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Michael Brecker
American musician
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Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
2
Don Grolnick
American musician
3
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
4
Brecker Brothers
American jazz music duo
5
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
6
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
7
Lenny Pickett
American musician
8
Barry Finnerty
American musician
9
Tom Malone
American musician
10
Mike Mainieri
American vibraphonist
11
Richard Tee
American musician
12
Chris Parker
American drummer
13
John Tropea
American musician
14
Bob Berg
American musician
15
Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
16
Barry Rogers
American musician
17
Chuck Findley
American musician
18
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
19
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
20
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
21
Don Weller
English jazz musician
22
Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
23
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
24
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
25
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
26
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
27
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
28
Mel Collins
British musician
29
Robben Ford
American blues, jazz and rock guitarist
30
Sammy Figueroa
American percussionist
31
Ryo Kawasaki
Japanese jazz guitarist (1947-2020)
32
Dean Brown
American jazz fusion guitarist and session musician
33
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
34
Dean Parks
American musician
35
Hugh McCracken
American session musician
36
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
37
Jeff Porcaro
American drummer
38
Eric Gale
American musician
39
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
40
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
41
Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
42
Kazumi Watanabe
Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)
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Mike Stern
American jazz guitarist
44
Don Alias
American jazz percussionist
45
George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)
46
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
47
Larry Carlton
American musician
48
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
49
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
50
Ralph MacDonald
Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist
51
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
52
Dave Taylor
American musician
53
Jim Gilstrap
American singer
54
Rick Marotta
American musician
55
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
56
Jun Fukamachi
Japanese keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer (1946-2010)
57
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician
58
David Foster
Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
59
Buzz Feiten
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier
60
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
61
Omar Hakim
musician
62
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
63
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
64
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
65
Casiopea
Japanese jazz fusion band
66
Reggie McBride
American musician
67
Michał Urbaniak
Polish musician
68
Jim Beard
American musician
69
Al Foster
American musician
70
Terry Bozzio
American musician
71
Alex Acuña
Peruvian musician
72
Art Pepper
American musician
73
Russ Kunkel
American musician
74
Arthur Blythe
American musician
75
David Spinozza
American musician
76
Paul McCandless
American musician
77
Adam Nussbaum
American jazz drummer
78
Dave Holland
British musician
79
Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
80
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
81
Phillip Wilson
American drummer (1941-1992)
82
Bob Moses
American musician
83
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
84
Jimmy Maelen
musician
85
Narada Michael Walden
American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
86
George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
87
Bobby Watson
composer
88
Pepper Adams
American saxophonist
