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Charles Tyler
American musician
1
Thomas Borgmann
musician
2
Bobby Few
American musician
3
Sirone
American musician
4
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
5
Roy Campbell, Jr.
American trumpeter (1952-2014)
6
William Parker
American jazz musician
7
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
8
Steve Swell
American musician
9
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician; saxophonist, composer
10
John Ore
American musician
11
Jemeel Moondoc
American musician
12
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
13
Alan Silva
American musician
14
Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
15
John Betsch
American musician
16
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
17
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
18
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
19
Ronnie Burrage
American musician
20
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
21
Billy Bang
American musician
22
Buell Neidlinger
American jazz musician; cellist and double bassist
23
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
24
Ricky Ford
American jazz tenor saxophonist
25
Charles Moffett
American drummer
26
Roswell Rudd
American trombonist
27
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
28
Sunny Murray
American drummer
29
Noah Howard
American musician
30
Irene Aebi
Swiss singer, violinist and cellist
31
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
32
Sabir Mateen
American musician
33
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
34
Dave Burrell
American musician
35
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
36
Ahmed Abdullah
jazz musician
37
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
38
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
39
Perry Robinson
American musician
40
Saheb Sarbib
American musician
41
Thurman Barker
American jazz drummer
42
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
43
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
44
Glenn Ferris
American musician
45
Beaver Harris
American musician
46
Wilbur Little
American musician
47
Denis Colin
French musician
48
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
49
Dannie Richmond
American drummer
50
Earl May
American musician
51
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
52
Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
53
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
54
Cameron Brown
American musician
55
Cecil McBee
American bassist
56
Byard Lancaster
American saxophonist
57
Marvin Smith
American musician
58
Karen Borca
American musician
59
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
60
Jimmy Garrison
American double bassist
61
John Stubblefield
American musician
62
George Duvivier
American musician
63
Curtis Clark
American musician
64
Art Davis
American double-bassist
65
Henry Grimes
American musician
66
Charles "Bobo" Shaw
American musician
67
Louis Hayes
American drummer
68
Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
69
Paul Murphy
American musician
70
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
71
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
72
Albert Heath
American drummer
73
Charles Gayle
American jazz musician
74
Dennis González
American musician
75
Hamid Drake
American musician
76
Roland Hanna
American pianist
77
Baikida Carroll
American musician
78
Ray Drummond
American musician
79
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
