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Michael Formanek
American jazz bassist
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Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
2
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
3
Aaron Parks
American musician
4
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
5
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
6
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
7
Keith Jarrett
American jazz and classical music pianist and composer
8
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
9
David Virelles
pianist
10
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
11
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
12
Dave Holland
British musician
13
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
14
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
15
Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
16
Gerald Cleaver
American musician
17
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
18
Elmo Hope
American musician
19
Tim Berne
American jazz saxophonist
20
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
21
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
22
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
23
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
24
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
25
Harold Mabern
American pianist
26
Lafayette Gilchrist
Pianist and composer
27
Kevin Hays
American musician
28
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
29
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
30
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
31
Ray Bryant
American pianist
32
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
33
Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
34
Sullivan Fortner
musical artist
35
Russ Lossing
American jazz musician
36
Jaki Byard
American musician
37
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
38
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
39
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
40
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
41
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
42
Harmen Fraanje
jazz musician
43
Larry Grenadier
American bassist
44
Gary Husband
British musician
45
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
46
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
47
Tord Gustavsen
Norwegian musician
48
Denny Zeitlin
American pianist
49
Florian Weber
German composer and pianist
50
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
51
Fred Hersch
American musician
52
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
53
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
54
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
55
Rainer Brüninghaus
German musician
56
Ellery Eskelin
musician
57
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
