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Larry Grenadier
American bassist
1
Scott Colley
American musician
2
Adam Rogers
American musician
3
Ben Monder
American jazz guitar player
4
Brian Blade
American jazz musician
5
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
6
Conrad Herwig
American musician
7
Seamus Blake
Canadian jazz saxophonist
8
Chris Cheek
American musician
9
Kenny Werner
American jazz pianist, composer, and author
10
Kurt Rosenwinkel
American jazz guitarist and keyboardist
11
Alex Sipiagin
Russian musician
12
Steve Nelson
American musician
13
Mark Turner
American saxophonist and composer
14
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
15
Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
16
Eric Harland
American musician
17
Dave Holland
British musician
18
David Binney
American musician
19
Ron Blake
Puerto Rican musician
20
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
21
Al Foster
American musician
22
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
23
Thomas Morgan
American musician
24
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
25
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
26
Marvin Smith
American musician
27
Josh Roseman
American musician
28
Rufus Reid
American musician
29
Donny McCaslin
American musician
30
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
31
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
32
Lewis Nash
American drummer
33
Mark Feldman
American violinist
34
Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
35
Chris Speed
American musician
36
Cecil McBee
American bassist
37
Luciana Souza
Brazilian singer
38
Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
39
Robin Eubanks
American musician
40
Steve Slagle
American musician
41
Stefon Harris
American musician
42
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
43
Bill McHenry
American saxophone player
44
David Kikoski
American musician
45
Ray Drummond
American musician
46
Frank Lacy
American musician
47
Abraham Burton
American saxophonist and bandleader
48
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
49
Kevin Hays
American musician
50
Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
51
Tony Reedus
American musician
52
Ethan Iverson
American pianist
53
Ryan Kisor
American musician
54
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
55
Ed Schuller
American musician
56
Jeremy Pelt
American jazz trumpeter
57
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
58
Ben Street
American musician
59
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
60
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
61
Billy Drummond
American musician
62
Aaron Parks
American musician
63
Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
64
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
65
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
66
Tony Malaby
American musician
67
Kenny Washington
American musician
68
Peter Bernstein
American musician
69
Eddie Henderson
American musician
70
Kirk Lightsey
American musician
71
Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
72
Jim McNeely
American musician
73
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
74
Jack Wilkins
American musician
75
Masabumi Kikuchi
Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)
76
Walt Weiskopf
American jazz musician
77
Kenny Garrett
American musician
78
Terell Stafford
American musician
79
Eddie Bert
American musician
80
Philip Catherine
musician
81
Matt Wilson
American jazz drummer
