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Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

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Von Freeman

American saxophonist

2

Lester Bowie

American jazz trumpet player and composer (1941-1999)

3

Ted Nash

American musician

4

Art Porter, Jr.

American musician

5

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

6

Dizzy Reece

Jamaican trumpeter

7

Tomasz Stańko

Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser

8

Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and composer

9

The Jazz Messengers

American jazz band

10

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

11

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer

12

Paul Chambers

American musician

13

Don Braden

American musician

14

Dave Douglas

American jazz trumpeter

15

Bobby Watson

composer

16

Charles Lloyd

American jazz musician

17

Marlon Jordan

American musician

18

Yusef Lateef

American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

19

Ted Nash

Woodwind virtuoso, author and studio musician

20

Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

21

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

22

Ken Vandermark

American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist

23

Cecil McBee

American bassist

24

Simon Spillett

British musician

25

Rent Romus

American musician

26

Jaki Byard

American musician

27

Melissa Aldana

Chilean saxophonist

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Chris Kelsey

American musician

29

Myron Walden

American musician

30

Jackie McLean

American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader

31

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

32

Archie Shepp

American jazz musician

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Albert Ayler

American jazz saxophonist

34

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

35

Charlie Haden

American jazz double bassist

36

J. J. Johnson

American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)

37

George Freeman

American musician

38

Woody Shaw

American musician

39

John Purcell

American jazz saxophonist

40

Kenny Kirkland

American musician

41

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer

42

James Williams

American jazz pianist

43

Terence Blanchard

American musician and composer