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Charlie Fowlkes
American musician
1
Sonny Payne
American jazz drummer
2
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
3
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
4
Henry Coker
American musician
5
Marshal Royal
American musician
6
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
7
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
8
Joe Newman
American musician
9
Eddie Jones
American musician
10
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
11
Bill Hughes
jazz musician
12
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
13
Wendell Culley
American jazz trumpeter
14
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
15
Gus Johnson
American musician
16
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
17
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
18
Al Grey
American jazz musician
19
Reunald Jones
American musician
20
Bobby Plater
American musician
21
Nat Pierce
American musician
22
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Budd Johnson
American musician
24
Henderson Chambers
American musician
25
Alvin Stoller
American musician
26
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
27
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
28
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
29
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
30
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
31
Billy Eckstine
American musician
32
Jimmy Crawford
American musician (1910-1980)
33
Bill Graham
American musician
34
Quentin Jackson
American musician
35
Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
36
Billy Byers
American jazz trombonist and arranger (1927-1996)
37
Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
38
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
39
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
40
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
41
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
42
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
43
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
44
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
45
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
46
Snooky Young
American musician
47
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
48
Pete Candoli
American musician (1923-2008)
49
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
50
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
51
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
52
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
53
Shorty Sherock
American musician
54
Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
55
Ike Isaacs
American jazz bassist
56
Sonny Cohn
American musician
57
Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
58
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
59
Eric Dixon
American jazz musician
60
A. K. Salim
American musician
61
Paul Quinichette
American saxophonist and jazz musician
62
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
63
Butch Miles
American jazz drummer
64
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
65
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
American musical duo, collaboration
66
Sam Woodyard
American jazz drummer
67
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
68
Flip Phillips
American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player
69
Doug Lawrence
American jazz saxophonist
70
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
71
Vincent DeRosa
American musician
72
Russell Procope
American musician
