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Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
1
Willie Bobo
American musician
2
Rudy Collins
American musician
3
Leo Wright
American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and flautist
4
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
5
Attila Zoller
Hungarian Jazz guitarist
6
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
7
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
8
Jerry Dodgion
American musician
9
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
10
Don Friedman
American jazz pianist
11
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician
12
Jimmy Raney
American musician
13
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
14
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
15
Herbie Lewis
American musician
16
Mel Lewis
American musician
17
Jack Six
US-american jazz musician
18
Willis Jackson
American jazz tenor saxophonist
19
George Duvivier
American musician
20
Joe Newman
American musician
21
Les McCann
American musician
22
Jimmy Knepper
American musician
23
Herbie Mann
American jazz flutist
24
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
25
Eddie Daniels
American musician
26
Jack Nimitz
American saxophonist
27
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
28
Steve Marcus
American musician
29
Charlie Rouse
American musician
30
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
31
Dom Um Romão
Brazilian jazz drummer, percussionist
32
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
33
Ron McClure
American jazz bassist
34
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
35
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
36
Ray Mantilla
American jazz drummer
37
Dave Holland
British musician
38
Billy Butler
American musician
39
Sam Brown
American jazz guitarist
40
Carmell Jones
American trumpeter
41
Larry Bunker
American musician
42
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
43
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
bassist
44
Warren Smith
American musician
45
Miroslav Vitouš
Czech bass guitarist, jazz musician and contrabassist
46
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
47
Baden Powell
Brazilian musician
48
George Coleman
American musician
49
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
50
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
51
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
52
Joe Zawinul
Austrian composer and pianist
53
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
54
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
55
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
56
Albert Heath
American drummer
57
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
58
Hagood Hardy
Canadian composer (1937-1997)
59
Steve Swallow
jazz bassist and composer
60
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
61
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
62
Milt Holland
American drummer, percussionist, musicologist and writer
63
Dave Bailey
American drummer
64
George Shearing
British-American jazz pianist
65
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
66
Emil Richards
American musician
