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James Moody
American jazz musician
1
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
2
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
3
Albert Heath
American drummer
4
Percy Heath
American musician
5
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
6
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
7
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
8
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
9
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
10
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
11
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
12
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
13
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
14
Rudy Collins
American musician
15
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
16
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
17
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
18
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
19
Al Grey
American jazz musician
20
Milt Jackson
American musician
21
Johnny Griffin
American musician
22
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
23
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
24
Art Davis
American double-bassist
25
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
26
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
27
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
28
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
29
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
30
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
31
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
32
Matthew Gee
American musician
33
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
34
Nelson Boyd
American musician
35
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
36
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
37
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
38
James Buffington
American musician
39
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
40
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
41
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
42
Charlie Rouse
American musician
43
Don Butterfield
American musician
44
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
45
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
46
Wade Legge
Jazz pianist and bassist
47
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
48
Eddie Jefferson
American singer
49
Budd Johnson
American musician
50
Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
51
Billy Butler
American musician
52
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
53
Joe Carroll
American singer
54
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
55
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
56
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
57
Tommy Turrentine
American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer
58
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
59
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
60
Pierre Michelot
French jazz double bassist
61
Willie Ruff
American musician
62
Joe Newman
American musician
63
Connie Kay
American musician
64
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
65
Roy Brooks
American drummer
66
Elmon Wright
American musician
67
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
68
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
69
Johnny Coles
American trumpeter
70
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
71
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
72
Leo Parker
American musician
73
Mel Lewis
American musician
74
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
75
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
76
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
77
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
78
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
