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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
3
Richie Powell
American pianist
4
Walter Davis
American pianist
5
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
6
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
7
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
11
Harold Land
American musician
12
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
13
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
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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
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
28
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
31
Herb Geller
American saxophonist (1928-2013)
32
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
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Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
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Stanley Cowell
American musician
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Art Davis
American double-bassist
36
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
45
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
46
Wilbur Ware
American musician
47
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Buddy Childers
American musician
49
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
