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Charles Moffett

American drummer

1

Jimmy Garrison

American double bassist

2

Archie Shepp

American jazz musician

3

Don Cherry

American jazz trumpeter

4

Lewis Worrell

American musician

5

Ornette Coleman

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer

6

Henry Franklin

American musician

7

Marzette Watts

American jazz musician

8

Ronnie Boykins

American musician

9

Roy Haynes

American jazz drummer and group leader

10

Henry Grimes

American musician

11

Sunny Murray

American drummer

12

Howard Johnson

American musician

13

Marion Brown

American saxophonist

14

John Tchicai

Danish free jazz saxophonist

15

Prince Lasha

American musician

16

Sonny Rollins

American jazz saxophonist and composer

17

Beaver Harris

American musician

18

Dave Burrell

American musician

19

Denardo Coleman

American drummer

20

Denis Charles

American jazz drummer

21

Reggie Workman

American double-bassist

22

Max Roach

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer

23

Philly Joe Jones

American jazz drummer

24

Perry Robinson

American musician

25

Jamil Nasser

American bassist

26

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

27

Ted Curson

Jazz trumpeter

28

Saheb Sarbib

American musician

29

Dewey Redman

American saxophonist

30

Reggie Johnson

American musician

31

George Duvivier

American musician

32

Cedar Walton

American hard bop jazz pianist

33

Charlie Haden

American jazz double bassist

34

Rashied Ali

American jazz musician

35

Robin Kenyatta

American jazz alto saxophonist

36

Wendell Marshall

American jazz musician; double bassist

37

Paul Bley

Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist

38

Bill Dixon

American musician

39

Billy Higgins

American jazz drummer

40

Jimmy Cleveland

American jazz trombonist

41

Joe Wilder

American trumpeter

42

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer

43

Don Butterfield

American musician

44

Gene Ramey

American musician

45

Barre Phillips

American bassist

46

Bob Cranshaw

American musician

47

Gary Peacock

American double-bassist

48

Harold McNair

Jamaican musician

49

Eddie Preston

American musician

50

Steve Swallow

jazz bassist and composer

51

J. C. Moses

American musician

52

Thad Jones

American jazz trumpeter

53

Connie Kay

American musician

54

Steve Kuhn

American pianist

55

Herman Wright

American jazz musician

56

Bobby Few

American musician

57

Malachi Favors

American bassist

58

Jimmy Giuffre

American clarinet and saxophone player

59

Jackie McLean

American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader

60

Sirone

American musician

61

Oscar Pettiford

American musician

62

Al Lucas

Canadian jazz musician

63

Albert Dailey

American musician

64

Phil Woods

American saxophonist

65

Danny Bank

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist

66

Aaron Bell

American musician