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Idrees Sulieman
American musician
1
Duke Jordan
American musician
2
Louis Hayes
American drummer
3
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
4
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
5
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
6
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
7
Charlie Rouse
American musician
8
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
9
Wardell Gray
American musician
10
Ronnie Mathews
American musician
11
Albert Heath
American drummer
12
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
13
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
14
Teddy Edwards
American jazz tenor saxophonist
15
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
16
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
17
Donald Byrd
American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist
18
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
19
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
20
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
21
Curley Russell
American jazz musician
22
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
23
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
24
Red Rodney
American musician
25
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
26
Nat Jaffe
Jazz pianist
27
Billy Eckstine
American musician
28
Brew Moore
American musician
29
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
30
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
31
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
32
Booker Ervin
American saxophonist
33
Billy Harper
American musician
34
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
35
Joe Newman
American musician
36
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
37
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
38
Al Harewood
American jazz drummer
39
Bill Hardman
American musician
40
Gene Ramey
American musician
41
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
42
Eddie Henderson
American musician
43
Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
44
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
45
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
46
Von Freeman
American saxophonist
47
Benny Bailey
American musician
48
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
49
Jack Walrath
Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Bandleader
50
Percy Heath
American musician
51
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
52
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
53
Woody Shaw
American musician
54
James Moody
American jazz musician
55
George Duvivier
American musician
56
Johnny Dyani
South African jazz double bassist
57
Roy Brooks
American drummer
58
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
59
Philip Catherine
musician
60
Johnny Griffin
American musician
61
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
62
Connie Kay
American musician
63
Roland Hanna
American pianist
64
Cat Anderson
American jazz trumpeter
65
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
66
Tim Hagans
American musician
67
Stuff Smith
American musician
68
Al Lucas
Canadian jazz musician
69
George Tucker
American musician
70
Art Mardigan
American musician
71
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
72
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
73
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
74
Al Foster
American musician
75
Don Byas
American musician
76
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
77
Gary Bartz
American musician
78
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
79
Alan Dawson
American musician
80
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
81
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
82
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
83
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
84
Louis Smith
American musician
