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Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
1
Paul Smith
jazz pianist from the United States
2
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
3
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
4
Johnny Guarnieri
American musician
5
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
6
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
7
Freddie Redd
American pianist
8
Marc Copland
American musician
9
Marian McPartland
British pianist, composer, writer and radio host
10
Don Byas
American musician
11
Carl Perkins
American jazz pianist
12
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
13
Everett Barksdale
American jazz guitarist
14
Luis Russell
American jazz pianist and bandleader
15
Claude Williamson
American pianist
16
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
17
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
18
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
19
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
20
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
21
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
22
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
23
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
24
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
25
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
26
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
27
Joe Benjamin
American musician
28
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
29
Percy Heath
American musician
30
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
31
John Mehegan
American musician
32
Nat Pierce
American musician
33
Riccardo Zegna
Italian jazz pianist
34
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
35
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
36
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
37
Ray Bryant
American pianist
38
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
39
Richard Wyands
hard bop pianist
40
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
41
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
42
Junior Mance
American musician
43
Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist
44
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
45
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
46
Billy Taylor
American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator
47
Christian McBride
American musician
48
Christian Jacob
French jazz pianist
49
Art Mardigan
American musician
50
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
51
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
52
John Coates Jr.
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
53
Ken Kersey
Canadian musician
54
Ronnie Boykins
American musician
55
Brew Moore
American musician
56
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
57
Gene Rodgers
American musician
58
George Adams
musician
59
Edgar Sampson
American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist
60
J. C. Heard
American musician
61
Pete La Roca
American drummer
62
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
63
A. K. Salim
American musician
64
Harold Mabern
American pianist
65
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
66
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
67
Danny Mixon
American musician
68
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
69
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
70
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
71
Alex Hill
American musician
72
Milt Buckner
American musician
73
George Wallington
American musician
74
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
75
Elmo Hope
American musician
76
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
77
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
78
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
79
Billy Eckstine
American musician
80
Dave Burns
American musician, trumpeter and music educator
81
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
82
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
83
Herbie Nichols
American musician
84
Milt Jackson
American musician
85
Buster Williams
American musician
86
Omer Avital
Israeli musician
87
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
88
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
