jazz scene of the 1940s and 1950s
16
Larry Bunker
American musician
17
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
18
Allen Eager
American musician
19
George Coleman
American musician
20
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
21
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
22
Kevin Eubanks
musician, band leader
23
Conte Candoli
American musician
24
Henry Grimes
American musician
25
Elmo Hope
American musician
26
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
27
Bobby Jaspar
cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer
28
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
29
Elvis Costello
English singer-songwriter
30
Jack Montrose
American musician
31
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
32
Art Pepper
American musician
33
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
34
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer
35
Michael Brecker
American musician
36
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician
37
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
38
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
39
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
40
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
41
Jon Eardley
American musician
42
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
43
Colin Purbrook
British pianist
44
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
45
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
46
Romano Mussolini
Italian pianist, composer, poet and painter, son of Benito Mussolini (1927-2006)
47
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
48
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
49
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
