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Mario Rivera

Dominican musician, composer and arranger

1

Arturo O'Farrill

Cuban-American musician

2

Michael Philip Mossman

American musician

3

Horacio Hernandez

Cuban musician

4

Brian Lynch

American musician

5

Conrad Herwig

American musician

6

Cal Tjader

American Latin jazz musician, recording artist

7

Eddie Palmieri

American recording artist; pianist

8

Chico O'Farrill

Cuban composer and musician

9

Jerry Gonzalez

American musician

10

Giovanni Hidalgo

Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator

11

Michel Camilo

Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)

12

Arturo Sandoval

Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer

13

Bobby Sanabria

American musician

14

Poncho Sanchez

American musician

15

Paquito D'Rivera

Cuban musician

16

Tito Puente

American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)

17

Samuel Torres

Colombian musician

18

Ray Barretto

Puerto Rican jazz musician

19

Francisco Aguabella

Cuban master percussionist

20

Machito

Latin jazz musician

21

Peter Apfelbaum

American jazz saxophonist and composer

22

Luis Bonilla

American musician

23

Robby Ameen

American musician

24

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros

Cuban jazz trumpeter

25

Pedrito Martinez

musician

26

Donald Harrison

musician, composer, producer, instructor

27

Steve Slagle

American musician

28

Chad Lefkowitz Brown

American saxophinist

29

Cachao

Cuban musician

30

Chucho Valdés

Cuban musician

31

Alfredo de la Fé

Cuban musician

32

Mario Bauzá Cárdenas

American musician

33

Ray Santos

American musician

34

Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Conga player

35

Stefon Harris

American musician

36

Willie Bobo

American musician

37

Ximo Tébar

Spanish jazz guitarist and guitarist

38

Hilario Durán

Cuban musician

39

Peruchín

Cuban pianist

40

Laurindo Almeida

Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer

41

Gary Smulyan

Jazz baritone saxophonist

42

Mongo Santamaría

Cuban musician

43

Cándido Camero

Cuban percussionist

44

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