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Brian Landrus
jazz musician
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Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
2
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
3
Nick Brignola
American musician
4
Kenny Garrett
American musician
5
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
6
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
7
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)
8
Marcus Strickland
American jazz soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist
9
Lew Tabackin
American musician
10
Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
11
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
12
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
13
Charles Davis
American musician
14
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
15
Jon Irabagon
American musician
16
Craig Taborn
American musician
17
Dave Holland
British musician
18
Lavay Smith
American singer
19
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
20
Elmo Hope
American musician
21
Ambrose Akinmusire
American jazz composer and trumpeter
22
Candy Dulfer
Dutch saxophonist and singer
23
Joe Lovano
American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinettist
24
Matana Roberts
American musician
25
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
26
Anat Cohen
Israeli musician
27
Michael Blake
Canadian saxophonist
28
Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
29
Roomful of Blues
Musical band
30
Rudresh Mahanthappa
American musician
31
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
32
Anna Webber
Canadian composer
33
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
34
Bobby Broom
American musician
35
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
36
Fred Lipsius
American musician
37
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
38
Asha Puthli
American singer
39
Howard Johnson
American musician
40
Ingrid Laubrock
German jazz saxophonist and composer
41
Wes Montgomery
American jazz musician
42
Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
43
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
American jazz musician
44
Sharel Cassity
American musician
45
Barbara Thompson
English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
46
Sara Lazarus
Franco-American singer
47
Kris Davis
Canadian jazz pianist and composer
48
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
49
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
50
Ornette Coleman
American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer
51
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
52
Leo Pellegrino
American musician
53
Bobby Watson
composer
54
Johnny Griffin
American musician
55
Roxy Coss
American jazz saxophonist and composer
56
Scott DuBois
American musician
57
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
58
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
59
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
60
The Microscopic Septet
61
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
62
George Garzone
American musician
63
Kissing the Pink
British band
