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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
