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Kenny Dorham

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer

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Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

2

George Morrow

American jazz bassist

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Richie Powell

American pianist

4

Walter Davis

American pianist

5

Specs Wright

American jazz drummer

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Kenny Drew

American jazz pianist

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Donald Byrd

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist

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Charlie Persip

American jazz drummer

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The Jazz Messengers

American jazz band

10

Oscar Pettiford

American musician

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Harold Land

American musician

12

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

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Doug Watkins

American jazz double bassist

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Percy Heath

American musician

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Curley Russell

American jazz musician

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Curtis Counce

American musician

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Bill Hardman

American musician

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Art Blakey

American jazz drummer and bandleader

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Hank Mobley

American saxophonist

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Bud Powell

American pianist and composer

21

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

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Henry Coker

American musician

23

Wade Legge

Jazz pianist and bassist

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Barry Galbraith

American guitarist

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Walter Bishop Jr.

American jazz pianist, recording artist

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Russ Freeman

American musician

27

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

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Miles Davis Quintet

American jazz quintet led by Miles Davis

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Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

30

Julius Watkins

American jazz musician

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Herb Geller

American saxophonist (1928-2013)

32

Pierre Michelot

French jazz double bassist

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Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

34

Stanley Cowell

American musician

35

Art Davis

American double-bassist

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Gigi Gryce

American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator

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Maynard Ferguson

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader

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Tommy Potter

American musician

39

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

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Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

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Curtis Fuller

American jazz musician

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Fats Navarro

American jazz trumpeter

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Joe Gordon

American trumpeter

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Claude Williamson

American pianist

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Freddie Hubbard

American musician

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Wilbur Ware

American musician

47

Cecil Payne

American jazz saxophonist

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Buddy Childers

American musician

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Victor Lewis

American jazz drummer

50

Jymie Merritt

American bassist

51

Lee Morgan

American trumpeter

52

Valery Ponomarev

American musician

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Idrees Sulieman

American musician

54

Bobby Broom

American musician

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Jo Jones

American jazz drummer

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Sam Jones

American double bassist and cellist

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Paul Quinichette

American saxophonist and jazz musician