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Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
1
Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician
2
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
3
Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
4
Herbie Hancock
American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor
5
Bobby Sanabria
American musician
6
Pedrito Martinez
musician
7
Bill Laswell
American musician
8
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
9
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
10
Steve Berrios
American drummer
11
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
12
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
13
Juan Pablo Torres
Cuban musician
14
Larry Klein
American music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player
15
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
16
Material
American band led by Bill Laswell
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
18
Conrad Herwig
American musician
19
Peruchín
Cuban pianist
20
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
21
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
22
Willie Bobo
American musician
23
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
24
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
25
Wayne Shorter
American jazz saxophonist and composer
26
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
27
Danny Rivera
Puerto Rican singer
28
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
29
LTJ Bukem
British DJ
30
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
31
Edward Simon
Venezuelan pianist
32
Mel Lewis
American musician
33
Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
34
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
35
Bobby McFerrin
American jazz vocalist
36
Herbie Nichols
American musician
37
Paul Jackson
American musician
38
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
American musician
39
John Robinson
American drummer (*1954)
40
Roberto Fonseca
Cuban musician
41
Fareed Haque
American musician
42
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
43
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
44
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
45
Babatunde Lea
Cuban musician
46
Jimmy Sabater, Sr.
American Latin musician
