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Rudy Powell
American jazz musician
1
Elmer Snowden
American musician
2
Johnny Windhurst
American jazz trumpet player
3
Dick Wellstood
American jazz pianist
4
Vic Dickenson
American jazz trombonist
5
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
6
Leonard Davis
American jazz musician
7
Buzzy Drootin
American musician
8
Claude Hopkins
American pianist
9
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
10
Ernie Caceres
American musician
11
Mousey Alexander
Jazz drummer
12
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
13
Monette Moore
American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)
14
Don Ewell
American musician
15
Dave Bowman
American musician and pianist
16
Eddie Condon
US musician
17
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
18
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
19
Gérard Badini
French jazz musician
20
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
21
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
22
Patti Bown
American musician
23
George Avakian
American record producer of Armenian descent
24
Ralph Sutton
American pianist
25
Happy Caldwell
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
26
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
27
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
28
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
29
Porter Grainger
American musician
30
Percy Heath
American musician
31
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
32
Jimmy Raney
American musician
33
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
34
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
35
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
36
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
37
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
38
Bill Crow
American bassist
39
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
40
Tony Parenti
American musician
41
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
42
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
43
Al Levitt
American musician
44
Manzie Johnson
American jazz drummer
45
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
46
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
47
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
48
Buddy Christian
American musician
49
Glover Compton
American musician
50
Russell Moore
Pima jazz musician
51
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
52
George Duvivier
American musician
53
Georges Arvanitas
Jazz pianist
54
Dave McKenna
American musician
55
Harold Mabern
American pianist
56
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
57
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
58
Emmett Berry
American musician
59
Junior Mance
American musician
60
Kansas Fields
American musician
61
John Simmons
American jazz bassist
62
Pops Foster
American musician
63
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
64
Bobby Donaldson
American musician
65
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
66
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
67
Carmen Mastren
American musician
68
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
69
Buddy Tate
American musician
70
Alex Hill
American musician
71
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
72
James Buffington
American musician
73
Skeeter Best
American musician
74
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
75
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
76
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
77
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
78
Otto Hardwick
American musician
79
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
