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Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
1
George Adams
musician
2
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
3
Cameron Brown
American musician
4
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
5
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
6
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
7
Mike Richmond
American musician
8
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
9
Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
10
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
11
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
12
Louis Hayes
American drummer
13
Charles McPherson
American jazz alto saxophonist
14
Red Mitchell
American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet
15
Wilbur Little
American musician
16
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
17
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
18
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
19
Bob Neloms
20
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
21
George Coleman
American musician
22
Charlie Rouse
American musician
23
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
24
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
26
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
27
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
28
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
29
Bob Berg
American musician
30
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
31
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
32
Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
33
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
34
Roy Brooks
American drummer
35
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
36
Philip Catherine
musician
37
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
38
Cecil McBee
American bassist
39
Albert Heath
American drummer
40
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
41
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
42
Teddy Charles
American musician
43
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
44
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
45
Roland Hanna
American pianist
46
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
47
Jimmy Raney
American musician
48
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
49
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
50
Reggie Johnson
American musician
51
Eddie Bert
American musician
52
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
53
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
54
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
55
Charles Tolliver
American musician
56
Benny Bailey
American musician
57
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
58
Barry Galbraith
American guitarist
59
Warren Smith
American musician
60
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
61
Howard Johnson
American musician
62
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer
63
Johnny Griffin
American musician
64
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
65
Buddy Collette
American musician
66
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
67
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
68
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
69
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
70
Bill Hardman
American musician
71
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
72
George Tucker
American musician
73
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
74
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
75
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
76
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
77
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
78
Quentin Jackson
American musician
