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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
1
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
2
George Lewis
American musician
3
Stu Hamer
British musician
4
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
5
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
6
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
7
Roger Humphries
American musician
8
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
9
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
10
Percy Heath
American musician
11
Dizzy Reece
Jamaican trumpeter
12
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
13
Panama Francis
American musician
14
Bud Freeman
American musician
15
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
16
George Porter
American musician
17
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
18
Marky Markowitz
American musician
19
Johnny Griffin
American musician
20
Pops Foster
American musician
21
Harold Vick
American musician
22
Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
New Orleans jazz musician
23
James Moody
American jazz musician
24
Earl Palmer
American drummer
25
Don Byas
American musician
26
Joe Watkins
American jazz drummer
27
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
28
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
29
Toots Thielemans
Belgian jazz musician
30
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
31
James Buffington
American musician
32
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
33
Stan Levey
American musician
34
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
35
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
36
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
37
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
38
Jymie Merritt
American bassist
39
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
40
Red Rodney
American musician
41
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
42
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
43
Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
44
Allen Toussaint
American musician
45
John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
46
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
47
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
48
Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
49
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
50
Joe Benjamin
American musician
51
Milt Jackson
American musician
52
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
53
Ray Bauduc
American musician
54
Sam Butera
American musician
55
Lee Morgan
American trumpeter
56
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
57
Lee Collins
American musician
58
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
59
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
60
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
61
George Russell
American pianist and composer
62
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
63
Benny Bailey
American musician
64
Josiah "Cie" Frazier
New Orleans jazz musician
65
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
66
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
67
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
68
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
69
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
70
Joe Harriott
Jamaican jazz musician
71
Ernie Caceres
American musician
72
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
73
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
74
Leo Nocentelli
guitarist, musician
75
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
76
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
77
Marcus Belgrave
American trumpeter
78
Allan Ganley
British musician
79
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer
80
Papa Jack Laine
American musician
81
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
82
Mike Longo
American musician
83
Bernie Glow
American musician
84
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
