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Elmer James
American musician
1
Chester Zardis
American jazz double-bassist
2
Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
3
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
4
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
5
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
6
Min Leibrook
Bassist, tubist
7
Paul Chambers
American musician
8
Eddie Safranski
American musician
9
Steve Wilson
American jazz musician
10
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
11
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader
12
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
13
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
14
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
15
Brian Torff
American musician
16
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
17
Buster Williams
American musician
18
Dezron Douglas
American composer and bassist
19
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
20
Aaron Bell
American musician
21
Gerry Mulligan
American jazz baritone saxophonist, arranger and composer
22
June Cole
American musician
23
Ralph Escudero
Puerto Rican jazz musician
24
Miles Davis
American jazz musician (1926-1991)
25
Jimmy Blanton
American musician
26
John Williams
jazz musician
27
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
28
Bill Benford
American musician
29
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
30
Junior Mance
American musician
31
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
32
Jaki Byard
American musician
33
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
34
Wellman Braud
American musician
35
Saheb Sarbib
American musician
36
Henry Grimes
American musician
37
Ellery Eskelin
musician
38
Eddie Jones
American musician
39
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
40
Richard Davis
American double-bassist
41
Frank Morgan
American musician
42
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
43
Al Haig
American pianist
44
Marcus Rojas
American musician
45
Percy Heath
American musician
46
Jai Johanny Johanson
American musician
47
Walter Page
American jazz musician
48
Beverly Peer
American musician
49
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
50
Dick Lammi
American musician
51
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
52
Fess Williams
American musician
53
Joe Tarto
American musician
54
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
55
The Tony Williams Lifetime
56
Jack Lesberg
American jazz musician
57
Howard Johnson
American musician
58
John Clayton
American jazz and classical double bassist
59
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
60
Allan Jaffe
African-American jazz musician
61
Dave Holland
British musician
62
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
63
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
64
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
65
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
66
John Kirby
jazz bassist
67
Billy Taylor
American jazz bassist
68
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
69
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
70
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
71
Ab Baars
Dutch tenor saxophonoist and clarinetist
72
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
73
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
74
Randy Weston
American jazz pianist
75
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
76
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
77
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
78
Norman Keenan
American musician
79
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
80
Shirley Horn
American singer
81
George Adams
musician
82
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
83
Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
