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Gloria Lynne
singer
1
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
2
Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
3
Alan Dawson
American musician
4
Larry Gales
American musician
5
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
6
Albert Heath
American drummer
7
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
8
Ben Riley
American drummer
9
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
10
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
11
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
12
Kelley Deal
American musician
13
Winard Harper
Jazz drummer
14
Junior Mance
American musician
15
Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
16
Michael Carvin
American musician
17
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
18
Jimmy Rowles
American jazz pianist
19
Cindy Blackman
American musician
20
Lennie McBrowne
American musician
21
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
22
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
23
Mel Lewis
American musician
24
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
25
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
26
George Coleman
American musician
27
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
28
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
29
Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
30
Abbey Lincoln
American singer (1930-2010)
31
Percy Heath
American musician
32
Jimmie Smith
American jazz drummer
33
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
34
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
35
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
36
Eddie Gladden
American musician
37
Stanley Cowell
American musician
38
Andra Day
singer and songwriter
39
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
40
Johnny Lytle
American jazz musician
41
Kenny Washington
American musician
42
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
43
Eric Kloss
American musician
44
Idris Muhammad
American drummer
45
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
46
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
47
Donna Hightower
American soul singer (1926-2013)
48
Graham Lear
Canadian musician
49
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
50
Joe Lee Wilson
American singer (1935-2011)
51
Melissa Aldana
Chilean saxophonist
52
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
53
Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
54
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
55
Anita O'Day
American jazz singer
56
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
57
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
58
Blue Mitchell
American musician
59
Lou Bennett
American musician
60
Richie Cole
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger
61
Jimmy Woode
American bassist
62
The Breeders
American alternative rock band
63
Shelly Manne
American jazz drummer
64
Morgana King
American singer and actress
65
Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
66
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
67
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
68
Julia Feldman
Israeli musician
69
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
