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Oscar Pettiford
American musician
1
Tommy Potter
American musician
2
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
3
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
4
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
5
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
6
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
7
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
8
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
9
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
10
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
11
Nelson Boyd
American musician
12
Duke Jordan
American musician
13
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
14
Johnny Griffin
American musician
15
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
16
Art Mardigan
American musician
17
Walter Davis
American pianist
18
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
19
Gene Ramey
American musician
20
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
21
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
22
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
24
Wilbur Ware
American musician
25
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
27
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
28
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
29
George Duvivier
American musician
30
John Ore
American musician
31
Milt Jackson
American musician
32
Eddie Bert
American musician
33
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
34
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
35
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
36
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
37
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
38
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
39
Larry Gales
American musician
40
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
41
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
42
Percy Heath
American musician
43
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
44
Lou Donaldson
American saxophonist
45
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
46
Charlie Rouse
American musician
47
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
48
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
49
Sabu Martinez
American musician
50
Frank Rehak
American musician
51
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
52
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
53
Teddy Kotick
American musician
54
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
55
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
56
Sadik Hakim
American musician
57
Herbie Nichols
American musician
58
Al McKibbon
American musician
59
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
60
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
61
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
62
Brew Moore
American musician
63
Ray Copeland
American musician
