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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
1
Albert Heath
American drummer
2
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
3
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
4
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
5
Walter Perkins
American drummer
6
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
7
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
8
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
9
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
10
Charlie Rouse
American musician
11
Cecil McBee
American bassist
12
Warren Smith
American musician
13
Eddie Henderson
American musician
14
Louis Hayes
American drummer
15
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
16
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
17
John Jenkins
American jazz saxophonist
18
Bill Hardman
American musician
19
Roy Brooks
American drummer
20
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
21
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
22
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
23
Roland Hanna
American pianist
24
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
25
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
26
David Williams
American jazz musician
27
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
28
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
29
Ben Riley
American drummer
30
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
31
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
32
George Tucker
American musician
33
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
34
Vernel Fournier
American musician
35
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
36
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
37
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
38
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
39
Wilbur Ware
American musician
40
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
41
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
42
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
43
Al Foster
American musician
44
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
45
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
46
Howard Johnson
American musician
47
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
48
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
49
Philip Catherine
musician
50
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
51
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
52
Charles Tolliver
American musician
53
Mike Richmond
American musician
54
Red Rodney
American musician
55
George Coleman
American musician
56
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
57
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
58
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
59
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
60
Alan Dawson
American musician
61
Stanley Cowell
American musician
62
Sonny Clark
American musician
63
Gary Bartz
American musician
64
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
65
Walter Davis
American pianist
66
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
67
Beaver Harris
American musician
68
Kenny Washington
American musician
69
Sonny Red
American musician
70
Larry Gales
American musician
71
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
72
Tommy Campbell
American drummer
73
George Duvivier
American musician
74
Reggie Johnson
American musician
75
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
76
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
77
Bennie Green
American musician
78
René Thomas
Belgian musician
79
Jimmy Raney
American musician
80
Duke Jordan
American musician
81
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
82
J. C. Moses
American musician
83
Billy Drummond
American musician
84
Kiane Zawadi
American jazz musician
85
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
86
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
87
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
88
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
