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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
1
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
2
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
3
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
4
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
5
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
6
Sonny Red
American musician
7
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer
8
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
9
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
10
Louis Hayes
American drummer
11
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
12
Lex Humphries
American drummer
13
Les Spann
American guitarist
14
Albert Heath
American drummer
15
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
16
Bill Hardman
American musician
17
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
18
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
19
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
20
Art Davis
American double-bassist
21
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
22
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
23
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
24
George Tucker
American musician
25
Sonny Clark
American musician
26
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
27
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
28
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
29
Henry Coker
American musician
30
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
31
Dave Bailey
American drummer
32
Tommy Bryant
American musician
33
Addison Farmer
American musician
34
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
35
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
36
Quentin Jackson
American musician
37
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
38
George Duvivier
American musician
39
Frank Rehak
American musician
40
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
41
Frank Rosolino
American jazz trombonist
42
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
43
Eddie Bert
American musician
44
Percy Heath
American musician
45
Harold Land
American musician
46
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
47
Seldon Powell
American musician
48
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
49
Joe Newman
American musician
50
Specs Wright
American jazz drummer
51
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
52
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
53
Frankie Dunlop
American jazz drummer
54
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
55
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
56
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
57
Ray Drummond
American musician
58
Wilbur Ware
American musician
59
Tommy Potter
American musician
60
Don Butterfield
American musician
61
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
62
Stu Martin
American musician
63
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
64
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
65
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
66
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
67
Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
68
Al Grey
American jazz musician
69
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
70
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
71
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
72
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
73
Milt Jackson
American musician
74
Art Blakey
American jazz drummer and bandleader
75
Walter Davis
American pianist
