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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
1
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
2
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
3
Junior Mance
American musician
4
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
5
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
6
Jaki Byard
American musician
7
Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
9
Buster Williams
American musician
10
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
11
Hamid Drake
American musician
12
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
13
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
14
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
15
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Joe Henderson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Richie Powell
American pianist
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Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
20
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
21
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
22
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
23
Robert Glasper
American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
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Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
25
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
26
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
27
Duke Jordan
American musician
28
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
29
Walter Davis
American pianist
30
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
32
Ray Bryant
American pianist
33
Dave Holland
British musician
34
Sheila Jordan
American jazz singer
35
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
37
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
38
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Sonny Clark
American musician
42
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
43
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
44
Mike LeDonne
American musician
45
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
46
Duke Pearson
American pianist
47
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
48
Russ Freeman
American musician
49
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
50
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
51
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
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Keter Betts
American jazz musician
53
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
54
George Coleman
American musician
55
Buck Clarke
American jazz percussionist
56
Craig Taborn
American musician
57
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
58
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
59
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
60
Frank Hewitt
American musician
61
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
62
Glover Compton
American musician
63
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
64
George Freeman
American musician
65
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
66
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
67
Jack Wilson
American pianist (1936-2007)
68
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
69
Elmo Hope
American musician
70
Matt Mitchell
US jazz musician and composer
