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Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

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Paul Chambers

American musician

2

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

3

Wynton Marsalis

American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)

4

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer

5

Mulgrew Miller

American pianist

6

Lee Konitz

American jazz musician

7

Ugonna Okegwo

jazz musician

8

John Hicks

American jazz pianist and composer

9

Brad Mehldau

American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger

10

Yutaka Shiina

Japanese jazz pianist, composer (1964-)

11

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist

12

Stephen Scott

American musician

13

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)

14

Elmo Hope

American musician

15

Sonny Criss

American jazz musician

16

Ahmad Jamal

American jazz pianist

17

Carl Allen

American jazz drummer

18

Chick Corea

American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer

19

Tommy Flanagan

American jazz pianist

20

Jackie Paris

American singer

21

Junior Mance

American musician

22

James Williams

American jazz pianist

23

Wes Montgomery

American jazz musician

24

Kenny Kirkland

American musician

25

Marcus Roberts

American musician

26

Dizzy Reece

Jamaican trumpeter

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Matt Mitchell

US jazz musician and composer

28

John Scofield

American jazz guitarist and composer

29

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

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Ray Brown

American jazz double bassist and cellist

31

Michel Petrucciani

French jazz pianist

32

Duke Pearson

American pianist

33

Bobby Broom

American musician

34

Michel Camilo

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

35

Ron McClure

American jazz bassist

36

Ted Nash

American musician

37

Fred Hersch

American musician

38

Craig Taborn

American musician

39

Arturo O'Farrill

Cuban-American musician

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Pete La Roca

American drummer

41

Ray Bryant

American pianist

42

Russ Lossing

American jazz musician

43

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

44

Bud Powell

American pianist and composer

45

Eddie Gomez

Puerto Rican bassist

46

McCoy Tyner

American jazz pianist

47

Boyd Lee Dunlop

American jazz pianist

48

Bill Charlap

American jazz pianist

49

Horace Silver

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

50

Mark Sherman

American musician

51

Harold Mabern

American pianist

52

Kevin Hays

American musician

53

Junko Onishi

Japanese jazz pianist (1967-)

54

Jim McNeely

American musician

55

Bobby Timmons

American pianist

56

Charnett Moffett

American musician

57

James Chirillo

Jazz guitar

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Toshiko Akiyoshi

Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master (1929-)

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Monty Alexander

Jamaican pianist

60

Chihiro Yamanaka

Japanese jazz pianist (1974-)

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Christian McBride

American musician

62

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

63

Frank Kimbrough

American musician

64

Kenny Werner

American jazz pianist, composer, and author

65

Warren Bernhardt

American pianist

66

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

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Erroll Garner

American jazz pianist and composer

68

Christos Rafalides

Greek jazz vibraphonist and composer

69

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalist

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Geoffrey Keezer

American musician

71

Pat Metheny

American jazz musician

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Peter Beets

Dutch musician

73

Joe Sample

American pianist

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Johnny Griffin

American musician