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Buddy Collette
American musician
1
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
2
Fred Katz
American cellist
3
Carson Smith
American musician
4
Mel Lewis
American musician
5
Leroy Vinnegar
American bassist
6
George Duvivier
American musician
7
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
8
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
9
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
10
John Pisano
American musician
11
Larry Bunker
American musician
12
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
13
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
14
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
15
Gus Johnson
American musician
16
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
17
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
18
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
19
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
20
Jimmy Cheatham
American musician
21
Howard Roberts
American guitarist
22
Wyatt Ruther
American musician
23
Henry Grimes
American musician
24
Gene Quill
American musician
25
Eric Person
American musician
26
Harold Land
American musician
27
Joe Benjamin
American musician
28
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
29
Kitty White
American singer
30
Curtis Counce
American musician
31
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
32
Willie Dennis
jazz musician
33
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
34
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
35
Conte Candoli
American musician
36
Willie Bobo
American musician
37
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
38
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
39
Eddie Bert
American musician
40
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
41
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
42
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
43
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
44
Gerald Wiggins
American pianist
45
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
46
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
47
Frank Socolow
American musician
48
Don Friedman
American jazz pianist
49
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
50
Bill Barber
American musician
51
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
52
Pete Jolly
American musician
53
Joe Newman
American musician
54
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
55
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
56
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
57
Richie Kamuca
American musician
58
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
59
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
60
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
61
Bill Crow
American bassist
