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Lee Young
American musician
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Addison Farmer
American musician
2
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
3
Curtis Mosby
American musician
4
Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
5
Ray Heindorf
American songwriter, composer, conductor, and arranger (1908-1980)
6
Vi Redd
American jazz altosaxophonist, singer and educator
7
Bill Douglass
American jazz drummer
8
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
9
Gretchen Parlato
American singer
10
Georgie Stoll
American musical director and composer
11
Ginger Smock
American musician
12
June Millington
American musician
13
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
14
Roz Cron
jazz musician
15
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
16
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist
18
Buddy Collette
American musician
19
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
21
Kat Bjelland
American musician
22
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
23
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
24
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Machito
Latin jazz musician
26
zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
27
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Jimmy Knepper
American musician
29
Big Jay McNeely
American rhythm and blues saxophonist
30
Alice Bag
American singer
31
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Mary Osborne
American musician
34
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
35
Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
36
Betty Carter
American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
38
Kim Gordon
American musician and artist, most known as co-founding member of Sonic Youth
39
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
40
Grace Kelly
Asian-American jazz musician
41
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
42
Art Pepper
American musician
43
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
44
Onzy Matthews
American jazz musician (1930-1997)
45
Dianne Reeves
American jazz singer
46
Ada Leonard
American bandleader
47
Herb Wiedoeft
German-born American musician
48
Gregg Bissonette
American drummer
49
Herb Alpert
American musician
50
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
51
The Mothers of Invention
American rock band from California
52
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
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June Christy
American singer
54
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Kye Palmer
American musician
56
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
57
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
58
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
59
Snooky Young
American musician
60
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
61
Bobby Bryant
American trumpeter
62
Valaida Snow
American musician
63
Anita O'Day
American jazz singer
64
Babes in Toyland
American rock band
