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Budd Johnson

American musician

1

Ben Webster

American saxophonist

2

Osie Johnson

American jazz drummer, arranger and singer

3

Jimmy Hamilton

American jazz musician

4

Richie Kamuca

American musician

5

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

6

Alvin Stoller

American musician

7

Oscar Pettiford

American musician

8

George Duvivier

American musician

9

Johnny Hodges

American alto saxophonist

10

Johnny Griffin

American musician

11

Sonny Stitt

American jazz saxophonist

12

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

American saxophonist

13

Idrees Sulieman

American musician

14

Lucky Thompson

American saxophonist

15

Eddie Locke

American musician

16

Don Byas

American musician

17

Manny Albam

musician and composer

18

Harold Land

American musician

19

Barry Harris

American bebop jazz pianist

20

Kenny Burrell

American jazz guitarist

21

Charlie Rouse

American musician

22

Art Taylor

American jazz drummer

23

Zoot Sims

American jazz saxophonist

24

Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

25

Roy Eldridge

American trumpeter

26

Russell Procope

American musician

27

Jo Jones

American jazz drummer

28

Major Holley

American jazz upright bassist

29

Frank Wess

American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger

30

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

31

Gene Ammons

American jazz tenor saxophonist

32

Sam Woodyard

American jazz drummer

33

Clark Terry

American swing and bebop musician

34

Harold Ashby

American musician

35

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

36

Al McKibbon

American musician

37

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

38

Nick Travis

American jazz musician

39

Danny Bank

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist

40

Dave Holland

British musician

41

Gus Johnson

American musician

42

Milt Jackson

American musician

43

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

44

Al Cohn

American saxophonist

45

Benny Harris

American jazz trumpeter

46

Curley Russell

American jazz musician

47

Kenny Clarke

American jazz drummer

48

Lawrence Brown

jazz trombonist

49

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

50

Frank Socolow

American musician

51

John Simmons

American jazz bassist

52

Denzil Best

American jazz drummer

53

George Barrow

American jazz musician

54

Pete Brown

American musician

55

Gerry Mulligan

American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer

56

Jerome Richardson

American jazz multi-instrumentalist

57

Al Lucas

Canadian jazz musician

58

Lester Young

American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist

59

John Ore

American musician

60

Joe Benjamin

American musician

61

Stuff Smith

American musician

62

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

63

Harry Edison

American trumpeter

64

Harry Carney

American jazz musician

65

Kenny Dorham

American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer

66

Aaron Bell

American musician

67

Dave Bailey

American drummer

68

Lloyd Trotman

American musician

69

Freddie Green

American jazz guitarist

70

Oliver Nelson

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)

71

Teddy Hill

American musician