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Vinnie Burke
American musician
1
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
2
Eddie Bert
American musician
3
Joe Cinderella
American music educator and jazz musician
4
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian jazz musician and bandleader
5
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
6
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
7
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
8
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
9
Joe Puma
American musician
10
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
11
Marty Paich
American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director and bandleader (1925-1995)
12
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
13
Frank Rehak
American musician
14
Don Elliott
jazz musician
15
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
16
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
17
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
18
Bill Holman
American composer, arranger, and conductor
19
Herbie Harper
American musician
20
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
21
Buddy Childers
American musician
22
Art Mardigan
American musician
23
Alvin Stoller
American musician
24
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
25
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
26
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
27
Conte Candoli
American musician
28
Henry Coker
American musician
29
Pat Moran
American pianist and jazz musician
30
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
31
Betty Bennett
American jazz singer
32
Gene Quill
American musician
33
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
34
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
35
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
36
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
37
Pete La Roca
American drummer
38
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
39
Dave Bailey
American drummer
40
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
41
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
42
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
43
Joe Newman
American musician
44
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
45
Richie Kamuca
American musician
46
Ethel Ennis
American musician
47
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
48
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
49
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
50
Dick Garcia
American musician
51
John Graas
American musician
52
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
53
Corky Hale
American musician
54
Russell Garcia
American composer
55
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
56
Beverly Kenney
American jazz vocalist
57
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
58
Don Fagerquist
American musician
59
Bill Crow
American bassist
60
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
61
Quentin Jackson
American musician
62
Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
63
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
64
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
65
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
66
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
67
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
68
Herbie Nichols
American musician
69
Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
70
Jack Teagarden
American jazz musician
71
Chuck Flores
American jazz drummer
72
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
73
Ruby Braff
American musician
74
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
75
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
76
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
77
Percy Heath
American musician
78
Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
79
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
80
Bill Graham
American musician
81
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
82
Jimmy Raney
American musician
83
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
